Category Archives: Renaissance Art and History

Seminar on Paleography and Archival Studies

Posted on January 28, 2013 by briansandberg

Seminar on Paleography and Archival Studies For the third consecutive year, the Medici Archive Project will be offering a two-week intensive seminar on archival research especially intended for advanced graduate students in Renaissance and early modern studies. This seminar will … Continue reading →

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Space and Piety in the Mediterranean

Posted on January 28, 2013 by briansandberg

CFP: CONFRATERNITIES, GUILDS/FUTUWWA, AND BROTHERHOODS/TARIQAHS: SPACE AND PIETY IN THE IRANO-MEDITERRANEAN FRONTIER ZONE Colin Mitchell and Megan Armstrong are seeking papers for a special interdisciplinary mini-conference on popular religious communities of the post-medieval Irano-Mediterranean frontier. It will take place at … Continue reading →

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French Art History in Chicago

Posted on January 27, 2013 by briansandberg

Chicago has become a real center for French art history. Chicago-based art historians have made a mark with their research on French art and culture. Rebecca Zorach, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, has become one … Continue reading →

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Medici Archive Project Fellowships

Posted on January 19, 2013 by briansandberg

The Medici Granducal Archive (Mediceo del Principato), comprising over four-million letters dating between 1537-1743, provides the most complete record of any princely regime in early modern Italy as well as an extraordinarily rich historical reservoir of European history. This collection … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Jewish Studies Fellowship

Posted on January 14, 2013 by briansandberg

The Medici Archive Project in Florence, Italy, is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in early modern Jewish studies. The position description reads: “The letters in the Medici Granducal Archive (Mediceo del Principato) constitute an impressive historical reservoir of Jewish history. The … Continue reading →

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Renaissance Academies as Social Networks

Posted on January 10, 2013 by briansandberg

The academies of Renaissance Italy are being compared with internet social networks, such as Facebook. A major collaborative research project on The Italian Academies 1525-1700:The First Intellectual Networks of Early Modern Europe, is producing new findings on the complex world … Continue reading →

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History of the Book Lecture

Posted on January 5, 2013 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance Studies is hosting the annual History of the Book Lecture. Jeffrey Masten (Northwestern University), “Toward Queerer Book History” History of the Book Lecture Newberry Library, Towner Fellows Lounge, Friday, 11 January 11 2013 at 2 pm … Continue reading →

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Ecole des Chartes Fellowship

Posted on November 1, 2012 by briansandberg

École Nationale des Chartes Fellowship Application deadline: December 1, 2012 This fellowship, which has existed since 1979, provides auditor tuition and a portion of living expenses for an American or Canadian graduate student who has advanced to PhD candidacy to … Continue reading →

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Italian Voices Conference

Posted on October 20, 2012 by briansandberg

CALL FOR PAPERS Italian Voices: Oral and Written Cultures in Early Modern Italy Conference at the University of Leeds Thursday 5-Friday 6 September 2013 Venue: School of Music This conference is being organized as part of the project ‘Oral culture, … Continue reading →

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Samurai Boys in Italy

Posted on August 1, 2012 by briansandberg

Italian archives continue to offer up wonderful evidence for historians of the early modern world. The rich records of Italian principalities, republics, merchants, and religious organizations offer some of the best sources for using World History approaches in the early … Continue reading →

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