Art Historiographies in Central and Eastern Europe CFP: Studying Byzantium in the interwar years, workshop at the XXIV International Conference of Byzantine Studies, Venice/Padua, August 22–27, 2022 Submissions due March 31, 2021
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Cosmin Minea will present this Friday his paper, ‘The transnational creation of the Romanian national architectural heritage in the nineteenth century.’ at the international conference ‘Space, Art and Architecture between East and West: The Revolutionary Spirit’, Athens. Watch it on youtube at 11.15 CET.
Click here for the official booklet of the conference The audience will be able to join us on the Hellenic Open University Channel on YouTube, where the conference will be live- streamed here.
Anna Adashinskaya has presented her paper “Pious Offerings to Meteora Monasteries (1348-1420s): Between Political Representation, Family Belonging, and Personal Agency” at the 23rd International Graduate Conference of the Oxford University Byzantine Society.
To access the conference booklet, visit: https://oxfordbyzantinesociety.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/oubs2021_booklet.pdf The general link of the conference is here: https://oxfordbyzantinesociety.wordpress.com/international-graduate-conference-2021/
From Bucharest to Byzantium: the entangled history of a Romanian art history book in St Andrews University Library
A signed copy of George Oprescu’s 1935 book Roumanian Art from 1800 to our Days in St Andrews University Library reveals fascinating links between Scottish and Romanian academics in the interwar period.
Anna Adashinskaya will give a talk at the AISEES Spring Lecture Series on February 10th, 4:00 p.m. (EST), titled “Discovering History or Spying for the Country? Russian Imperial Research Expeditions by P.N. Milyukov and N.P. Kondakov to Macedonia”
Anna Adashinskaya (New Europe College, Bucharest). “Discovering History or Spying for the Country? Russian Imperial Research Expeditions by P.N. Milyukov and N.P. Kondakov to Macedonia”
From: Russia with (Winter) Love. Russian Postcards Celebrating the Winter Holidays. To: You
This overview of Soviet postcards for the festive winter season shows how political and economic concerns translate into some intriguing postcard designs that include World War 2 themes, the adventure of the Soviet Grandfather Frost or the Great Soviet Industry.
Shona Kallestrup is Speaker at the AAH ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE | RE-WRITING WOMEN INTO ART HISTORY
This event will take a fresh look at women as collectors, patrons, exhibition organisers and museum founders in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Until recently, women’s contributions in these areas has been undervalued, not keeping up with the attention and critical recognition that women artists have received. Our three speakers will consider the achievements of some extraordinary and fascinating women in the art world whose accomplishments are less well known than their male counterparts of the period, though are equally significant.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Space, Art and Architecture Between East and West: The Revolutionary Spirit
Details on the following link: https://www.academia.edu/44494348/Call_for_Papers_Space_Art_and_Architecture_Between_East_and_West_The_Revolutionary_Spirit
CALL FOR PAPERS: Design. Design History, Research Methodology and Institutions
(click on the ‘English’ tab on the right) https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/aq/announcement/view/435
An “Ancient Argonaut” in the Service of the Empire: the Research Expeditions of Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov
Anna Adashinskaya An acclaimed art historian, professor, museum curator, tireless traveler and reluctant spy: these were the social roles played by the pioneer of the iconographic method in Russia, Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov. Every time he needed to finance a costly expedition to distant Byzantine monuments, he faced a dilemma: to spy or not to spy? Before … Continue reading An “Ancient Argonaut” in the Service of the Empire: the Research Expeditions of Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov