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Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
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SYMPOSIA OF RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE INTEREST

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. 









ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES: SHIFTING BOUNDARIES OF 
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIOGRAPHY




May 31, 2012-June 3, 2012. European Architectural History Network (EAHN), Brussels, Belgium.
Web site contains a wretched pdf with description of all of the calls for papers.  "Abstracts are invited...
by September 30, 2011.




AFFECT & AGENCY: THE NETHERLANDISH PORTRAIT 1400-1700




22-25 February 2012. Los Angeles, College Art Association conference. Please see the Web 
site for more information. "Please send proposals and accompanying materials by May 2, 2011 to:  
Ann Jensen Adams (ajadams@arthistory.ucsb.edu).




AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 
FOR NETHERLANDIC STUDIES




7-9 June 2012. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Check the Web site ("Conferences) for 
details, etc. Please submit abstracts of 250 words, (accompanied by curriculum vitae) to 
(seminars@calvin.edu) with "ICNS Abstract" in the subject line by December 15, 2011. Acceptance 
notification will be given by February 1, 2012.

 


THE APPEAL OF SCULPTURE IN 
RENAISSANCE ITALY: COLLECTING, PATRONAGE, STYLE, AND THE ROLE OF TOUCH




22-24 March 2012. Sponsored by the Italian Art Society at the Annual meeting of the Renaissance 
Society of America, Washington D.C. "New perspectives on the perception of sculpture, especially the small 
bronze, have been raised in current and recent research projects, publications and exhibitions. This session 
seeks to draw these together to foster broader insights, including from the fields of literature, psychology, 
and neuroscience. The representation of the collector and collections, issues inherent to the paragone debates, 
the differences in sculpture meant to be touched or held and sculpture that was simply to be viewed, how 
sculpture generates "pleasure": these are all potential subjects...Please e-mail your proposal (maximum 
150 words) with your name, affiliation and cv (maximum 2 pages) by 15 May 2011 to Joaneath Spicer 
(jspicer@thewalters.org)

 


 ARIZONA CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES




16-19 February 2012. Tempe, Arizona. Annual--held usually in February. Online submission date(s): June 1, 2011-
October 16, 2011. For more information on this or future conferences, check the  Web site. 




ASSOCIATION FOR TEXTUAL SCHOLARSHIP IN 
ART HISTORY




Subjects covered are mostly late Medieval / Renaissance. They do not seem to hold their own conferences, 
but sponsor paper sessions at others. (Bizarre Web site is loaded with ads formatted in their own design; 
site is slow to be updated)




AUTHORSHIP & IDENTITY IN EARLY MODERN SIGNATURES




22-24 March 2012. Washington, D.C. Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. 
Please see linked Web site for details. "Please submit as e-mail attachments (MS Word or PDF) an abstract
(maximum 150 words) and c.v. to both organizers by May 20 2011."

David Boffa (davidboffa@gmail.com)
Kandice Rawlings (krawlings@gmail.com)




BARNARD MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE




1 December 2012."Bi-annual." Theme: Charting the Future and the Unknown in the Middle Ages 
and Renaissance. 
Conference Organizer, Professor Phillip John Usher (pusher - &at& - barnard.edu)[SIC] by October 1, 2011.




BEYOND ITALY AND NEW SPAIN: Itineraries 
for an Iberian Art History (1440-1640)




27-29 April 2012. Columbia University, New York City, the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies 
in America / Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures. Co-sponsored by the Department of 
Art History and Archeology. "This conference aims to open new dialogues on Iberian art and architecture 
from the decade that saw the Aragonese conquest of Southern Italy (1443) and the establishment of the 
first Portuguese trading station on the African island of Arguim (1449) to that of the separation of the 
Portuguese and the Spanish crowns (1640)...Please send proposals by September, 25th, 2011 to: 
(mc3371@columbia.edu) and (ar2701@columbia.edu)." See link for details.


