New Video: Friends of the ICMA presents Medieval Coming Attractions, 15 November 2022

Friends of the ICMA

presents

Medieval Coming Attractions

15 November 2022

The Friends of the ICMA held their latest in a series of special online events on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 12:00pm ET (9:00am PT; 5:00pm GMT; and 6:00pm CET). The hour-long program previewed three medieval exhibitions scheduled to open in 2023, each introduced by its curator in charge.

The event can now be viewed on the Special Online Lectures page of the ICMA website: https://www.medievalart.org/special-online-lectures

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SUMMER AND LONG-TERM 2023 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, THE MET, DEADLINE 18 JANUARY 2023 5 PM ET

SUMMER AND LONG-TERM 2023 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Join a community of interns to gain professional skills and learn about museum practice! We are currently accepting applications for summer and long-term internships at The Met in a wide range of department areas.
Application deadline: January 18, 2023, 5 PM ET

SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The Met offers paid opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, to explore museum careers and gain professional experience during the summer.

The Met strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and the visual arts.

Note: The undergraduate and graduate internship program descriptions on this page reflect The Met's current plans as of November 2022. However, due to the unpredictability surrounding COVID-19, the Museum may need to change, delay, shorten, and/or cancel the 2023 programs. We will provide periodic updates regarding any major changes or developments.

LONG-TERM INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Full-time nine-month and twelve-month internships are awarded every year to recent graduates of degree-granting programs at the graduate and undergraduate level. Long-term interns begin on the first Monday in June and participate fully in the ten-week Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program. Please read the description of the MuSe Program before applying. At the conclusion of the summer session, they continue work with their supervisors for the remainder of their internship period and participate in weekly programming for the Fall- and Spring-Semester Internship Program.

The Met strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and the visual arts.

Note: The undergraduate and graduate internship program descriptions on this page reflect The Met's current plans as of November 2022. However, due to the unpredictability surrounding COVID-19, the Museum may need to change, delay, shorten, and/or cancel the 2023 programs. We will provide periodic updates regarding any major changes or developments.

REQUIREMENTS (SUMMER)

• All interns are employed by The Met and must have valid U.S. work authorization. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization and a social security number. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization to live and work in the U.S., please see “International Applicants” below.

REQUIREMENTS (LONG-TERM)

• All interns are employed by The Met and must have valid U.S. work authorization. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization to live and work in the U.S., please see “International Applicants” below.

• Met interns commit to being fully present and onsite for the duration of the internship. They are not permitted to take courses or hold additional jobs or internships that coincide with their scheduled Met internship work hours.

• Internship dates are fixed and not flexible.

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

Undergraduate and graduate internships at the Museum are open to international applicants. Interns are responsible for ensuring that they have valid legal status under applicable U.S. visa regulations while participating in the Museum's paid internship program. All interns must have valid U.S. work authorization. The Museum does not sponsor visas for interns. If you require a visa, you may be eligible to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program (J-1 visa program), by going through an outside agency that has been authorized by the State Department to sponsor a J-1 trainee visa. These sponsors are responsible for supporting and monitoring foreign nationals during their exchange programs in the United States. Note: the J-1 visa program currently requires that interns work 32 hours per week; for this reason, individuals requiring a J-1 visa should only apply to the full-time MuSe Internship Program, not the part-time internship.

We recommend that you consult with the U.S. embassy in your home country to determine which visa will allow you to participate in this internship. Please be aware that obtaining a visa is usually a lengthy process and can cost upwards of US$1,500; it must be completed well in advance of the internship start date. If you are offered an internship but do not have work authorization before the start date of the program, your internship will be canceled.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply using the online application.

Application deadline: January 18, 2023, 5 pm (ET)

Notification: by the end of April 2023

If you need an access accommodation or have a question regarding available accommodations, or if you need this application in an alternative format to successfully submit your candidacy, please contact collegeprograms@metmuseum.org.

The application will ask you to select which internships interest you: a part-time internship, a MuSe Program ten-week internship, or a MuSe Program long-term internship. You may apply for any and all of these internships with the same application.

The application requires:

• Short essay responses (including an essay specific to the long-term internship(s) to which you are applying)

• An unofficial transcript

• A résumé describing any work or extracurricular experiences

• For Design Department candidates, a PDF portfolio or link to an online portfolio

• Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a professor or instructor who knows you in an academic context

Interviews
Interviews are required for finalists only. If you are selected as a finalist, we will contact you directly to set up an interview by phone or video conference.

Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions if you have general questions about the program, or register for one of our online information sessions to learn more about the program and application process.

Apply online.

Please note: your recommendation letters must be submitted by this application deadline. We will not accept any applications, application materials, or recommendations after the deadline.

ONLINE INTERNSHIP INFORMATION SESSIONS

Thursday, December 8, 5:00–5:45 PM
Friday, December 9, 12:15–1:00 PM
Wednesday, December 14, 10:00–10:45 AM

Are you curious about what interns do at The Met? Wondering what to include in your application? Join a virtual information session before the summer application closes on January 18, 2023.
Free, though advance registration is required.
Register now →

NEW! MARY JAHARIS INTERNSHIP IN MEDIEVAL ART

We're excited to announce a special ten-week internship placement in the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters for someone with an interest in Byzantine Art and the histories of medieval communities in northern and eastern Africa. This full-time summer internship (with the possibility of a part-time extension in the fall) is part of the Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program. The intern gains curatorial skills by working closely with staff on organizing an exhibition about the connection between Africa and the Byzantine World. They will assist with the completion of the exhibition catalogue, help develop didactic materials for the installation, and brainstorm community-centered interpretive strategies. Additionally, the intern will have the opportunity to contribute to the department's social media platforms. This internship is ideal for someone with an interest in Byzantine art and/or the arts of north and eastern Africa. Also, it will be important for the intern to have a desire to contribute to efforts to diversify the narratives explored in museum collections and their display. Applicants should select the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters on the application.

