CFP: Performing Theatricality and Imaging Religious Ceremonies in Early Modern Western Europe (Ghent University; 15-17 May 2024)
2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the publication of the early eighteenth-century book series Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, which gained widespread popularity across Europe due to its…
CFP: The Material Culture of Magnificence in Early Modern Cities. Session at RSA (San Juan, 9-11 Mar 2023)
This session proposes to study the material culture of magnificence in early modern cities as a specific topic. Magnificentia, by its definition as a virtue, is very much concerned with the individual. By making…
CFP: Collections in the Early Modern Era – International Workshop on Spaces for Collections, Collecting and Collectors (University Olomouc, 13-17 Jun 2022)
The history of collecting is one of the most interesting fields of art history, offering opportunities for interdisciplinary research. Research on the origins and development of art collections, on how works were acquired…
CFP: Confronting Colonialism in Dutch Art, Session at RSA Dublin (Dublin, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2022)
In recent years, the study of early modern European visual and material culture has focused increasingly on colonial expansion and its consequences. This session aims to address the impact of this trend on the study…
CFP: Session at RSA: Exhibiting Art before the Salon: The Makings of a Practice in Early Modern Europe(Philadelphia, 2-4 Apr 2020)
While art exhibitions play an increasingly important role in recent studies of modern and contemporary art, the long-term history of the exhibition has received relatively little scholarly attention. Standard histories of the art…