 

BUILDING EMPIRE: 
THE LEGACY OF THE CATHOLIC KINGS AND ITS [sic] IMAGES




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Deadline was  
May 8, 2011. See the Web site for more information.





BUILDINGS AND OBJECTS: BAROQUE, ROCOCO AND BEYOND




18-22 April 2012. Detroit, Michigan. Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural 
Historians. "This panel seeks to reunite the study of 17th- and 18th-century European
architecture and objects." Deadline: June 1, 2011. See the Web site for more information.




CIRIACO D'ANCONA AND THE 
VISUAL ARTS: THE CATHOLIC KINGS AND ITS [sic] IMAGES




22-24 March 2012. Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Washington, D.C. 
"The fifteenth-century traveler and antiquarian Ciriaco d'Ancona is well known as one of the earliest and 
most original observers of the art and architecture of antiquity. His drawings and descriptions of ancient 
monuments have long been analyzed by scholars. More recently, his roles as a collector of antiquities and 
consultant on artistic projects have begun to receive attention. This panel welcomes new research on 
Ciriaco's various artistic endeavors. Papers might address his activities as an artist, patron, collector, 
writer on art, adviser to artists, or any other topic that sheds light on Ciriaco's relationship 
with the visual arts. Send an abstract (maximum 150 words) and short c.v. to co-organizers 
Robert Glass (rglass29@gmail.com) and Giada Damen (gdamen@princeton.edu) by May 20, 2011.


 


COINS AND MEDALS




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America, Washington, D.C. "All proposals are welcome, 
but papers which deal with imagery on coins and medals, and the political and social aspects of the 
creation, collection, and exchange of these types of objects are particularly welcome. Please submit
proposals to Charles Rosenberg (crosenbe@nd.edu) or Arne Flaten (arflaten@coastal.edu) by May 15, 2011. 




CONVERSOS AND MORISCOS STUDIES




Sponsored by Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus. They have a conference about once every 
two years. So,next one should be in 2012.





DIALECTICS OF CREATION: 
FRACTURE AND FORETHOUGHT: 1400-1650




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America, Washington, D.C. Please see the Web 
site for explanation of topic. "Please submit a 150 word abstract as well as a short CV to: Christopher 
Nygren, University of Pennsylvania (christopher.nygren@gmail.com), Jason Di Resta, Johns Hopkins 
University (jdirest2@jhu.edu), and Hana Gruendler, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz 
(gruendler@khi.fi.it) by May 23rd 2011."




EARLY 
MODERN MERCHANTS AS COLLECTORS




15-16 June 2012. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK. "The deadline for submissions
is 31 May 2011. Scholars working on merchants in any region of the world in the early modern period are
invited to submit proposals for papers. All queries should be sent to (christina.anderson@ashmus.ox.ac.uk)."





EROTICA AND THE EROTIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE




16-18 February 2012. Tempe, Arizona. "ACMRS invites session and paper proposals for its 
annual interdisciplinary conference....We welcome papers that explore any topic 
related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and especially 
those that focus on this year's theme, both in literal and metaphorical manifestations...
The deadline for proposals is 9:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on 16 October 2011." 
See the link for details.




EXPOSING THE MALE NUDE 1500-1700




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America, Washington, D.C. Please send CV and 150-word 
abstract to both (allison.stielau@yale.edu) and (aaron.hyman@yale.edu) by May 15th." Please see the 
linked Web site for details.




HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART




Information about all conferences they sponsor, plus links to other announcements.




ISLAMIC AND RENAISSANCE GARDENS: A 
CASE FOR MUTUAL INFLUENCE?




May 31, 2012-June 3, 2012. European Architectural History Network (EAHN), Brussels, Belgium.
Web site contains a wretched pdf with description of all of the calls for papers. "Abstracts are invited...
by September 30, 2011." See also: (http://arthist.net/archive/1751), a much better site on the 
conference made by ART-HIST L.




ITALIAN ART SOCIETY




"Promoting the study of the architecture and visual arts of Italy, from prehistory to the present day." 
(Mostly late Medieval-Renaissance, though). They sponsor conferences through other organizations, such 
as CAA and RSA.