For more information: https://mail.metmuseum.org/q/11opNu5H4Ql1MDF8jpW0ki2/wv?fbclid=IwAR0GTfCD1kP0WDh3TmddHlYLww9N64gC38dyCTJhtILJZgFBJ0E83eqUTHI&mibextid=S66gvF

CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘LACUNAE’, 33RD ANNUAL MEDIEVAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM (MSSC) (ONLINE - 11 MARCH 2023), DEADLINE 15 DECEMBER 2022)

CALL FOR PAPERS

‘LACUNAE’

33RD ANNUAL MEDIEVAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM (MSSC)

(ABSTRACT DEADLINE 15 DECEMBER 2022)

The Medieval Studies Program at Cornell is pleased to announce the 33rd Annual Medieval Studies Student Colloquium (MSSC), which takes the idea of “Lacunae” as its theme. The conference will be held virtually over Zoom on Saturday, March 11th, 2023. 

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers investigating the various lacunae present in the Middle Ages or later understandings of or scholarship on the medieval period. Such papers are encouraged to approach this theme from an expansive range of disciplines and perspectives, especially–as the theme suggests–those which have been absent or underrepresented within medieval studies. “Lacunae” can refer to unfilled spaces, gaps, cavities, holes, or absences. For the purposes of this conference, papers may address lacunae in medieval archives or records (i.e., what materials or knowledge about the Middle Ages are we missing or have we lost?) or lacunae in research and other later engagements with the Middle Ages. What strands of theory or scholarship have not been applied to medieval studies? What voices are absent in the field? What medieval works or aspects of medieval culture (material or immaterial) have been overlooked by postmedieval thinkers or reconstructions/re-imaginings of the ‘medieval’? What are the ramifications of medieval lacunae in our current or past understandings of the Middle Ages? Papers may respond to, but are certainly not limited to, these questions.

Papers from underrepresented fields and backgrounds are particularly welcome, and we strongly encourage papers that look beyond Christian, Eurocentric, and Anglocentric contexts. We invite submissions from all fields and disciplines adjacent to Medieval Studies, including but not limited to Asian Studies, Africana Studies, anthropology, archaeology, art history, Asian Studies, classics, Critical Race Studies, gender and sexuality studies, history, Indigenous Studies, literature, Near Eastern Studies, philosophy, and theology. While we will consider all abstracts that are submitted, we will give priority to those aligned with the colloquium’s theme.

Please send abstracts to Lars Johnson at loj6@cornell.edu by December 15th, 2022. 

THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN RENAISSANCE ART, Dr. Paula Nuttall, The Arts Society North Bucks, Newport Pagnell, UK, 8 December 2022, 11:00 AM (In-Person)

Welcome to The Arts Society North Bucks

THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN RENAISSANCE ART

Dr. Paula Nuttall

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 11:00 AM

Lovat Hall, Silver Street, Newport Pagnell, UK MK16 0EJ (In-Person)

The Christmas story is related through a series of well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Flemish and Italian artists.

This lecture tells the Christmas story through a selection of well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Italian and Flemish artists, including Botticelli, Fra Angelico and Jan van Eyck, together with many less well-known images.

From the Annunciation to the Nativity, the Journey of the Kings and the Flight into Egypt, it explores the rich symbolism of Christmas imagery, highlights the ways in which spiritual ideas and devotional practice shaped the depiction of the narrative, and introduces some less familiar aspects of the story, such as the Midwives and Joseph’s stockings. 

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

DR PAULA NUTTALL - Director of V&A Medieval and Renaissance Year Course. Specialist in Renaissance art, both Italian and northern European, on which she has published widely, notably From Flanders to Florence: the Impact of Netherlandish Painting 1400-1500 (Yale, 2004). Has collaborated on major exhibitions including Jan van Eyck: an Optical Revolution (Ghent, 2020). Formerly lecturer at the Courtauld Institute and the British Institute of Florence.

For more information: https://theartssociety.org/events/christmas-story-renaissance-art

CALL FOR PAPERS: EASTER IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES (ONLINE - 1ST APRIL 2023), DEADLINE 31ST DECEMBER 2022

Deadline: December 31, 2022

The After Constantine Journal, the Medievalists.net, and the Orthodox Academy of Crete are inviting academic scholars to participate in the conference Easter in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, which will take place on Zoom on April 1st, 2023. This conference will examine how Easter was celebrated and viewed from Late Antiquity throughout the medieval period. Every year this would be a high point of Christian life, and medieval people were keenly interested in many aspects of this event.

We are looking for papers on a wide variety of topics, including:

• The origins of its rituals

• How different traditions developed throughout the late antique and medieval worlds

• How it impacted relations with other religious groups

• How determining the date of Easter spurred learning in various subjects

Candidates are welcome to send their abstracts accompanied by a brief biographical note in English to the Journal's email (afterconstantine@mail.com) or the network's email (medievalists.net@gmail.com), or to the Orthodox Academy of Crete's email (oac@oac.gr).

Estimated final response: January 5, 2023

Call For Papers Flyer

Call for Papers: Visualizing Infrastructure in the Middle Ages, Special Session for the 2023 Midwest Art History Society Conference, Due 9 December 2022

Visualizing Infrastructure in the Middle Ages

Special Session for the 2023 Midwest Art History Society Conference

Deadline 9 December 2022

Roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals: all were part of the impressive infrastructural, environmental, and ecological legacy that the Roman Empire left to the medieval world. This session aims to explore that inheritance and subsequent developments in medieval infrastructure through the visual, material, and textual record. The organisers invite submissions that examine remains or representations of infrastructure as well as related matters including but not limited to political power and symbolism, construction or repair practices, materials and media, financing and taxation, and practicalities of transportation and communication. The organisers welcome papers that deal with any period in the Middle Ages with a focus on Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.

