Image as Compilation: Jerusalem in the Liber Floridus and Beyond
Hanna Vorholt, University of York
Thursday October 21, 12:30–2:00pm Eastern Standard Time
Register here to receive a link for this lecture: http://forms.gle/VRCDoamtrXepqjUY9
for more information, contact medievals@fordham.edu
Face to Face with the Sacred: Icons in the Byzantine Home
Maria Parani, University of Cyprus
Respondent: Anastasia Drandaki, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Event time: Friday, October 8, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Admission: Free, but register in advance: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tMBikl9YTUCH63Ewr_h0Xg
Lecture series organized by Robert S. Nelson, Robert Lehman Professor in the History of Art, and Vasileios Marinis, associate professor of Christian Art and Architecture at the ISM and YDS.
Presented in collaboration with Yale Department of Classics and Yale Department of the History of Art.
Solidus of Emperor Herakleios, Constantinople, 7th century, Yale University Art Gallery
Workshop: Shades of Purple – Purple Ornament in Medieval Manuscripts; Zurich; November 25–26
Recent advances in the technical analysis of purple colorants have spurred new interest in the aesthetics of purple ornament in medieval manuscripts. This most prestigious embellishment associated with imperial splendor underwent stunning transformations between the 8th and the 11th century. Purple dyes (mostly produced from lichens) were not only used to color the entire parchment surfaces of sacred books, but purple colorants were also used selectively to highlight specific texts, pages and miniatures corresponding to the content, topology, imagery, and script of individual manuscripts. Various techniques and methods were employed to create multi-sensory purple textures, combining shades of purple from red to dark blue and evoking different purple-colored materials such as silks and porphyry. This two-day workshop at the Chair of Medieval Art History at the University of Zurich will explore a range of questions about the materials and semantics of medieval purple manuscripts. Registration required by Nov. 22, 2021 (thomas.rainer@uzh.ch). Continue to the program.
47th Annual Cleveland Symposium
Aura: Authenticity, Experience, and Art
Case Western Reserve Univeristy and the Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
FRIDAY, November 12, 2021
Please save the date for the 2021 Annual Cleveland Symposium Aura: Authenticity, Experience, and Art, one of the longest-running annual art history graduate symposia in the United States. Speakers will discuss topics such as the inherent aura of a physical art object, the developments in connoisseurship utilizing digital technologies, and the destruction, looting, and defacing of art objects. Papers will address questions such as: How can art function beyond its aesthetics? How can lost or forgotten objects be uncovered along with their narratives and perspectives? What is the future of object study in an increasingly digitized field?
The symposium will be an all-day event held on the 12th of November, 2021 in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Recital Hall. This highly successful symposium remains free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of Nancy and Joseph Keithley, Friends of Art, and the Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies.
WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Adam Lowe, Factum Arte and the Factum Foundation
Adam Lowe founded Factum Arte in 2001. Factum Arte is a Madrid based team of artists, technicians, and conservators dedicated to digital mediation. Their projects include the production of contemporary artworks and the creation of facsimiles as an approach to preservation. The work of Factum Arte is internationally celebrated for setting new standards in digital documentation that are redefining the relationship between originality and authenticity. Creating a bridge between technology and craft is at the heart of Factum Arte’s mission. In 2009, Lowe founded the non-profit organization Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Conservation, which “develops tools and skills which help professionals, scholars, and local communities in documenting, monitoring, studying, recreating, and disseminating the world’s cultural heritage.” Together, these two organizations develop, implement, and share technologies that are changing our approach to the preservation and conservation of the material evidence of the past. (For more information, visit www.factumfoundation.org and www.factum-arte.com)
We hope to see you there for a day of thought-provoking scholarship!
MAM 2021
Ball State University: Virtual
October 29-30, 2021
“Beneficence in the Medieval World”
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University, “Dubious Gifts: Studying the Black Death in the age of COVID”
MAM 2021 Conference Program (Last Updated September 30, 2021).
Please send all queries to Alexander L. Kaufman: alkaufman@bsu.edu.