  


THE LONG SHADOW OF THE 
VENETIAN CINQUECENTO




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Deadline: 
May 15, 2011. See the Web site for more information.




MICHELANGELO IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Deadline  
was May 15, 2011. See the Web site for more information.




MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION: MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ITALIAN DIVISION




Held 3-6 January 2011. Los Angeles. "The Medieval and Renaissance Italian Division seeks papers on the following 
topics: "Metaphor and Meaning in Medieval and Renaissance Literature" and "Transgressive Love in Medieval 
and Renaissance Italian Literature" Please address questions and send abstracts to Maria Galli Stampino,
(mgstampino@miami.edu)




NEW COLLEGE CONFERENCE 
ON MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE STUDIES




08-10 March 2012. Sarasota, Florida. Biennial. The deadline for abstracts is 15 September 
2011. 
[N. B.: An excellent conference! 
Good papers and friendly colleagues! Highly recommended by the editor!] For more information see the 
Website and contact:






NEW ENGLAND RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE




b>12 November 2011. Yale University New Haven. More or less biennial. 





NEWBERRY LIBRARY GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE




26-28 January, 2012. Annual. "The Center for Renaissance Studies' annual graduate student 
conference, organized and run by advanced doctoral students, has become a premier opportunity for 
maturing scholars to present papers, participate in discussions, and develop collaborations across 
the field of medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies." Deadline is October 15, 2011. For 
more information, see the Web site.





NOT THE JESUITS: "OTHER" COUNTER-REFORMATIONAL ARCHITECTURE




18-22 April 2012. Detroit. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians. 
"This session...seeks to generalize and extend an understanding of the architecture of early modern 
religious orders beyond Jesuit examples, and invites papers considering the architecture of any 
non-Jesuit counter-reformational religious groups (including older orders active in the renewal of the 
Church)." For full description and instructions, see the SAH link above. "Members and friends of the 
Society of Architectural Historians are invited to submit abstracts by 1 June 2011 for thematic 
sessions. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted online via the SAH website, where 
full details of the selection process and conference available."




OTHER ANTIQUITIES: LOCAL 
CONCEPTIONS OF THE PAST IN NORTHERN EUROPEAN ART AND CULTURE




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America, Washington, D.C. "This panel seeks papers 
that expand and/or complicate our understanding of antiquity in northern Europe in the period from 
1400 to 1650...Please send your abstract (up to 150 words) and a short CV (including affiliation and 
contact information) no later than May 16, 2011 to both organizers: Stephanie Porras 
(scp2130@columbia.edu) and Marisa Bass (mbass@fas.harvard.edu)." Please see the link for details.




PACIFIC NORTHWEST RENAISSANCE SOCIETY




20-22 October 2011. Spokane, Washington. Subject: Reimagining Genre. Due date for 
abstracts was 1 May 2011. [You know, I checked their Web site about two weeks ago and it did not have 
this information: 1 May 2011.] See the Web site for more information.





PATRISTIC, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE




21-23 October 2011. Villanova University. Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2011. 
Please visit the Web site for further details.   




PLAYING WITH CONVENTION: HUMOR AND THE EARLY MODERN PORTRAIT




22-24 March 2012. Renaissance Society of America, Washington, D.C. "We seek paper proposals on 
works that appear to manipulate the conventions of portraiture. In particular, we are interested in 
visual representations that exploit strategies of irony, comedy, satire, and related modes. Proposals 
should include the presenter's contact information; the paper's title; a brief abstract (150 words 
or less); a short curriculum vitae; and any A/V requirements. Please send proposals to both Sandra Cheng
(schengnyc@gmail.com) and Kimberlee A. Cloutier-Blazzard (kac9b@mindspring.com) by May 20.





PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY 
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE FORUM




20-21 April 2012. Abstracts are due January 12, 2012.  Annual. Please see the Web 
site for more information.