Proposals from graduate students or early-career scholars are especially welcome. Please send abstracts of no more than 200 works and a two-page CV to leson@uwm.edu by December 9.

The 49th Annual Conference of the Midwest Art History Society will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Those attending will find an iconic example of contemporary architecture and leading research universities within a vibrant cultural setting along Lake Michigan. On Thursday, March 30, the Haggerty Art Museum at Marquette University will host sessions at the Raynor Memorial Library and will offer tours of the museum. That evening, the Milwaukee Art Museum will host the keynote speaker—internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist and member of the Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe) Rebecca Belmore—and a reception. On Friday, March 31, sessions will be offered at the Art History Department of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and tours will be available of the Art History Department’s Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery. For weekend events and more information, click here for the Fall 2022 edition of MAHS eNews.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: TUCHER-FELLOWSHIP AM GERMANISCHEN NATIONALMUSEUM, DUE 1 FEBRUARY 2023

TUCHER-FELLOWSHIP AM GERMANISCHEN NATIONALMUSEUM

DUE 1 FEBRUARY 2023

Veit Stoß, Drachenleuchter, Nürnberg, 1522 - Auftraggeber: Anton II. Tucher

Every two years the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung und das Germanische Nationalmuseum award a fellowship to a doctoral candidate for research on a topic in German art and/or cultural history and, if possible, with a connection to the history of the patrician family Tucher. Applications from abroad receive priority.

The fellowship pays a monthly stipend of € 1,500 and makes possible a six-month research stay at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. The earliest possible start date for the next fellowship is 6th June 2023.

While at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM), the fellow will:
• be supported by the museum’s curatorial and research staff,
• will have open access to the museum’s facilities,
• be welcome to participate in the museum’s various events.
Furthermore, they will be involved in the museum’s trainee program.

Prerequisites for a fellowship application are a master’s degree (or equivalent) with high marks, candidacy for a doctoral degree, and a very good and proven knowledge of the German language.

Required application materials (preferably in German):
• Research proposal (3 pages, 1.5 spaced), explaining one’s own interest in the topic, sketching the current state of the questions, describing preliminary work already completed, explaining how a stay at the GNM would advance the dissertation project and how it relates to the von Tucher family.
• Abstract of the research proposal (10–15 lines), which, if the fellowship is awarded, may be posted on the website of the GNM.
• Curriculum vitae, list of publications, study and work certificates (as applicable)
• 2 letters of recommendation

The fellow is required to present their findings at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and also to present a final report at a meeting of the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung, to which the Stiftung will invite guests and, as the case may be, the press. Furthermore, they agree to provide both the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung with a written final report and a copy of the dissertation (paper or electronic).

A travel allowance can be requested from the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung.

Fellows from abroad must be in possession of a health insurance policy that covers possible costs of medical treatment in the Federal Republic of Germany. Proof of coverage must be submitted before the start of the fellowship period. The fellowship cannot be commenced without health insurance coverage.

A residence permit, if required, must be applied for by the fellow themself. The responsible authority in Nuremberg is the foreigners’ registration office (Ausländerbehörde) in the residents’ registration office. (Contact: Einwohneramt/Ausländerbehörde, Äußere Laufer Gasse 29, 90403 Nürnberg, Tel.: 0911/231-45000; https://www.nuernberg.de/internet/auslaenderbehoerde-/aufenthaltstitel.html)

Please submit applications with the requested materials via e-mail (as a single PDF file) by 1st February 2023 to one of the following addresses:

Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Personalabteilung
Kornmarkt 1
90402 Nürnberg
Germany

E-Mail: Bewerbungen@gnm.de

The decision to award a fellowship lies with the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Applicants have no legal claim to a fellowship.

Contact persons:
For questions relating to research: Herr Dr. Markus T. Huber (m.huber@gnm.de)
For administrative questions: Frau Rita Wolkersdorfer (r.wolkersdorfer@gnm.de)

For more information: https://www.gnm.de/museum/tucher-fellowship/

Call for Applications: Kay Fellow in Premodern Disability Studies, Brandeis University, DUE 15 December 2022

Kay Fellow in Premodern Disability Studies

Brandeis University invites applications for a two-year, non-renewable Florence Levy Kay Fellowship in Premodern Disability Studies. We seek a Fellow who takes a multicultural and intersectional approach to disability in the global, ancient world. An ideal candidate would examine disability and disabled persons within a premodern context by drawing upon robust theoretical frameworks to embrace an intersectional approach to disability history and redress the discriminatory traditions of scholars of the past. The area and period of specialization is open, but we are specifically seeking a Fellow whose research and teaching interests explore the cross-cultural experiences around disability in a global context. The Fellow would use interdisciplinary methods in their research but may have specialized training in history, linguistics, art, literature, or material culture. We welcome applications from PhDs in ancient Afro-Eurasian history or other related fields in the global premodern world.

Kay Fellowships are interdisciplinary appointments. The Kay Fellow in Premodern Disability Studies will hold a joint appointment as a faculty member at the rank of lecturer in the Departments of Classical Studies and English. The Kay Fellow will teach one course per semester and actively pursue their own research interests. The Fellow will receive a 2023-2024 salary of $62,000, plus benefits, with moving expenses (around $1,500), and a research fund of up to $4,000 per year. PhD should be in hand by the commencement of the fellowship. Applications, which should be submitted through AcademicJobsOnline at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23381, should include the following:

● Curriculum Vitae

● Writing sample (under 30 pages)

● Cover letter to include brief statement of research and teaching interests (no longer than two pages)

● Three References (no actual letters, just names and email addresses)

● And anything else requested in the position description.