Conference attendees must be members of MAM at the time of the meeting; there will be no additional cost to attend or present at the conference. The program with Zoom links will be sent to individual MAM members via email.
On the way to the future of digital manuscript studies (online workshop); October 27–29; Register now!
Wednesday 27 October 2021 until Friday 29 October 2021
The workshop will take place in a hybrid form, both in presence and online. The venue will be Radboud Vergader- en Conferentiecentrum Soeterbeeck.
Organizer(s): PASSIM
Over the last decades, the ability to exploit digital potential has radically impacted research in the field of manuscript studies. From the most basic facilities, such as the increasing availability of digitized images and documents, to sophisticated attempts at automatizing the entire process of critical editing, the development of digital tools is extraordinary: it has created unprecedented opportunities to mine the data, achieve innovative results, and display them in ways which previously could only be imagined. In such a dynamic context, the number of valuable enterprises continues to grow: the time is ripe for a consideration of the achievements already obtained, and of the foundations that our current work is laying for long-term development of the field. Through the organization of this workshop, the ERC Project PASSIM seeks to provide an occasion to pursue this goal.
The meeting gathers scholars who engage in groundbreaking projects in the field of digital manuscript studies. It brings together colleagues who work from methodological and theoretical perspectives with those who apply digital techniques to specific subjects, and thus hopes to facilitate fruitful interactions between bottom-up and top-down approaches. The conference environment is designed to stimulate dialogue and knowledge exchange: we consider cooperation, interoperability and integration at the largest scale as essential to realize the potential of digital manuscript studies, and to help each other in the search for a dynamic, secure and cooperative future for the field.
Download full program: https://applejack.science.ru.nl/passimproject/media/On_the_Way_to_the_Future_of_Digital_Mss_Studies.pdf
Everyone who is interested in attending the Workshop is welcome: no fee is required, but registration is mandatory. In order to register, please send an email to Riccardo Macchioro (riccardo.macchioro@ru.nl) or Gleb Schmidt (gleb.schmidt@ru.nl).
ICMA AT THE ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY’S 48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
6 – 8 APRIL 2022, LONDON
IN PERSON
DUE 1 NOVEMBER 2021
RETHINKING ROYAL MANUSCRIPTS IN A GLOBAL MIDDLE AGES
Organized by Jacopo Gnisci (UCL) and Umberto Bongianino (University of Oxford)
Badr al-Dīn Luʾlu enthroned, from a manuscript of the Kitāb al-Aghānī (Mosul, 1220 CE). Source: Wikimedia.
This panel sets out to examine and compare the impact of royal patronage on the visual, material, and textual features of manuscripts produced across Africa, Asia, Mesoamerica and Europe during the ‘Global Middle Ages.’ As polysemic and multi-technological objects, royal manuscripts were produced in different forms and sizes, and from a variety of materials that could vary according to the taste, wealth, ideology, religion, and connections of their patrons and makers. Their visual and textual content could conform or deviate from existing traditions to satisfy the needs and ambitions of those involved in their production and consumption. Finally, pre-existing manuscripts could be appropriated, restored, enhanced, gifted, and even worshipped by ruling elites for reasons connected with legitimacy and self-preservation, becoming powerful instruments of hegemony, or symbols of prestige and piety. Because of this semiotic versatility, written artifacts provide ideal vantage points for understanding the agency of material culture in the creation and perpetuation of political power. To what extent do the materials, texts, and images of royal manuscripts reflect the integration of pre-modern courts in networks of patronage and exchange? In which ways were these features adapted for different audiences and for female, male, or genderqueer patrons? How did they inform local and transregional notions of power and authority? How did communities that opposed royal authority situate themselves in relation to the political agency of written texts and their illustrations? When and how did such artifacts become imperial relics to be displayed, or symbols of a contentious past to be concealed or destroyed? What can manuscripts tell us about the royal patronage of other artistic media, dynastic rivalries, political alliances, and state-endorsed religious phenomena?