 


PORTRAITS AND PERSONAL 
EXPERIENCE IN RENAISSANCE EUROPE 1400-1600




28 April 2012. The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London. "The 
Renaissance Symposium offers the opportunity for research students at all levels from universities in 
the UK and abroad to present their research and receive feedback in a friendly and constructive
environment. We cannot offer travel subsidies for speakers, and therefore students from outside 
London are encouraged to apply to their institutions for funding to attend the symposium. Please send 
proposals of 250 words for papers of 20 minutes, and a
short biography to: (renaissance.consortium@courtauld.ac.uk)  by 20 January 2012. 

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PUBLIC ART AND CONTESTED SPACES IN EARLY MODERN ITALY




22-24 March 2012. Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Italian Art Society at the 
conference of the Renaissance Society of America. "This session seeks papers that address the rich and 
varied role of art and architecture in creating, transforming, appropriating or reinventing public spaces
and public life in Early Modern Italy.  Whether religious, civic or mercantile, the public spaces of 
Italy have long been acknowledged as important but contested sites of power and authority. This topic 
encompasses a broad range of approaches, and this session welcomes proposals that cover a diverse range 
of material and modes of inquiry...Please submit contact information, title, abstract (150 word maximum), 
keywords, and a one-page curriculum vitae to Felicia Else at
(felse@gettysburg.edu)  no later than May 23, 2011.




RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA




Held 7 May 2011. Annual, about the same time every year. See the Web site for full information. 
[Umm, Web site supposedly now at (http://www.renconfsocal.org./) but clicking this produces the 
message "Bad Hostname"[sic] Get with it, friends.]




THE RENAISSANCE AND CONTEMPORARY THEORY




22-24 March 2012. Washington, D.C. The conference of the Renaissance Society of America. 
"This session asks the question, can the present responsibly inform the past?...Please send a 150 
word abstract and a copy of your CV to Paula Carabell (pcarabel@fau.edu)." NO DUE DATE FOR ABSTRACTS 
LISTED: 3 May 2011)




RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA




22-24 March 2012. Washington, D.C. "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." Please follow the link for the latest CFPs and due dates.




SIEGE VIEWS AND THE REPRESENTATIONS OF 
CITIES IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE




May 31, 2012-June 3, 2012. Brussels, Belgium. European Architectural History Network (EAHN).
Web site contains a wretched pdf with description of all of the calls for papers. "Abstracts are invited...
by September 30, 2011."




SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SOCIETY CONFERENCE




27-30 October 2011. Fort Worth, Texas. Proposals were due 1 April 2010. 





SOCIETY FOR ITALIAN STUDIES (UK)




9-11 July 2012. Fifth Biennial Conference. University of Manchester, UK. See the Web site for 
details. "Proposals (paper: 400 words, panel: 1000 words) are welcome from postgraduates as well as 
established scholars and they should be sent by Friday 16 September 2011 to the conference 
organizer (decisions on papers to be made by the end of October):

Dr Jerome de Groot
English and American Studies
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom






SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION RESEARCH




"The Society for Reformation Research meets annually in conjunction with the 
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference." Which see, above.




SOCIETY FOR RENAISSANCE ART CONFERENCE




Held 3-5 March 2011. St. Louis, Missouri. Abstracts only (400-500 words; a shorter 100-word abstract 
for inclusion in the program) were due no later than December 1, 2010 via the SCRC website's abstract 
submission form. This is the same as the South-Central Renaissance Conference (see below). 




SOCIETY FOR RENAISSANCE STUDIES (UK)




Many conferences listed.




SOUTH CENTRAL RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE




8-10 March 2012. Annual. New Orleans, LA. The deadline for abstracts is December 15, 2011.  
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.