Letters of recommendation will be solicited for a short list of candidates. First consideration will be given to applications received by December 15, 2022. Questions about the position may be directed to Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom at brookshedstrom@brandeis.edu.

We plan to conduct the first round of virtual interviews in January 2023 via Zoom.

At Brandeis, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential components of academic excellence. Brandeis University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating equitable access and opportunities for applicants to all employment positions. Because diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of Brandeis’ history and mission, we value and are seeking candidates with a variety of social identities, including those that have been underrepresented in higher education, who possess skills that spark innovation, and who, through their scholarly pursuits, teaching, and/or service experiences, bring expertise in building, engaging and sustaining a pluralistic, unified, and just campus community.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:

• Curriculum Vitae

• Cover letter, to include brief statement of research and teaching interests (no longer than two pages)

• Writing sample (under 30 pages)

• Three references (no actual letters, just names and email addresses )

And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:

Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom brookshedtrom@brandeis.edu

Kay Fellow Search
Brandeis University
MS 054
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02453

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MARY JAHARIS CENTER GRANTS 2023–2024, DUE 1 FEBRUARY 2022

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce its 2023–2024 grant competition.

Mary Jaharis Center Co-Funding Grants promote Byzantine studies in North America. These grants provide co-funding to organize scholarly gatherings (e.g., workshops, seminars, small conferences) in North America that advance scholarship in Byzantine studies broadly conceived. We are particularly interested in supporting convenings that build diverse professional networks that cross the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines, propose creative approaches to fundamental topics in Byzantine studies, or explore new areas of research or methodologies.

Mary Jaharis Center Dissertation Grants are awarded to advanced graduate students working on Ph.D. dissertations in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. These grants are meant to help defray the costs of research-related expenses, e.g., travel, photography/digital images, microfilm.

Mary Jaharis Center Project Grants support discrete and highly focused professional projects aimed at the conservation, preservation, and documentation of Byzantine archaeological sites and monuments dated from 300 CE to 1500 CE primarily in Greece and Turkey. Projects may be small stand-alone projects or discrete components of larger projects. Eligible projects might include archeological investigation, excavation, or survey; documentation, recovery, and analysis of at risk materials (e.g., architecture, mosaics, paintings in situ); and preservation (i.e., preventive measures, e.g., shelters, fences, walkways, water management) or conservation (i.e., physical hands-on treatments) of sites, buildings, or objects.

Mary Jaharis Center Publication Grants support book-length publications or major articles in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. Grants are aimed at early career academics. Preference will be given to postdocs and assistant professors, though applications from non-tenure track faculty and associate and full professors will be considered. We encourage the submission of first-book projects.

The application deadline for all grants is February 1, 2023. For further information, please visit the Mary Jaharis Center website (https://maryjahariscenter.org/grants).

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center, with any questions.

Murray Seminar: A BEAUTIFUL LIE: MEDIEVAL ART FORGERIES IN CATALONIA, ALBERTO VELASCO (IN-PERSON AND ONLINE), 6 December 2022, 17:00-18:30 GMT (12:00-13:30 ET)

A BEAUTIFUL LIE: MEDIEVAL ART FORGERIES IN CATALONIA

ALBERTO VELASCO

MURRAY SEMINAR SERIES AT BIRBECK

Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 17:00 – 18:30 GMT

History of Art Department, Birkbeck 43, Gordon Sq. London WC1H 0PD United Kingdom

A forgery, regardless of the criteria we may apply when studying it - evaluating its artistry or establishing its significance as an illustrative document of a given period - is a deception. The reasons for the production and commercialization of medieval fakes in Catalonia during the first half of the twentieth century are unique and specific, and they are explained by cultural, political and social conditions that, nevertheless, find points of contact in other parts of Europe. Similarities are found especially in those regions and states where medieval past forms a significant part of national historical roots. Catalan nationalism, the fascination with the Middle Ages and the general interest of the Barcelona bourgeoisie in medieval art has led to the appearance in Catalonia of a market for fakes that attempted to meet the growing demand. These are some of the issues addressed in the lecture, where we will deal with some of the most successful forgers, such as the Junyer brothers, and with fake works which, in their day, were certified as genuine by important scholars. Today some of them are in museums, while others make stellar appearances on the art market.

In-Person Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-beautiful-lie-medieval-art-forgeries-in-catalonia-tickets-468335392767

Online Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-beautiful-lie-medieval-art-forgeries-in-catalonia-livestream-tickets-468320829207

MURRAY SEMINAR: GILDED SUNS AND PEACOCK ANGELS: THEATRICAL MATERIALITY AND ART IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY FLORENCE - LAURA STEFANESCU, 13 December 2022, 16:45 - 18:30 GMT (11:45-13:30 ET), Online

MURRAY SEMINAR:

GILDED SUNS AND PEACOCK ANGELS: THEATRICAL MATERIALITY AND ART IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY FLORENCE

LAURA STEFANESCU

13 December 2022

16:45 — 18:30 GMT (11:45-13:30 ET) Online

Birbeck University of London

Book your place

In fifteenth-century Florence, the phenomenon of religious theatre and ritual performance, promoted by adult and youth confraternities throughout the city, reached an unparalleled popularity, transitioning from the realm of devotion to that of the spectacular. The highlight of these performances was the materialisation of a multi-sensory heaven on stage and the appearance of its living angels (young Florentine boys) in their dazzling costumes. Painters living in the Santo Spirito quarter, where most of these activities took place, were actively involved in the creation of the apparatus for sacred plays. They were sometimes even members of the confraternities that produced the plays, as was, for example, Neri di Bicci, one of the most successful Florentine painters of the period.

