Category Archives: Announcements

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture’s first lecture in its 2015-2016 lecture series

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the first lecture in its 2015-2016 lecture series. On October 27, 2015, at 3:30 pm at The Greek Institute, Dr. Ioanna Christoforaki (Academy of Athens) will present … Continue reading

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Paul Meyvaert Obituary and Memorial Fund

To the Members of the Medieval Academy, Paul Meyvaert’s obituary appeared in today’s Boston Globe and can be found online here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=176073042 The burial will be private. Prof. Meyvaert’s family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made … Continue reading

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Studies in Iconography

STUDIES IN ICONOGRAPHY We are pleased to announce a new editorial team and board for the journal Studies in Iconography. The new co-editors are Richard Emmerson (Florida State, emeritus), Pamela Patton (Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), and Kathryn A. … Continue reading

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2016 Rome Prize

The 2016 Rome Prize online application is available on the American Academy in Rome website at www.aarom.org. The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the 2016 Rome Prize. For over a century, the Academy has awarded the Rome Prize to … Continue reading

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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Katrin Kogman-Appel, Department of the Arts, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (http://www.humboldt-professur.de/en/). Kogman-Appel’s research discusses illumination and decoration in Hebrew manuscripts and Jewish book culture. She will assume the Professorship in November 2016 … Continue reading

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The Berlin Prize Call for Applications 2016/2017

The Berlin Prize Call for Applications 2016/2017 The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for the academic year 2016/2017. The deadline is Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (12 noon EST or 6 pm CET). Applications may be submitted online … Continue reading

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Medieval Academy Response to Wisconsin Proposal

To the Members of the Medieval Academy, This morning, the letter copied below was sent on behalf of the Officers and Council of the Medieval Academy to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on … Continue reading

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Call for Applicants

The Courtauld Institute of Art CALL FOR APPLICANTS Research Project for Early Career Researchers: Crossing Frontiers: Christians, Muslims and their art in Eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus We are delighted to announce the launch of a new travelling research seminar … Continue reading

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Opportunities for Scholars 2016-2017

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, School of Historical Studies, Opportunities for Scholars 2016-2017.  The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations.  Scholars … Continue reading

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Manuscripts and Digital Humanities: A Colloquium

Manuscripts and Digital Humanities: A Colloquium This mini-colloquium, the last one organized by the NWO-sponsored project “Turning Over a New Leaf”, focuses on current research that studies manuscript books and handwritten text from a digital point of view. Time: 22 … Continue reading

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