In pursuing similar questions, we are particularly interested in multidisciplinary papers that move beyond a Eurocentric reading of material culture by considering royal manuscripts from pre-modern polities traditionally seen as ‘peripheral.’ We welcome proposals that seek to apply innovative methodologies to the study of handwritten material and its circulation, questioning conventional assumptions about politics, culture, and religion, and privileging comparative approaches and transcultural artistic phenomena.
Call for Papers deadline: 1 November 2021. Please submit your paper proposal to the convenors:
Umberto Bongianino: umberto.bongianino@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Jacopo Gnisci: j.gnisci@ucl.ac.uk
Presenters in ICMA-sponsored sessions will be eligible for conference fee reimbursement (if virtual) OR travel reimbursement (if in person) via the ICMA-Kress Travel Grant (https://www.medievalart.org/kress-travel-grant).
Fragments and Frameworks
Illuminated Manuscripts and Illustrated Books in Digital Humanities
Friday, October 1
The study of art history has long dealt with fragments and processes of fragmentation. Illuminated manuscripts and illustrated books in particular may have their fragments and folia fugitiva—pieces of material—separated from a whole collection or corpus. Many thousands of drawings and miniatures are dispersed around the world, including those donated to the National Gallery of Art by Lessing J. Rosenwald. The adoption of open-access online collections has enabled new avenues for study. Open digital frameworks promise to bring new data and new attention to these objects and to ask critical questions about their provenance and conservation. This conference will discuss fragments and frameworks, actual and conceptual, in art history and related disciplines, and address emerging questions in digital humanities. What kinds of afterlives are incurred by processes of fragmentation and cutting? How does the concept of the frame or framework inform the study of illuminated manuscripts and illustrated books? How does the concept of (digital) remediation inform our approach to these works?
This conference is made possible by the Kress-Murphy Fund, established in recognition of Franklin D. Murphy’s commitment to the traditions of European book and manuscript illustration.
Morning Session: 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Register for morning session (11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.)
Steven Nelson
The Center, National Gallery of Art
Welcome
Matthew J. Westerby, moderator
The Center, National Gallery of Art
Catherine Yvard
Victoria and Albert Museum
Framing the Gaze: Some Thoughts on Illuminated Manuscripts and Cuttings
Cristina Dondi
Lincoln College, University of Oxford, and Secretary of CERL
Books as Fragments of Libraries—Illustrations as Fragments of Books: A Digital Illustrated Census of Dante’s Comedia (1481)
John Delaney and Michelle Facini
National Gallery of Art
Collaborative Technical Study and a Machine Learning Future for Illuminated Manuscripts
Bryan Keene
Riverside City College
Encompassing the Globe: Digital Scholarship and Virtual Reconstructions of Illuminated Manuscripts
Afternoon Session: 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Register for afternoon session (2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.)
Peter M. Lukehart, moderator
The Center, National Gallery of Art
Welcome and introduction
Lisa Fagin Davis
Medieval Academy of America
Medieval Fragments and Modern Fragmentology
LauraLee Brott
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The Materiality of Medieval Maps in the Age of Digital Discovery
Heather Bamford
George Washington University
Out of Practice, Uncertain Cultures
Matthew J. Westerby
The Center, National Gallery of Art
Frameworks for Fragments: The Digital Lives of Miniatures
Ginger Hammer, Matthew J. Westerby, and Michelle Facini studying works from the Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery’s Print Study Room, July 2021
"THE BODY OF THE MERCHANT: ART AND EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION"
Ittai Weinryb, Bard Graduate Center
Wednesday, September 29th, 12:30pm ET
[Online] Silsila Fall 2021 Series
From the early thirteenth century traders from Italian mercantile families started travelling eastward, to the European frontiers, to areas such as Crimea in the northern Black Sea region, where commercial outposts served as markets for trading goods with Eurasia and beyond. The lecture centers on the experience of those traders, focusing on metalwork and the way it shaped discourse regarding art, heritage, and the indigenous, both in the European frontiers and “back home” in Italy’s domestic spaces.