Contact name: Laura Jacobus

Speakers

• Laura Stefanescu

CONFERENCE: INVENTING PAST NARRATIVES. VENICE AND THE ADRIATIC SPACE (13TH-15TH CENTURIES), HANS BELTING LIBRARY, CENTRE FOR EARLY MEDIEVAL STUDIES, BRNO, 12-13 December 2022 (IN-PERSON)

INVENTING PAST NARRATIVES. VENICE AND THE ADRIATIC SPACE (13TH-15TH CENTURIES)

Brno, Centre for Early Medieval Studies, Hans Belting Library

Veveří 28, Brno, Czechia (60200)

In-Person Conference

12-13 December 2022

This conference aims to explore the dialogue between Venice and the Adriatic area from a specific perspective: the construction of the past. We would like to create a dialogue between specialists from various disciplines and also examine the validity of interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of different cultural fields: textual and visual, material, and historiographic. The chronological and geographical perspective chosen covers the late Middle Ages and the early modern age and focuses on the interaction between Venice and other centres in the Adriatic space. This will indeed enable us to describe how the past is used to explore the mechanism of memory and recognition through which, when looking at artifacts or reading texts staging Venetian past, beholders are reminded of the shared values this past embodies.

PROGRAM

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022

SESSION I

Chair: Serena Romano (University of Lausanne – Rome 2 “Tor Vergata” University)

• 15.00 Ilaria Molteni & Paolo Divizia (Masaryk University, Brno) Introduction

• 15.30 Ivan Foletti (Masaryk University, Brno) Venice in Brno: From Byzantium to Giotto and from Venturi to Kondakov

• 16.10 Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan (Paris IV-Sorbonne University) Un passé recomposé: Venise, l'Adriatique et les pirates

16.50 Coffee Break

• 17.10 Francesca Gambino (University of Padua) La disfatta di Carlo Magno nella laguna veneziana tra storia e leggenda

• 17.50 Stefania Gerevini (Bocconi University, Milan) Byzantine Art “Made History": The Pala d'Oro in San Marco

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022

SESSION II

Chair: Paolo Divizia (Masaryk University, Brno)

• 9.00 Matteo Cambi (OVI Opera del Vocabolario Italiano – CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Florence) Volgarizzare l'Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César nel Veneto medievale

• 9.40 Niccolò Gensini (University of Bologna) Les “Bons Mariniers” entre histoire et prophétie : Venise, les Vénitiens et les côtes méditerranéennes dans les “Prophecies de Merlin”

10.20 Coffee Break

• 10.40 Giuseppina Brunetti (University of Bologna) Morte a Venezia. Per la morte di Dante: l'invenzione e i documenti

• 11.20 Léa Checri (Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris – University of Fribourg) (Ré)invention des origines grecques dans la peinture sacrée en Italie à la fin du Moyen Âge (XIIIe-XVe siècles)

• 12.00 Conclusive remarks

The conference is organized under the auspices of the GAČR Standard project At the Crossroads of Memories: Art and Representation in 14th-century Venice (No. GA22-14770S), implemented at the Centre for Early Medieval Studies, Department of Art History, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

• Paolo Divizia

• Ivan Foletti

• Ilaria Molteni

Conference Program

For more information: https://www.earlymedievalstudies.com/EN/index.html.

ONLINE LECTURE: ICOM UK TALKS – HERITAGE IN CRISIS: IDENTIFYING AND COLLECTING UKRAINIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE, 14 December 2022, 12:30-1:30 PM GMT (7:30-8:30 AM ET)

ICOM UK TALKS – HERITAGE IN CRISIS: IDENTIFYING AND COLLECTING UKRAINIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE

14 DECEMBER 2022, 12:30-1:30 PM GMT (7:30-8:30 AM ET)

Ukrainians have lived in the UK for centuries and have long contributed to economic and cultural life here. A major wave of immigration happened after the Second World War, when thousands of displaced Ukrainians were unable to return to their homeland due to Russian persecution there. Many active communities became established across the UK and beyond – including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and other towns and cities – where national customs and traditions have been kept alive and passed on to younger generations.

This final talk in the series will focus on identifying and collecting cultural heritage from Ukraine. We will consider the challenges associated with identification; the significance of collecting Ukrainian cultural heritage; how collections might be developed; and where to find relevant expertise. This knowledge may be invaluable when the time comes to rebuild and replace collections in Ukraine that have been damaged or lost as a result of the war.

Click HERE to book your place and/or donate

Speakers:

Maria Saluk, a Ukrainian conservator currently working with Kiffy Stainer-Hutchins & Co, fine art conservators based in Norfolk

Second speaker TBC

Attendees will be encouraged to review their own collections for objects that may require additional research to identify as Ukrainian – and to share thoughts on how to take this forward.

The series of talks is free to attend for ICOM UK and ICOM members, or you have the option to pay what you can via a donation ticket. For non-members, we ask you to pay what you can via a donation ticket. We suggest a donation of £5 – £10 per talk.

All donated income from the series (minus Eventbrite fees) will be donated by ICOM UK to ICOM Poland’s fund to support Ukrainian museum professionals fleeing Ukraine.

This online talk is part of a series of on-line lunchtime discussions about the destruction of global cultural heritage and how heritage professionals can help.

The series consists of three talks that focus on the war in Ukraine where cultural heritage is under attack. Through case studies and knowledge-sharing, practical actions will be identified for heritage professionals to use in support of Ukraine. Learning from the situation in Ukraine may, in turn, prove useful for responding to future crises elsewhere.

This pilot series is being organised by ICOM UK in collaboration with cultural experts from the Ukrainian Institute London* and the Ukrainian Institute in Kyiv**.

