The Maius Workshop Online! Join our discussion on ‘Power’, 20 April, 6:00pm (GMT)
7th century, MAN, Madrid
Maius doesn’t stop! We have decided to transform our next event into an online meeting. Join us on Zoom at 6:00 pm (GMT) on 20 April 2020. Please click this URL to join: https://us04web.zoom.us/s/367909092 (please note you will be asked to register and download Zoom). You can use your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device.
As in previous meetings, this workshop will feature short informal presentations followed by discussion. You will be able to present PowerPoint slides or other material remotely, and to join the discussion via voice or chat.
We invite proposals for 15-minute presentations related to the theme of ‘power’, widely considered. Speakers are encouraged to focus their talks on a particular case study (object, extract, document, etc.), which plays a role in their research and can spark creative discussion.
Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to: the monarchy and its accoutrements; bureaucracy and law enforcement; money and wealth; war and violence; religious orthodoxy and spiritual control; affective impact and awe.
Our line-up includes:
Edward Payne, Assistant Professor at Durham University, who is developing a new project on violence in the early modern Spanish port city. His paper is entitled: ‘Everyday violence? Imagining the Tribunale della Vicaria in seicento Naples’.
Nadia Mariana Consiglieri, an Argentinian PhD Candidate in Theory and History of Arts at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in co-tutorship with the École Pratique des Hautes Études, who will discuss ‘Animals in visual discourses of Hispanic royal power (11th–12th centuries)’.
If you would like to present your work-in-progress, please email maiusworkshop@gmail.com.
Our sessions are open to all, and research in early stages of development is especially welcome.
POSTPONED: Maius Workshop Meeting: ‘Power’, Courtauld Institute of Art, Monday 23 March, 5:00–6:30pm
In light of the current situation with Covid-19, we have decided to postpone this workshop to a date TBC. We will reschedule it as soon as possible and look forward to discussing ‘power’ with you.
Maius Workshop Meeting: Inscribing Colonialism in Fifteenth-Century Portugal, 26 March 2019, QMUL
The next meeting of the Maius Workshop will take place on 26 March, 4:30–5:30pm, in room Law G3 at QMUL (335 Mile End Rd, London E1 4FQ). Click here for a map of the Campus.
Jessica Barker, Lecturer in Medieval History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, will lead a seminar entitled Inscribing Colonialism in Fifteenth-Century Portugal. The session will consider inscriptions, readability and visibility in funerary monuments, and their intersections with early Portuguese explorations in West Africa.
Maius is a friendly platform for informal dialogue and collaborative research. Our sessions are open to all, and research in early stages of development is especially welcome. We look forward to seeing you at this event, and please feel free to email us with ideas and suggestions for future meetings.
Image: Detail of inscription on the north side of the monument to João I and Philippa of Lancaster, 1426–34. Founder’s Chapel, monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha. Photo: Jessica Barker.
Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians, deadline 30 September, 2018
This award provides support for travel related to research on Spanish, Portuguese, or Ibero-American architecture.
The awards consist of a $2,000 stipend for a junior scholar and a $6,000 award for a senior scholar. The awardees will be notified in December and will be recognized at the SAH 72nd Annual International Conference in Providence, Rhode Island (April 24–28, 2019). The awards will be announced in the May 2019 issue of the SAH Newsletter.
This fellowship is intended to support the research of junior scholars (usually scholars engaged in doctoral dissertation research) annually, and senior scholars (scholars who have completed their PhD or equivalent terminal degree) every other year in even-numbered years (2020, 2022, 2024, etc.). The research to be supported must focus on Spanish, Portuguese, or Ibero-American architecture, including colonial architecture produced by the Spaniards in the Philippines and what is today the United States. The applicant must be a current member of SAH.
Following completion of travel and research supported by the fellowship, each de Montêquin Fellowship awardee must submit a written report summarizing their research and explaining what travel was undertaken and how funds were spent. The report will be submitted to the SAH office no later than three months following the completion of work related to the fellowship. Awardees are required to upload images to SAHARA (a minimum of 50 for junior scholars and a minimum of 150 for senior scholars).
You will need two recommendations to apply for this fellowship, a description of the research project on Iberian or Ibero-American architecture to be funded (500 words maximum), a current curriculum vitae (5 pages max), and a statement of purpose.
Applications for the 2019 Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship will open at 3 pm CDT on August 1, 2018, and close on September 30, 2018.
Click here for more information and to complete the application form.
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