SYMPOSIA OF RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE
INTEREST
2010 looks to be a banner year for Renaissance conferences. Participate! Also: be sure to take a look at other sites here that offer conferences where your topic might be accomodated, such as Italy; Symposia in North America and Symposia everywhere else.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR NETHERLANDIC STUDIES?? June 2010. University of California, Los Angeles. Check the Web site for details on due dates, etc.
11-13 February 2010. in Tempe, Arizona. Annual--held usually in February. Proposals due 9 p.m., October 16, 2009 (MST). For more information on this or future conferences, check the Web site. [Folks--why not announce this on some of the many related list-servs in time to alert others who might be interested?]
16-18 June 2010 Fifth International CONVERSO and MORISCO Studies Conference, University of Alcala. "Conference papers will examine the Converso and Morisco experience in Spain and Portugal, in their empires, and in the diaspora communities of the Mediterranean...As previously, the aims of the conference are to bring together an international and multi-disciplinary group of scholars to examine not only Converso and Morisco topics but also the question of social identity...Send 250-word abstracts in English or Spanish to: kingram3@slu.edu. Deadline for abstracts was Friday January 29, 2010.
Kevin Ingram Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus 28003 Madrid, Spain Phone: 00 34 91 554 58 58 Fax: 00 34 91 554 62 02 E-mail: kingram3@slu.edu
Information about all conferences they sponsor, plus links to other announcements.
15-17 April 2010. Association of Art Historians Annual Conference, University of Glasgow, Scotland. "This session will explore images which illustrate the mortification of the flesh, bodily corruption, disfigurement, disease, decay, physical degradation and death. Such images have been used to convey messages of strength, the triumph of faith over fear and pain, the incorruptibility of the spirit, salvation, celebration and optimism. Images of suffering are often coupled with those of compassion and protection. Issues surrounding the role of gender within images of martyrdom and mercy will be investigated. Papers are invited which engage with related imagery (e.g. depictions of justice, punishment, vengeance, restraint and clemency) from both religious and secular contexts and which explore the relationship between text and image. We encourage submissions illustrating examples from a wide range of media (panel and wall painting, manuscript illumination, sculpture, architectural structures and contexts, decorated household, religious and civic objects and textiles) and originating from a variety of geographical locations. Session convenors: Emily Jane Anderson (University of Glasgow) and Robert Gibbs (University of Glasgow).
E.Anderson.1@research.gla.ac.uk
R.Gibbs@arthist.arts.gla.ac.uk
Abstracts were due 10 November 2009 for the above session.
11-13 March 2010. Sarasota, Florida. Biennial. The deadline for abstracts was October 1, 2009. [N. B.:An excellent conference! Highly recommended by the editor!] For more information see the Website and contact:
- Nova Myhill
- Division of Humanities
- New College of Florida
- 5700 N. Tamiami Trail
- Sarasota FL 34243
Held 30-31, October 2009. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. "The focus of the Conference will be how developing technologies - whether the printing press, navigation, scientific instruments, importation of new materials, etc. - changed, challenged, and reinforced concepts of value and judgment in the Renaissance. Questions around authority and trustworthiness emerge across disciplines as previous standards of taste and value no longer apply. We also seek papers that draw a comparison between these Renaissance concerns and those in our contemporary age of technological change. Underlying the entire conference will be a consideration of how the idea of "the Renaissance" is itself a term affecting value and judgment. Abstracts were due August 1 2009 to [Jodi Cranston] cranston@bu.edu with cc: to blues@bu.edu
Held 21-23 January, 2010. Annual. "Organized and run by graduate students,the conference is interdisciplinary in scope; papers are invited in any area of medieval or Renaissance studies. It provides participants the opportunity to present their work in a collegial scholarly forum, to meet students from other institutions and disciplines who will be their future colleagues, and to become familiar with the Newberry Library and its resources." Deadline was October 15, 2009. For more information, see the Web site.
Held April 30-2 May 2009. See the Web site for more information.
Held 16-18 October 2009. Villanova University. Please visit *the Web site* for further details.
16-17 April 2010. Annual. Please see the Web site for more information.
12-14 May 2010 . The Foresight Centre, Liverpool, UK. Very long description--check the detailed Web site. "Proposals were due 30th September 2009."
Held 6 February 2010. Annual, about the same time every year. See the Web site for full information.
"Since 1954, the Renaissance Society of America has been the leading organization in the Americas for the interdisciplinary study of the period 1300-1650 in Western history."
15-17 October 2010 An international and interdisciplinary conference at The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. "The view that early modernity saw the transformation of European societies into cultures of print has been widely influential in literary, historical, philosophical, and bibliographical studies of the period. We invite papers seeking to explore questions of production and reception that have always been at the core of the historiography of print, developing a more refined sense of the complex roles played by various agents and institutions. But we especially encourage submissions that probe the boundaries of our subject, both chronologically and conceptually: did print culture have a clear beginning? How is the idea of a culture of print complicated by the continued importance of manuscript circulation (as a private and commercial phenomenon)? How did print reshape or reconfigure audiences? And what was the place of orality in a world supposedly dominated by print textuality? What new forms of chirography and spoken, live performances did print enable, if any?...We invite proposals for conference papers of 20 minutes and encourage group-proposals for panels of three papers. Alternative formats such as workshops and roundtables will also be considered. Abstracts of 250 words can be submitted electronically on the conference website(linked above). The deadline for submissions was 15 December 2009. All questions ought to be addressed to the conference organizers, Gregoire Holtz (French, University of Toronto) and Holger Schott Syme (English, University of Toronto), at (printconference@gmail.com).