* The Ukrainian Institute London is a centre for Ukraine-related educational and cultural activities. The Institute is a charity registered in England and Wales.

** The Ukrainian Institute in Kyiv is a separate organisation, which promotes and develops cultural ties between Ukraine and other countries.

Online Lecture: ICOM UK Talks – Heritage in Crisis 2: Decolonising Ukrainian cultural heritage, 30 November 2022, 12:30-1:30 PM GMT (7:30-8:30 AM ET)

ICOM UK Talks – Heritage in Crisis 2: Decolonising Ukrainian cultural heritage

30 November 2022, 12:30-1:30 PM GMT (7:30-8:30 AM ET)

Part of the ICOM UK Talks – Heritage in Crisis: Ukraine collection

Decolonisation has become an important global debate. Much has been done in UK museums, galleries, libraries, archives and universities to uncover and address deep-rooted colonial views. Work in the UK has largely focussed on the legacy of the British Empire, but Russia’s war in Ukraine has revealed other sides to colonial power. One colonial narrative claims that Ukraine is simply part of Russia rather than a separate nation that regained its independence in 1991, while another asserts Russia’s superiority in terms of culture and heritage.

This talk will consider why Russian colonial narratives persist in the west and how heritage and cultural professionals can contribute towards developing a non-prejudiced narrative about Ukraine. We will explore practical steps that can be taken to ensure Ukrainian cultural heritage is appropriately catalogued, described and interpreted. This will play an important role in ensuring that the UK remains an important and trusted ally to Ukraine.

Speakers:

Mel Bach, Head of Collections and Academic Liaison / Slavonic Specialist at Cambridge University Library

Tetyana Filevska, Creative Director at the Ukrainian Institute in Kyiv (currently based in London)

Attendees will be invited to consider ways to improve their own cataloguing systems to ensure Ukrainian cultural heritage is searchable, accessible and appropriately described.

The series of talks is free to attend for ICOM UK and ICOM members, or you have the option to pay what you can via a donation ticket. For non-members, we ask you to pay what you can via a donation ticket. We suggest a donation of £5 - £10 per talk.

All donated income from the series (minus Eventbrite fees) will be donated by ICOM UK to ICOM Poland's fund to support Ukrainian museum professionals fleeing Ukraine.

This online talk is part of a series of on-line lunchtime discussions about the destruction of global cultural heritage and how heritage professionals can help.

The series consists of three talks that focus on the war in Ukraine where cultural heritage is under attack. Through case studies and knowledge-sharing, practical actions will be identified for heritage professionals to use in support of Ukraine. Learning from the situation in Ukraine may, in turn, prove useful for responding to future crises elsewhere.

This pilot series is being organised by ICOM UK in collaboration with cultural experts from the Ukrainian Institute London* and the Ukrainian Institute in Kyiv**.

* The Ukrainian Institute London is a centre for Ukraine-related educational and cultural activities. The Institute is a charity registered in England and Wales.

** The Ukrainian Institute in Kyiv is a separate organisation, which promotes and develops cultural ties between Ukraine and other countries.

TO REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/icom-uk-heritage-in-crisis-2-decolonising-ukrainian-cultural-heritage-tickets-442634029297 (By Donation)

IN-PERSON AND ONLINE LECTURE: "THE CLEVELAND FOUNTAIN (PARIS, CA. 1320) AND MULTISENSORY ART HISTORY", 30 NOVEMBRE 2022, 15:00 CET (11:00 ET), AULA 11, COMPLESSO B. PELLEGRINO

"THE CLEVELAND FOUNTAIN (PARIS, CA. 1320) AND MULTISENSORY ART HISTORY"

30 NOVEMBRE 2022

AULA 11, COMPLESSO B. PELLEGRINO

Il giorno mercoledì 30 novembre 2022, presso l’Aula 11 del Complesso Beato Pellegrino, alle ore 17:00, Philippe Cordez (DFK - Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, Paris) e Gerhard Lutz (Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland) terranno una conferenza sul tema “The Cleveland Fountain (Paris, ca. 1320) and multisensory art history”.

The hydraulic and musical fountain in the Cleveland Museum of Art offers a perfect opportunity for theoretical reflection and pratical experimentation in multisensory art history. It is a unique device of gilt and enamelled silver made in Paris ca. 1320. As exposed in a recent essay, a close comparison with the Fountain of Youth presented in text, image, and music in the Roman de Fauvel – a political satire recorded in a manuscript of 1317 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 146) – suggests that the same group of intellectuals and artists was involved with both creations. Indeed, the Cleveland fountain multisensorially evokes the Parisian royal palace as a divine Fountain of Youth rejuvenating the French Kingdom. Collaborative research with the Cleveland Museum of Art, using digital tools, aims at deepening our knowledge of the fountain’s material constitution, historical context, and festive performance.

L’evento è organizzato da Valentina Baradel e Zuleika Murat, nell’ambito del progetto ERC “The Sensuous Appeal of the Holy. Sensory Agency of Sacred Art and Somatised Spiritual Experiences in Medieval Europe (12th-15th century) - SenSArt” (grant agreement No. 950248).

Scarica la locandina dell'evento.
Sono invitati a partecipare i dottorandi, gli specializzandi, gli studenti e tutti gli interessati.
E’ possibile seguire la conferenza online; gli interessati sono invitati a contattare via mail Valentina Baradel (valentina.baradel@unipd.it) per ottenere il link al meeting Zoom.