Ittai Weinryb is an Associate Professor at the Bard Graduate Center. He is the co-founder (together with Caroline Fowler and Princeton University Press) of the book series Art/Work which is set to narrate a new history of art founded in the study of objects, materials, and technology. He is currently writing a book on art and material culture in the Black Sea during the Middle Ages and another one on the sentiment of Hope as a category for artistic creativity. Amongst other publications, he is the author of The Bronze Object in the Middle Ages (2016) and curator of the exhibition Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place (2018).
Date: Wednesday, September 29th
Time: 12:30-2:30pm
Location: Online
This event will take place as a live Webinar at 12:30pm ET (New York time). To register as an attendee, please use the following link:
https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rb2MPFdnRuCJuXzyyrn-AQ
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
Silsila: Center for Material Histories is an NYU center dedicated to material histories of the Islamicate world. Each semester we hold a thematic series of lectures and workshops, which are open to the public. Details of the Center can be found at:
http://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/research-centers/silsila.html
Leaf from a Cocharelli Treatise on the Vices: Frontispiece to the Book of Envy. British Library, Add. 27695, fl. 4
Leaf from a Cocharelli Treatise on the Vices: Frontispiece to the Book of Envy. British Library, Add. 27695, fl. 4
Call for Papers
ICMA-Sponsored Session
College Art Association Conference 2022 (in person)
Chicago, 16-19 February 2022
due 16 September 2021
Presenters in ICMA-sponsored sessions will be eligible for travel reimbursement via the ICMA-Kress Travel Grant (https://www.medievalart.org/kress-travel-grant).
Legacy and Afterlife of the Middle Ages
How are the Middle Ages remembered? In recent years the Middle Ages have set the scene for a variety of popular TV series; contemporary identity is often connected to a medieval past; and medieval history has even been appropriated to justify the horrific actions of extremist groups. As scholars we know that popular views of the Middle Ages are often absurdly and dangerously misrepresented, but if a false vision of the Middle Ages is accepted as true on screen, in objects, or architecture, what effect does that have on the psyche of viewers today?
This session invites papers from diverse fields to interrogate how memory, legacy, and myths of the Middle Ages live on today, in tangible or intangible ways. Possible topics may include neo-Gothic revivals, the endurance of religious expression for faith communities today, as well as 19th-century and fantasy medievalisms from Tolkien to Game of Thrones. In light of the content thread recommended by CAA for 2021 –social justice— we specifically encourage submissions that consider race, gender equality, sexuality, including queer pre-modern identities, and justice for Indigenous communities in the Americas. For example, potential topics might examine the appropriation of medieval symbols in contemporary hate groups or how medieval women are portrayed on screen. At a time when popular culture has renewed attention on the Middle Ages, it is critical to reflect not just on medieval attitudes towards their own material culture and visual arts, but how our own perspectives are shaped by their real and imagined legacies.
Please submit abstracts directly to the chair by 16 September. More specific submission instructions can be found the CAA Annual Conference website here
Chair:
Hannah Maryan Thomson, UCLA – hannahmaryan@humnet.ucla.edu
Neo-Romanesque Royce Hall at UCLA built in 1929.
ICMA-POP-UPS IN EDINBURGH
GALLOWAY HOARD PRIVATE VIEWING
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2021, 5PM
Please join us for an ICMA-Pop-Ups event, organized by Heather Pulliam. ICMA-Pop-Ups is a new program through which we help ICMA members organize small regional gatherings, bringing people together after our period of social distancing.
About the event
A private viewing of the Galloway Hoard at the National Museum of Scotland with Dr. Martin Goldberg, Principal Curator of Medieval Archaeology and History, followed by drinks nearby.