ROME2010. Montreal, Canada. (No exact date given) "After the triumphant return of the papacy to Rome following the Avignon exile, conscious efforts were undertaken to elevate Rome to its former glory, both as center of the Church and as center of the world. Popes from Nicholas V to Paul III worked to revitalize the city. This panel seeks to explore this moment of concentrated activity in Rome during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. We welcome topics that address issues of rebuilding and revitalization. We are particularly interested in topics that explore the renovation of small and/or ancient churches, the reuse or appropriation of antiquity in new commissions, and the strengthening of the papacy through artistic commissions of all kinds. We invite those interested to send via e-mail abstracts of no more than 150 words and a CV to both chairs (jblondin@uttyler.edu and (abourgeois@caad.msstate.edu) by 1 March 2010.
Jill E. Blondin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Art History Department of Art and Art History The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd. Tyler, TX 75799 903.566.7482 Angi Elsea Bourgeois, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Art History Department of Art/PO Box 5182 College of Architecture, Art, and Design Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 662.325.1922
18 October 2010. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. "to accompany the exhibition Salvator Rosa (1615-1673): Bandits, Wilderness and Magic, to be held there from 15 September - 28 November 2010. Rosa has always had a double importance for art in Britain, as both painter and phenomenon, and the conference aims to explore his vast impact on both painters and writers. Possible themes might include collectors and collecting; Rosa and concepts of the sublime, both in landscape and in magic, prophecy and enchantment; the afterlife of some outstanding works once or still in Britain, such as the Democritus, Belisarius, Atilius Regulus, Empedocles leap into Etna; Rosa and the concepts of Romantic genius and the freedom of the artist; the myths woven around Rosa's biography; bandits and witches. Please send a 500-word outline of your proposal for a twenty-five minute presentation, along with a CV and a list of publications. The deadline for submission of proposals was 30 December 2009. The proposal should be sent to (Helenlangdon@hotmail.com)."
14-17 Oct 2010 Montreal, Canada. "The call for papers will be released in December 2009." Ok, now it's January, 2010, and there's a page with all sorts of wisdom (except the due date for proposals), so seek ye there.
Held 16-19 April 2009. Biennial Conference. To be held at the Royal Holloway University of London. UK. Proposals were due 31 October 2008. See the Web site for more information.
Held 28-30 May 2009. Annual? Who knows!!
Held 6-8 March 2008. Kansas City, Missouri. The deadline for abstracts was December 1, 2007. This is the same as the South-Central Renaissance Conference (see below). Except these guys don't update their Web site.
16-18 July 2010 University of York, UK. Annual. Headquartered in London. Proposals (max. 400 words) are welcome from both established scholars and postgraduates and were dueFriday 25 September 2009 to the conference organizer:
Prof William Sherman Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies University of York Heslington YO10 5DD United Kingdom E-mail: ws505@york.ac.uk
18-20 March 2010. Annual. Corpus Christi, Texas. The deadline for abstracts was December 1, 2009. Check the Web site for more information. Same as the SOCIETY FOR RENAISSANCE ART CONFERENCE, looks like. Note that they offer travel fellowships for graduate students. Please see the Web site for more information.
Held 22 March 2008. Annual? One of the worst Web sites ever--seldom updated in time for submissions; you ask them why. For more information, please attempt to see the Web site.
24-26 September 2009. Wise, Virginia. For more information, please visit the website.
1-4 April 2010 American Comparative Literature Association 2010, New Orleans. "The rise of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century sparked a pan-European conversation on the visual appearance of alphabetic letters. Concerning themselves with fonts and calligraphy, authors of manuals recruited Renaissance developments in mathematics and the visual arts to fashion their letterforms...This panel investigates the relationship between the painted word and the painted image in early modern portraiture. Where do the two mix, and where are they at odds with each other within painted human identities? ...Proposals were due November 13, 2009.


EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

7-11 June 2010. George Washington University in Washington, D.C. "Ph.D. students from any discipline working on dissertations involving archival research (particularly in relatively newly accessible archives) are invited to apply to participate in the 8th annual Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (SICAR)... The deadline for applications is February 25, 2010." Please see the Web site for more information.
One of the best exhibition Web sites I've ever seen. This includes online lectures and films.
"Research in the collections of the Vatican Film Library by qualified scholars is supported by two fellowship programs. The Vatican Film Library Mellon Fellowship is offered through the Vatican Film Library for research of periods between two and eight weeks in length, though shorter periods of time can be accommodated. The NEH Research Fellowship is offered through the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University for scholars resident during the fall or spring terms. This fellowship encompasses research conducted in both the Vatican Film Library and in the rare book and manuscript collections of Pius XII Memorial Library. These fellowships cannot be held concurrently." Please see Web site for information on study periods and deadlines. Or contact : Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship Program, Vatican Film Library, Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University, 3650 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108-3302.
About a dozen very different fellowships for study/research at the Met or in other locations. Check the Web site for the full information.

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