Il Direttore del Dipartimento
Jacopo BONETTO

For more information: https://www.beniculturali.unipd.it/www/dbc-news/conferenza-the-cleveland-fountain-paris-ca-1320-and-multisensory-art-history-30-novembre-2022-aula-11-complesso-b-pellegrino/

Conference: Vernacular Architecture Group, 7-8 January 2023 (Bursaries 3 December 2022; Registration 15 December 2022)

Vernacular Architecture Group

Winter Conference

Trans-National Connections - Vernacular Architecture in Britain & Beyond

College Court, University of Leicester, 7-8 January 2023

The winter conference takes a theme of current interest and explores it in depth through papers given by experts in the field. This year we welcome bookings from non-members as well as members (although we hope that non-members would like to join the group - please see the Membership page for details). Enquiries: please email winter-conference@vag.org.uk.

Vernacular architecture studies in the UK have often focused on local places and regions within the nations of England, Scotland and Wales. This conference aims to widen our horizons and look at the connections between architecture in Britain and patterns of building in Europe, Scandinavia and across the Atlantic. Speakers will address the theme of building traditions in Britain and their relationship to patterns elsewhere. Papers focusing on Sweden, Dutch houses, France, and the Channel Islands, sit alongside investigations into roof and wall construction in Britain and Europe, and 'trans-national' connections within Britain on the Anglo-Welsh and Anglo-Scottish Borders, as well as around the Irish Sea, and in Shetland and the North Atlantic Isles.

The programme includes:

• ATLANTIC CONNECTIONS

  • Matthew Johnson - “English” Building and Landscape in the Northern Atlantic.

  • Alison McQuitty - Houses of the Green Caribbean: Vernacular Architecture in Suriname.

  • Ian Tait - What Made North Atlantic Buildings (Dis)Similar?

• NORTH SEA CONNECTIONS

  • Gabri van Tussenbroek - The Dutch urban housing landscape (c.1150-1650): timber-frames, bricks and stones, geographical similarities and differences.

  • Karl-Magnus Melin - Twelfth-Century Carpentry Art in the Diocese of Lund and England: Similarities and Differences in Craft.

• EVENING LECTURE

  • Lee Prosser - Timber Imports into England.

• ROOFS (& WALLS) IN EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

  • Nat Alcock - Cruck Buildings in Europe: Coincidence or Connection?

  • Chris Currie - Crown-posts and Box-Frames in South-East Britain: French, German, native, or what? – and why?

  • Paul Reed - How Medieval Carpenters Set Out Roofs and Buildings in European Perspective.

• TRANS-NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN BRITAIN & THE ISLES

  • Duncan James - Patterns of Vernacular Building on the Anglo-Welsh Border.

  • Catherine Kent - “Neither Castle nor Tower, but a House of Convenient Strength and Defence”: Classifying Buildings on the Anglo-Scottish Border.

  • Alex Gibbons - Earth Building as a Conscious Choice – Craftsmanship and Tradition Shared Throughout the Celtic and Irish Seas.

• CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE CHANNEL

  • Nicolas Vernot - Magico-religious Marks and Practice in Vernacular Architecture: A French perspective.

  • Callum Tostevin-Hall - “Hearth and Home” A Comparison of Early Integrated Houses in the Channel Islands and Elsewhere.

  • Philippe Favre - Moullins Aisled Hall: So French, or Not?

  • John Allan - Breton Woodworkers in South-West England, 1500-50.

The conference is open to all, and full details and booking form can be downloaded here (booking closes 15 December 2022):

• Conference brochure

• Conference booking form

A small number of bursaries are available for students or early career professionals to enable their attendance at the conference. For details, see Winter Conference Bursaries. Due by 3 December 2022

For more information: https://www.vag.org.uk/conferences.htm

NEW EXHIBITION: TOULOUSE 1300-1400, MUSÉE DE CLUNY, PARIS, 19 OCTOBER 2022-22 JANUARY 2023.

TOULOUSE 1300 - 1400. THE EMERGENCE OF THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC

FROM 18 OCTOBER 2022 TO 22 JANUARY 2023

L'Éclat d'un gothique méridionale, commissaires Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot and Charlotte Riou.

A summary of recent research, the exhibition "Toulouse 1300 - 1400. The emergence of the southern gothic" depicts a unique inventory of creativity in Toulouse in the 14th century. 

In particular, the exhibition features four statues from the Rieux chapel, masterpieces of 14th century polychrome sculpture. Toulouse miniatures will also be in the spotlight thanks to some fifteen illuminated leaves and manuscripts.

More than 80 works are on display, showing the richness of Toulouse's creative output during this period, as well as the back-and-forth of influences between Toulouse, Avignon and the Pyrenean valleys. 

The exhibition is organised by the Musée de Cluny and the Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais. It has benefited from an exceptional loan from the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse. 

For more information: https://www.musee-moyenage.fr/en/activities/exhibitions/current-exhibitions.html

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2023-2024 PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH RESIDENCIES AT THE CENTER FOR THE ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF PORT CITIES "LA CAPRAIA” DUE BY 31 January 2023

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

2023-2024 PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH RESIDENCIES AT THE CENTER FOR THE ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF PORT CITIES "LA CAPRAIA”

The Advisory Committee of the Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities “La Capraia”, a collaboration between the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, the Amici di Capodimonte, and Franklin University Switzerland, invites applications for 2023-2024 Research Residencies for PhD students in the earlier stages of their dissertations. Projects, which may be interdisciplinary, may focus on art and architectural history, music history, archeology, the digital humanities, or related fields, from antiquity to the present. Projects should address the cultural histories of Naples and southern Italy as a center of exchange, encounter, and transformation, and, most importantly, make meaningful use of local research materials including artworks, sites, archives, and libraries. This year’s Research Residencies will run from 11 September 2023 through 3 June 2024.

All application materials, including letters of recommendation, are due by January 31, 2023.