5-6pm (with drinks to follow), Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Register HERE
Mining the Collection
Friday, September 24, 10:00AM ET
“Nestorian Crosses”: Christians and their Art in China, ca. 1250-1400 with Florian Knothe, Director, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
The 7th-century arrival of Nestorian Christianity, the Syriac form of Christianity also known as Church of the East, is recorded on the famous Nestorian stele erected in Xian in 781CE. Despite subsequent repressions, the religion continued to be practiced and, by the 13th century, had been firmly re-established in northwest China. This Mining the Collection episode provides a rare glimpse into a group of so-called Nestorian bronze crosses, works cast in the Ordos region (modern-day Inner Mongolia) during the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) and featuring hybrid Christian and Buddhist formal elements. Part of the collection of the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, many of these plaque-like ornaments are cruciform in shape—hence the group description as “crosses”–-while others have stylized animal and vegetal forms. Dr. Florian Knothe, Director of the University Museum and Art Gallery, will discuss the material and functions of these objects as well as the history of the Nestorian church in China and its legacy.
Register HERE.
For questions, please contact Nancy Wu, nancyyeewu@gmail.com
ICMA-POP-UPS IN SAN ANTONIO
ARTS & EATS: SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART AND ROSE BUSH FOOD TRUCK PARK
TUESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2021 AT 4PM
Please join us for an ICMA-Pop-Ups event, organized by Sarah Luginbill. ICMA-Pop-Ups is a new program through which we help ICMA members organize small regional gatherings, bringing people together after our period of social distancing.
About the event
Arts & Eats
- 4pm-6:15pm: Visit the San Antonio Museum of Art and tour the galleries at your own pace. Special information on SAMA's "medieval" art (400-1600 CE) holdings from around the world will be available. Admission is FREE, courtesy of H-E-B.
- 6:30-8:30pm: Dinner at the Rose Bush Food Truck Park. A variety of food options, including vegetarian dishes, will be available. Seating is outdoor.
Join us for a casual evening out at one or both locations! Families welcome!
RSVP here
We are monitoring the COVID-19 surge and will be in touch with attendees should there be a need to reschedule.
Art by Hardeep Dhindsa
Queer Medieval Art: Past, Present, and Future
Online, Monday, August 16 at 9:00 am PST / 12:00 pm EST / 5:00 pm GMT
Pierre de Montreuil, Adam, mid-1200s. Paris, Musée national du Moyen Âge, Cl. 11657. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Human sexuality and gender are complex and personal topics. For over four decades, scholars of all aspects of the Middle Ages have advanced various approaches for locating queer and trans histories. Some have attempted to identify lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit (LGBTQIA2+) people in the past, at times outing these individuals, while others have sought to disrupt binaries that present heterosexual couplings and cisgender identities as normative. In this ICMA online conversation, we will reflect on the state of the field and share strategies for incorporating queer and trans material in our classes, scholarship, and exhibitions on medieval art. Brief case studies by the following scholars will open the floor for a discussion of terms and methodologies: Roland Betancourt (University of California, Irvine), Leah DeVun (Rutgers University), Bryan C. Keene (Riverside City College), and Karl Whittington (Ohio State University).
This event is co-organized by the ICMA’s Programs & Lectures Committee and the IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Committee.
For questions, please contact: Bryan Keene, Bryan.Keene@rcc.edu
Please register here
To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 2022 International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 4–7, 2022. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.
The thematic strand for the 2022 IMC is “Borders.” See the IMC Call for Papers (https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2022/) for additional information about the theme and suggested areas of discussion.
Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website (https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/imc-2022). The deadline for submission is September 3, 2021. Proposals should include:
The session organizer may act as the moderator or present a paper. Participants may only present papers in one session.
If the proposed session is approved, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 4 session participants (presenters and moderator) up to $600 maximum for European residents and up to $1200 maximum for those coming from outside Europe. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided. Eligible expenses include conference registration, transportation, and food and lodging. Receipts are required for reimbursement.
Please note that all listed speakers and the moderator should be prepared to participate remotely should health conditions necessitate a virtual conference or should local conditions make travel inadvisable for a participant. In the case of remote participation, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse participants for conference registration.
