When: 19 May – 20 May, 2025, 10:00 – 17:00Where: Courtauld Institute of Art – Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2Free, Booking essential – To book your ticket, please follow this link Works of art and architecture made by or for Jewish communities in the medieval period are often examined through the lenses of persecutionContinue reading “Symposium – Tracing Jewish Histories: The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture”
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize, deadline 30th April 2025
ARTES is excited to announce the call for applications to the Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize of 2025, funded by the generous support of the Embassy of Spain, for the best art-historical essay on a Hispanic Theme. Please consult the Award section for the full description of the application requirements and the awards.
ONLINE EVENT – ‘The Spanish Gallery Collection Studies’ Series on March 11th at 6pm, UK Time
The Zurbarán Centre is looking forward to celebrating the inaugural publications in ‘The Spanish Gallery Collection Studies’ series, produced by the Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica (CEEH) in Madrid. This series commences with four volumes authored by distinguished experts on Spanish art, who conducted their research during a CEEH-funded fellowship at the Zurbarán Centre between 2021 and 2023: Murillo’s True PortraitContinue reading “ONLINE EVENT – ‘The Spanish Gallery Collection Studies’ Series on March 11th at 6pm, UK Time”
REMINDER: 29th January 6pm GMT: Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France: Politics of the Grotesque
The Artes and Zurbarán Center for Spanish and Latin American Art would like to remind members of the upcoming Seminar Series to be held over zoom on January 29th at 6pm GMT, by Dr. Paula Fayos Pérez. Fayos Pérez will be sharing with us her research for the her recent book, Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France:Continue reading “REMINDER: 29th January 6pm GMT: Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France: Politics of the Grotesque”
CALL FOR PAPERS – Who Ruled the World? Queen Urraca and Her Contemporaries in the Early Twelfth Century
International ConferenceDates: 3 – 5 March 2026Place: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, MadridOrganization: Research Grant: Intersections of Gender, Transculturalism, and Identity in Medieval Iberia:The Recycling and Long Life of Objects and Textiles (Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation,and Universities, PID2023-151143NA-I00, 2024-2027), PI: Verónica Carla Abenza Soria,Universidad Complutense, Madrid Organizer: Therese Martin, Instituto de Historia, CSIC, Madrid This conferenceContinue reading “CALL FOR PAPERS – Who Ruled the World? Queen Urraca and Her Contemporaries in the Early Twelfth Century”
ICDAD Talk (In Spanish, Online) – Miquel Barceló: una conversación sobre su viaje con la arcilla / Miquel Barcelón: A Conversation about his Journey with Clay
ICDAD Talk en EspañolMonday, July 29, 2024 (16:00 London ||17:00 Paris || 9:00 Mexico City || 11:00 New York || 00:00 Tokyo)Online Zoom Meeting (approx. 1 hour program) Miquel Barceló: una conversación sobre su viaje con la arcilla Esta charla del ICDAD reúne al escritor y comisario Enrique Juncosa y a la comisaria Margaret Connors McQuadeContinue reading “ICDAD Talk (In Spanish, Online) – Miquel Barceló: una conversación sobre su viaje con la arcilla / Miquel Barcelón: A Conversation about his Journey with Clay”
CALL FOR PAPER: Medieval Iberia in a Connected World – The Raw-Materials Record (2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies)
Session Title: Medieval Iberia in a Connected World – the Raw-Materials Record Importance: This session aims to contribute to the production of knowledge about the Global Middle Ages by analyzing the role that the Iberian Peninsula played in the trade of raw materials. On the one hand, the aim is to advance the knowledge ofContinue reading “CALL FOR PAPER: Medieval Iberia in a Connected World – The Raw-Materials Record (2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies)”
Upcoming ARTES Trip: Visit to Valladolid and Madrid
ARTES is excited to plan an enthralling short trip to Spain in early December to visit two major exhibitions: One monographic shjow at the Museo Nacional de Escultura in Valladolid, dedicated to the Baroque Sculptor Luisa Roldán (1652-1706), and the other to a major show on sculpture at the Museo Nacional del Prado: Hand inContinue reading “Upcoming ARTES Trip: Visit to Valladolid and Madrid”
Glendinng Lecture 2024 – The Islamic monuments in Spain as historical devices (16th to 18th centuries)
When: May 13th, 2024, 6pm UK TimeWhere: Instituto Cervantes of London What history of Spain could be written using the Islamic monuments of Al-Andalus as sources?Were the Mosque of Córdoba, the Giralda of Seville, and the Alhambra of Granada part of thenation’s history? What interest could an Arabic inscription or a decorative fragment ofataurique haveContinue reading “Glendinng Lecture 2024 – The Islamic monuments in Spain as historical devices (16th to 18th centuries)”
Seminar Session – Copied Singularities: Tracking Animal Illustrations around the Early Modern World
When: 17th April at 6pm (UK Time) via ZoomZoom Link: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/s/95933854468 Artes would like to invite all to the next seminar session as part of the Zurbarán Center for Spanish and Latin American Art-Artes seminar series. In this next session, Dr. Lisa Voigt (Yale University) will be presenting Copied Singularities: Tracking Animal Illustrations around theContinue reading “Seminar Session – Copied Singularities: Tracking Animal Illustrations around the Early Modern World “
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