Research Residencies run for the academic year (mid-September to early June). Research Residents are awarded free lodging and work space at La Capraia as well as a modest stipend, administered by Amici di Capodimonte, to help defray the cost of living. Research Residents are granted privileged access to collections and research resources at Capodimonte, and access to other sites, collections, and research materials are arranged as needed. During their time in Naples, Research Residents are expected to work on their projects full time and in residence, and to participate in the organized activities, scholarly programs, and intellectual life of the Center. Research Residents are invited to present their research in an informal seminar, gallery talk, or site visit in the spring semester. In the summer following the residency period, Research Residents are invited to contribute a short essay to the Center’s annual research report.

Download the call for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Research Residents Claire Jensen (2019-2020) and Elizabeth Duntemann (2018-2019) are happy to share with you their experiences of life at La Capraia.

For more information: https://arthistory.utdallas.edu/port-cities/residencies/

New Video: ICMA Viewpoints Book Launch, Destroyed-Disappeared-Lost-Never Were edited by Beate Fricke and Aden Kumler

ICMA Viewpoints Book Launch

Destroyed-Disappeared-Lost-Never Were edited by Beate Fricke and Aden Kumler

Online, Wednesday, 31 August at 3-4pm ET

with Beate Fricke, Aden Kumler, Roland Betancourt, Eleanor Goodman, Elizabeth Sears, Sonja Drimmer, and Michelle McCoy

To watch: https://www.medievalart.org/special-online-lectures

To write about works that cannot be sensually perceived involves considerable strain. Absent the object, art historians must stretch their methods to, or even past, the breaking point. This concise volume addresses the problems inherent in studying medieval works of art, artifacts, and monuments that have disappeared, have been destroyed, or perhaps never existed in the first place.

The contributors to this volume are confronted with the full expanse of what they cannot see, handle, or know. Connecting object histories, the anthropology of images, and historiography, they seek to understand how people have made sense of the past by examining objects, images, and architectural and urban spaces. Intersecting these approaches is a deep current of reflection upon the theorization of historical analysis and the ways in which the past is inscribed into layers of evidence that are only ever revealed in the historian’s present tense.

Highly original and theoretically sophisticated, this volume will stimulate debate among art historians about the critical practices used to confront the formative presence of destruction, loss, obscurity, and existential uncertainty within the history of art and the study of historical material and visual cultures. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume are Michele Bacci, Claudia Brittenham, Sonja Drimmer, Jaś Elsner, Peter Geimer, Danielle B. Joyner, Kristopher W. Kersey, Lena Liepe, Meekyung MacMurdie, and Michelle McCoy.

New Videos: Mining the Collection Sessions from the International Congress of Medieval Studies 2022

Now Available on the ICMA Website:

Mining the Collections I-V

Interational Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo

9-13 May 2022

The Mining the Collection sessions from the International Congress of Medieval Studies 2022 are now available to watch online: https://www.medievalart.org/mining-the-collection. Organised by Dr. Shirin Fozi and curators of the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Dumbarton Oaks Museum (Washington, D.C.), and the Cleveland Art Museum (Cleveland), pieces of the collections are explored in-depth by numerous scholars.

MONDAY 9 MAY 2022

Session 43
1:00-2:30pm EDT
Mining the Collection I: Aga Khan Museum, Toronto

Sponsor: International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA); Medieval Institute, Western Michigan Univ.
Organizer: Shirin Fozi, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Michael Chagnon, Aga Khan Museum
Presider: Michael Chagnon

Oliphant
Mariam Rosser-Owen, Victoria & Albert Museum
Albarello
Marcus Milwright, Univ. of Victoria
Base of an Incense Burner
Ruba Kana'an, Univ. of Toronto–Mississauga

TUESDAY 10 MAY 2022

Session 107
10:00-11:30 am PDT
Mining the Collection II: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Sponsor: International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA); Medieval Institute, Western Michigan Univ.
Organizer: Shirin Fozi, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Elizabeth Morrison, J. Paul Getty Museum
Presider: Elizabeth Morrison

Wenceslaus Psalter
Meredith Cohen, Univ. of California–Los Angeles
Ovid, Excerpts from Heroines
Cynthia Brown, Univ. of California–Santa Barbara
Bifolium from the Pink Qur'an
Linda Komaroff, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

WEDNESDAY 11 MAY 2022

Session 171
1:00-2:30pm EDT
Mining the Collection III: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Sponsor: International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA); Medieval Institute, Western Michigan Univ.
Organizer: Shirin Fozi, Univ. of Pittsburgh; C. Griffith Mann, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presider: C. Griffith Mann

Magdeburg Ivory
Jacqueline Lombard, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ivory Mirror Backs
Scott Miller, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ivory Panels with Peter and Paul and Ivory Mortar
Nicole Pulichene, Metropolitan Museum of Art

THURSDAY 12 MAY 2022

Session 229
1:00-2:30pm EDT
Mining the Collection IV: Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington, D.C.

Sponsor: International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA); Medieval Institute, Western Michigan Univ.
Organizer: Shirin Fozi, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Jonathan Shea, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Presider: Jonathan Shea

Seal of Constantine, Imperial Protospatharios
Nikos Kontogiannis, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Seal of John, Metropolitan of Mytilene
Eric McGeer, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Seal of John, Candlemaker
Alex Magnolia, Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities

FRIDAY 13 MAY 2022

Session 307
1:00-2:30pm EDT
Mining the Collection V: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Sponsor: International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA); Medieval Institute, Western Michigan Univ.
Organizer: Shirin Fozi, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Gerhard Lutz, Cleveland Museum of Art
Presider: Gerhard Lutz

Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra Manuscript
Reed O'Mara, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Fragment of an Icon of the Crucifixion
Elizabeth S. Bolman, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Death of the Virgin
Elina Gertsman, Case Western Reserve Univ.