The Jill and Paul Ruddock Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Please submit a letter of interest, CV and names of at least 3 references through the Met’s LinkedIn job portal:
About the opportunity:
The medieval collections at The Metropolitan Museum of Art comprise one of the world’s finest, most comprehensive collections of medieval and Byzantine art. Presented in galleries at Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters, these collections offer unparalleled opportunities to situate the medieval period within a global context and to explore its connection to contemporary concerns and ideas. The Jill and Paul Ruddock Curator will have specialized knowledge of late medieval art and an interest in working broadly across the collection in support of departmental and Museum activities. With an office at The Met Cloisters, the curator will be a senior member of the curatorial team of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters. The Ruddock Curator will be responsible for performing all curatorial duties, including: researching, studying, and publishing works in the collection under his/her curatorial responsibility; recommending acquisitions to complement the existing collection; proposing future exhibitions and publications; and maintaining positive and fruitful relations with colleagues in the Museum and in the academic world, with dealers and auctioneers, and with Museum trustees and other supporters. The ideal candidate will be an experienced, published scholar passionately interested in the arts of the later Middle Ages, its making and its context, and in improving the collection through gift and purchase, and deeply committed to the Museum's mission of public outreach. The successful candidate will have expertise in late medieval art and will also be open to global and transhistorical projects. A commitment to social engagement is essential, as is a willingness to critique and reimagine the traditional museum. Given the renewed commitment to forging strong relationships with the vibrant and vital neighborhoods to which The Met Cloisters belongs, the successful candidate must also be committed to collaborating with and learning from local artists and activists and the surrounding community.
Requirements and Qualifications
Minimum of ten (preferably fifteen) years of museum or experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities required, a demonstrated track record of scholarly research and publication; experience with community engagement;
Demonstrated experience working directly with objects with a track-record of accomplishing and leading original research around works of art in area of specialization;
Commitment to exploring diverse approaches to the Middle Ages, and to engaging directly with diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEIA) initiatives in museum and professional community;
Proven ability to conceive and develop and execute complex projects, preferably exhibitions or other public-facing initiatives;
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with colleagues across a complex organization and externally with scholars, donors, dealers and the general public;
Ability to work closely with all staff within the department and with colleagues throughout the Museum;
Strong computer skills and an interest contributing to the Met's social media platforms;
Ph.D. in the history of art or equivalent through publications;
Proficiency with languages and international experience desired.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
Please join us for an ICMA-Pop-Ups event in Philadelphia. ICMA-Pop-Ups is a new program through which we help ICMA members organize small regional gatherings, bringing people together after our period of social distancing.
About the event
ICMA members are warmly invited to an informal gathering at the Barnes Foundation on Monday, August 9, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Amy Gillette (collections research associate) and Kaelin Jewell (senior instructor) will give a brief introduction to the collection and its history, including current work on the medieval objects. Attendees will then be welcome to roam the collection and join a casual discussion at 4:00 p.m. Admission is free for up to 20 people; others may contact reserve@barnesfoundation.org for tickets.
Those who would like to continue the conversation may gather at Giant for drinks and eats, located a few blocks away from the Barnes along the Schuylkill River.
Organized by:
Amy Gillette, Collections Research Associate, The Barnes Foundation
Kaelin Jewell, Senior Instructor, The Barnes Foundation
Martha Lucy, Deputy Director for Research, Interpretation and Education, The Barnes Foundation
Martha Easton, Assistant Professor of Art History, Saint Joseph's University
RSVP here
Please join us for an ICMA-Pop-Ups event, organized by Betsy Dominguez. ICMA-Pop-Ups is a new program through which we help ICMA members organize small regional gatherings, bringing people together after our period of social distancing.
About the event
ICMA members are warmly invited to an informal gathering at 5pm on Tuesday, August 10 at:
Starland Yard
2411 De Soto Ave
Savannah, GA 31401
RSVP here
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The International Center of Medieval Art (the “ICMA”) seeks applications for a consultant to work as a coordinator for Digital Engagement (the "Coordinator"). The ICMA is a scholarly organization, established as a New York not-for-profit in 1956. Its mission is to promote and support the study, understanding, and preservation of visual and material cultures produced primarily between ca. 300 and ca. 1500 CE in every corner of the medieval world.
