CONF: From Cabinets to Museums – Exploring the Histories of Chinese Collections in Europe (University of Erfurt, 10-11 Jan 2024)
Chinese objects were acquired by European collectors for a variety of reasons: ranging from the aesthetic decoration of their residences, to using objects as a source of knowledge about foreign cultures. The workshop…
CONF: Der Antiquariatsbuchhandel in Zentraleuropa. Perspektiven der historischen Forschung (Universität Wien, 12-13 Oct 2023)
Die Geschichte des Buches ist seit seinen Anfängen von seiner Bedeutung als gebrauchtes Objekt begleitet: Antiquarische Bücher konnten einerseits aufgrund ihres günstigeren Preises erschwinglicher sein, andererseits waren Sammler bereit, für handgeschriebene oder gedruckte…
CONF: Configurations of European Fairs. Merchants, Objects, Routes, 1350–1600 (Archivio di Stato di Torino / University of Turin, 29 June – 1 July 2023)
The CoMOR project “Configurations of European Fairs. Merchants, Objects, Routes (1350–1600)” is holding its closing conference between June 29 and July 1st, 2023 in Turin. Fifteen papers prepared by the members of the…
CFP: Materials. Materiality and the Art Market (Session at the CIHA Conference, Lyon, 23-28 Jun 2024)
This panel proposes to explore the questions of materiality and materials within the art market studies, in considering how they can affect the economic and symbolic value of objects and what kind of…
CONF: Art beyond Placeness: Narratives of Movement in the Early Modern Period (The Norwegian Institute, Rome, 31 May-1 Jun 2023)
In recent years, the new importance attributed to the biographies of objects and their global circulation has drawn increasing attention to the phenomenon of their physical transportation – in other words, to the…
CFP: Space – Museum – Gender. Material and Immaterial Manifestations of Female (Art) Collectors (1750-2024); a section of the 37th German Congress for Art History (Erlangen-Nürnberg, 13-17 Mar 2024)
During their lives, many women distinguished themselves as collectors and art patrons. Early examples like Isabella D’Este and Eleanor of Naples influence the collecting practices as well as artistic production of their times,…
CFA: 20 Full Scholarship Applications: MEDIA ARTS CULTURES (Erasmus Mundus 2023 Joint Master Degree / Erasmus+ / European Master of Excellence)
Media Arts Cultures is a 2-year mobility program, enabling students to study across Europe and in Asia. Students spend three semesters at different universities, complete an internship at a Consortium Associated Partner, and…
CFP: Social Agency of Secular Goldsmiths’ Work in the Late MA (Leeds, 3-6 Jul 2023)
Wrought for a vast range of mundane practices and contexts, in an abundance of forms, styles, and techniques, European late medieval secular goldsmiths’ work remains an elusive category of artistic production. Perhaps deterred…
CFP: Belvedere Research Journal, First Issue
We are inviting the first round of submissions to the newly founded Belvedere Research Journal (BRJ), a peer-reviewed, open access e-journal. We seek articles that shed new light on the visual culture of…