Conference: The Right Moment. A Symposium on Kairotic Energies, Brussels,...
The Greek term kairós expresses an idea of ‘grasping the right moment’, which travelled through art, literature, and philosophy. And even today, it is central to debates over, for example, time...
View ArticleConference: En route pour Compostelle, Montpellier/Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert,...
EN ROUTE POUR COMPOSTELLE : UN MOYEN ÂGE DE PÈLERINAGES Colloque international Dans le cadre des manifestations du 20e anniversaire de l’inscription du bien « chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en...
View ArticleCFP: ‘Recovering the Ritual Object in Medieval and Early Modern Art,’ AAH...
Deadline: Nov 5, 2018 “Recovering the Ritual Object in Medieval and Early Modern Art” Session Convenors: Dr Catriona Murray, University of Edinburgh, c.a.murray@ed.ac.uk; Dr Halle O’Neal, University of...
View ArticleCFP: The Saint Enshrined: European Tabernacle-altarpieces, c.1150-1400,...
Tabernacle-shrine from Mule,Iceland, now in the Nationalmuseetin Conpenhagen; c.1250.Photo: Justin Kroesen Almost every Medieval church had one or more sculptures of saints, many of which were placed...
View ArticleMedieval Touch: Handling session at the British Museum on scientific...
On Weds 21st November 2018, Lloyd de Beer, Naomi Speakman, and Oliver Cooke kindly allowed students and staff from the Courtauld Institute of Art and elsewhere into the horological storerooms of the...
View ArticleMedieval Job! Assistant Professor (fixed term), Christian and medieval...
Deadline: 2nd March 2020 Ca’ Foscari invites applications for a non-tenured position for an Assistant Professor in the area of Christian and medieval archaeology. Ca’ Foscari is a research intensive...
View ArticleCall for Papers: “Das Mittelalter”, Themenheft: Theorien und Praktiken des...
Themenheft der Zeitschrift “Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung”: “Theorien und Praktiken des Gebets im Mittelalter” Das Gebet ist in nahezu allen sozialen Bereichen, Diskursen und...
View ArticleCall for Papers: ‘Moving Images: the Badge in Medieval Christendom’, ICMS...
54th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI, May 9 – 12, 2019 Deadline: Sep 15, 2018 Organisers: Lloyd de Beer and Amy Jeffs The phrase “moving images” invites applicants to apply...
View ArticleCall for Papers: University of Kent Medieval and Early Modern Studies Summer...
Now in its fourth year, MEMS Summer Festival is a two-day celebration of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, including the study of religion, politics, history, art, drama, literature, and domestic...
View ArticleLecture Emmanuele Lugli “Chasing Absence: The Body of Christ and the Measures...
This talk focuses on the singular devotion for the ‘mensura Christi,’ or the act of praying with objects that reproduced the height of Christ. It explores the reasons for its phenomenal success, from...
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