The Coordinator for Digital Engagement will work remotely, approximately 10 hours per month on a flexible schedule, and may reside anywhere. Reliable internet and computer access are required. All are welcome to apply; preference given to those pursuing a career in medieval art history.
Assignment: The Coordinator will collaborate with the ICMA President, Vice President, Committee Chairs, and Executive Director on projects relating to online programming that serves the needs of scholars, instructors, museum professionals, and other enthusiasts and specialists in medieval art history. These projects and tasks include: handling technical aspects of online workshops and lectures, including the interactive Mining the Collection series and multi-speaker panels coordinated by the Friends of the ICMA; managing large group meetings, such as a Town Hall; working with the Student Committee to edit and manage the back end of our podcast series The Oral History Project; editing recordings for posting to the ICMA website; and collaborating with the Digital Resources Committee to maintain and innovate upon our existing website resources.
Essential skills: facility with Zoom; experience with voice and video editing and with podcast software; familiarity with website platforms such as Squarespace; competency with basic HTML; comfort interacting with broad membership during live events and fielding questions; eagerness to work with the leadership and members of the ICMA; and overall aptitude for public-facing work.
Please upload a CV and letter of interest (no more than two pages, single spaced) describing: (1) your research expertise; (2) the history of your engagement, if any, with the ICMA; and (3) your knowledge of relevant digital platforms. Also, please arrange for one brief letter of reference, specifying your digital proficiencies and capacity for teamwork, to be sent to icma@medievalart.org. Finalist candidates will be invited for an online presentation and interview in early August 2021.
Upload application HERE.
Deadline for Applications: Monday, July 26, 2021, 9:00am ET
Term: September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022
Compensation: $20/hr for approximately 10 hours per month; no fringe benefits
ICMA-Kress Research and Publication Grants
Applications due 31 August 2021; submit here
The Kress Foundation is again generously supporting five research and publication grants to be administered by the ICMA. This year, grants are $3,500 each (an increase over prior years) and we have expanded the eligibility for applicants to include scholars who are ICMA members at any stage past the PhD.
The deadline for the 2021 grant cycle is 31 August 2021.
ELIGIBILITY
The ICMA-Kress Research and Publication grants ($3,500) are now available to scholars who are ICMA members at any stage past the PhD.
With the field of medieval art history expanding in exciting ways, it is crucial that the ICMA continue to encourage innovative research that will bring new investigations to broad audiences. These grants are open to scholars at all phases of their careers. Priority will be given to proposals with a clear path toward publication.
If travel is a facet of your application, please include an itinerary and be specific about costs for all anticipated expenses (travel, lodging, per diem, and other details). If you aim to inspect extremely rare materials or sites with restricted access, please be as clear as possible about prior experience or contacts already made with custodians.
If your application is for funds that will support the production of a book, please include a copy of the contract from your publisher, the publisher’s request for a subvention, and/or specifics on costs for images and permissions.
Preference will be given to applicants who have not received an ICMA-Kress grant in the past.
Please submit these documents for your application:
1) A detailed overview of the project (no more than three pages, single spaced). Please also confirm that your ICMA membership is active and specify whether or not you have been awarded an ICMA-Kress grant previously.
2) A full cv.
3) A full budget.
4) Supporting materials – an itinerary (for applications involving travel), a contract and schedule of costs (if a press requires a subvention), or table of anticipated fees for image permissions (if applicable).
Please note: If you are applying for funds to support the production of a book, please do not upload the entire typescript or portions of the text.
The ICMA and the Kress Foundation are monitoring current travel restrictions. We will communicate on deferment until travel is permitted. If applying for travel funding, proceed with the application and budget as if travel is permitted.
The application should be submitted electronically here. Recipients will be announced in October 2021.
Questions can be addressed to Ryan Frisinger, Executive Director, at awards@medievalart.org.
Failure to include all required materials adversely affects the review process.