 


SOUTH 
ITALY, SICILY, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN




17-21 July 2012. La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia. "Hosted by the Centre for Greek 
Studies and the A.D. Trendall Centre for Ancient Mediterranean Studies at La Trobe University, this 
conference will focus on the movement of people and interactions of culture in the region of Southern 
Italy and Sicily from antiquity until the present. The program will include exhibitions at the Hellenic 
Museum and the Museo Italiano of ancient Greek vases from Southern Italy and Sicily as well as other 
pieces from the collection of the Trendall Research Centre. It will also include a tour of the 
world-class resources held at the A.D. Trendall Centre for Ancient Mediterranean Studies at La Trobe 
University. The inter-disciplinary nature of this conference seeks to foster critical analysis of 
geographical and chronological interconnections in Southern Italy and Sicily. It is intended that 
consideration of cultural interaction, population movements, and changing religious and philosophical 
ideas over a period of approximately 3000 years will prompt scholarly discussion of continuity and 
change over time in this region of the Mediterranean...Please submit abstracts no longer than 300 
words to Sarah Midford at (s.midford@latrobe.edu.au) before 6th February 2012. Papers will 
be programmed into 30-minute timeslots and should be no longer than 20-minutes. 10-minutes will 
be scheduled for questions. Papers that focus on the region of Southern Italy and Sicily are 
invited from any discipline."





UNIVERSITY
 OF TEXAS AT TYLER CONFERENCE ON CLASSICAL, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES




Apparently several are held each year.  One of the worst Web sites ever--seldom updated in time for 
submissions; you ask them why. For more information, please attempt to consult the Web site.





VASARI/500: ENVISIONING NEW DIRECTIONS IN VASARI STUDIES




28-29 October 2011. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. "The symposium "Vasari/500" will
reassess the Tuscan-born artist and writer's central, if deeply contested, role in charting 
histories of the Renaissance. Thematic panels, sessions dedicated to the first-hand study of 
related artworks, and a roundtable discussion will allow participants to consider Vasari and 
his legacy both in depth and across disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for 25-minute
papers from students currently enrolled in doctoral programs, and from those who have recently 
received their degrees. Interested participants should submit abstracts of no more than 500 words 
and a one-page CV to (vasari@fas.harvard.edu). Applications must be received by May 15, 2011. 
For more information, please consult [the Web site].




UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA COLLEGE AT WISE MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE 
CONFERENCE




Held 16-18 September 2009. Wise, Virginia. Any more? Checked 21 October 2011.

 


WOMEN ARTISTS IN 
EARLY MODERN ITALY




3 March 2012. "Although Italian women artists are of primary concern at this conference, 
papers on women artists of other countries are welcome particularly if they can be linked with 
the Medici or if their works were collected by any of the Medici (as in the case of Rachel 
Ruysch for instance). We are also particularly keen to include papers dealing with the collecting 
and display of works by women artists in the years 1500-1750, as well as papers that 
characterize the patronage enjoyed by women artists of this period. To apply, please submit by 
December 1, 2011, a paper title, a one-page abstract either in English or Italian, and a 
curriculum vitae. Submissions should be sent via e-mail to Dr. Sheila Barker: (barker@medici.org)." 
Please see the link for details. 

 








EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER EVENTS 
OF INTEREST





LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN 
RENAISSANCE FLORENCE: THE COURTAULD WEDDING CHESTS
 



One of the best exhibition Web sites I've ever seen. This includes online lectures and films.




SOME RELEVANT SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS OF RENAISSANCE/BAROQUE STUDIES




ANDREW W. MELLON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS VATICAN 
FILM LIBRARY AT  SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY




"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.  




THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: ART 
HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS




About a dozen very different fellowships for study/research at the Met or in other locations.  
Check the Web site for the full information.










Videos (etc) on Early Modern [sic] Art




I'm trying to post the best videos I find, but it is difficult because so many of them are so lousy. 
Most are from Youtube and so cut up into 8-10 minutes parts but a few are from the Met and are uncut. 
Please note that they have a tendancy to vanish...



Northern Art




Southern Art





Views of 
Villa Spelman



Read the Villa Spelman Blog for the end of the 
story of this Italian Renaissance center



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