CFP: La visibilite des collections privees (Montpellier, 20 November 20)

CFP: La visibilite des collections privees (Montpellier, 20 Nov 20) Montpellier, November 20, 2020 Deadline: Jun 15, 2020 Journée d'étude La visibilité des collections privées dans les institutions culturelles publiques L'Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 et MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, avec le soutien de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art, organisent le 20 novembre 2020 une journée d'étude … Continue reading CFP: La visibilite des collections privees (Montpellier, 20 November 20)

CFP: Women and the Art and Science of Collecting: Eighteenth-Century Collecting Beyond Europe

Call for Essays Women and the Art and Science of Collecting: Eighteenth-Century Collecting Beyond Europe Edited by Dr. Arlene Leis and Dr. Kacie Wills We are inviting chapter abstracts for a collection of essays designed for academics, specialists, and enthusiasts interested in the interrelations between art and science in women’s collections and collecting practices beyond … Continue reading CFP: Women and the Art and Science of Collecting: Eighteenth-Century Collecting Beyond Europe

STIP: 2 AHRC fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentships, London

STIP: 2 AHRC fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentships, London [1] Collecting the Boundaries of Art in the Science Museum Group [2] Jewish Collectors and Donors at the National Gallery ______________________________________________________________________________ [1] Collecting the Boundaries of Art in the Science Museum Group From: Katy Barrett Date: 24 Apr 2020 Birkbeck and the Science Museum Group (SMG) are … Continue reading STIP: 2 AHRC fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentships, London

Yale Center for British Art: Object of the Week

Thinking Inside the Box Is a makeshift classroom now part of your at-home existence? Then you might consider this mid-nineteenth-century teaching aid, Specimens of Articles in Common Use, a ready-made curriculum. It was designed to encourage observation skills through direct interaction with everyday objects. Derived from the theories of Swiss education reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), … Continue reading Yale Center for British Art: Object of the Week

REV-CONF: 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object

Subject: REV-CONF: 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, December 9 - 13, 2019 Report by Mirjam Brusius, Deutsches Historisches Institut London Workshop: "100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object" Concept and Convenor: Mirjam Brusius (German Historical Institute London). Collaborators: Forum Transregionale Studien and Max Weber Foundation … Continue reading REV-CONF: 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object