Medieval History
CFP - sessions on Ravenna for Kalamazoo 2009
Three sessions are being organized with Ravenna as the topic, as follows:
"Ravenna and its Contexts in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle
Ages" (2 sessions)
Organizer: Deborah M. Deliyannis, Indiana University
[email protected]
For 350 years, Ravenna served as a political center, successively for
the western Roman Empire, the Ostrogothic kingdom, and the
Byzantine exarchate of Italy. After the Lombard conquest of 751 the
city declined in importance, but its glorious past was not
forgotten, preserved as it was in art and architecture, in history,
hagiography, and liturgy. Because of Ravenna's importance, the city
is studied by scholars from a variety of different fields. The two
proposed sessions will provide an opportunity for historians, art
historians, archaeologists, literary scholars, and others to compare
and contrast interpretations in an interdisciplinary forum focused
specifically on Ravenna. The title "Ravenna and its Contexts"
refers both to the historical and cultural contexts in which Ravenna
developed, and to the modern scholarly contexts in which it is
studied today.
"Ravenna" in Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Texts
Organizer: Daniel H. Abosso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
[email protected]
The study of Ravenna has attracted scholars from a variety of
disciplines in recent decades. Most attention has been paid to
Ravenna's historical and artistic importance; less attention has
been paid to Ravenna as it is regarded in our texts. For example,
how do late antique authors treat Ravenna as a capital city in
comparison to Rome and Constantinople? How do Byzantine historians
narrate Ravenna's fortunes? Questions such as these form the basis
for reception studies on Ravenna. Papers on the Spicilegium
Ravennatis Historiae and later chroniclers of Ravenna such as
Desiderio Spreti are particularly encouraged.
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Medieval History
CFP - sessions on Ravenna for Kalamazoo 2009
CFP - sessions on Ravenna for Kalamazoo 2009
Three sessions are being organized with Ravenna as the topic, as follows:
"Ravenna and its Contexts in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle
Ages" (2 sessions)
Organizer: Deborah M. Deliyannis, Indiana University
[email protected]
For 350 years, Ravenna served as a political center, successively for
the western Roman Empire, the Ostrogothic kingdom, and the
Byzantine exarchate of Italy. After the Lombard conquest of 751 the
city declined in importance, but its glorious past was not
forgotten, preserved as it was in art and architecture, in history,
hagiography, and liturgy. Because of Ravenna's importance, the city
is studied by scholars from a variety of different fields. The two
proposed sessions will provide an opportunity for historians, art
historians, archaeologists, literary scholars, and others to compare
and contrast interpretations in an interdisciplinary forum focused
specifically on Ravenna. The title "Ravenna and its Contexts"
refers both to the historical and cultural contexts in which Ravenna
developed, and to the modern scholarly contexts in which it is
studied today.
"Ravenna" in Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Texts
Organizer: Daniel H. Abosso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
[email protected]
The study of Ravenna has attracted scholars from a variety of
disciplines in recent decades. Most attention has been paid to
Ravenna's historical and artistic importance; less attention has
been paid to Ravenna as it is regarded in our texts. For example,
how do late antique authors treat Ravenna as a capital city in
comparison to Rome and Constantinople? How do Byzantine historians
narrate Ravenna's fortunes? Questions such as these form the basis
for reception studies on Ravenna. Papers on the Spicilegium
Ravennatis Historiae and later chroniclers of Ravenna such as
Desiderio Spreti are particularly encouraged.
- Carolingian Images
After two decades teaching medieval art history and doing photography for my own use, I have started a photography business. As part of that project I am posting my archive of images online for all to use without charge. So far I have posted about 950...
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Call for Papers Rethinking Medieval Liturgy: New Approaches across Disciplines 1819 June 2010, London The study of medieval liturgy has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years. As the lines between various kinds of cultural studies have...
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CFP for Kalamazoo 2010: Alfredian Texts and Contexts The era of Alfred the Great offers fertile fields for many workers: historians, archaeologists, literary scholars, linguists, art historians, and others. Recent scholarly developments have further invigorated...
- Call For Papers. Patristic, Medieval, And Renaissance Studies
Call for Papers. Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (PMR) at Villanova University invites you to participate in its 34th International PMR Conference. October 16-18, 2009. The PMR committee this year makes a special invitation to scholars from...
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Muslim Women as Mullahs Medieval Burial Ground Unearthed Saxon, Roman, and Iron Age finds If you're in the neighborhood of the British Museum: The Origins of the British Thursday 8 March, 18.30 Stephen Oppenheimer, historian and geneticist, talks...