Emerging Researchers Symposium
Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art (Durham University)
22-23 June 2023
CFP: Movements and Transformations in the Making of Iberian and Latin American Art and Visual Cultures
MAIUS WORKSHOP MEETING: FAITH, 22 NOVEMBER 2022, 5PM (GMT)
Join us on Zoom at 5:00 pm (UK) on 28 June for the Maius Workshop’s new event. To attend, please use the following link:
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpdeihqzsuHt3RjU9GvH-Hu8K3udXMNoaw
As in previous meetings, this workshop will feature short informal presentations followed by discussion. Our line-up includes:
Michael Aidan Pope, ‘A History of the Many Conversions of the Early Modern Iberian Atlantic’. Michael’s research focuses on religious conversions in the Early Modern Iberian Atlantic. He obtained his PhD in 2022 with a thesis entitled ‘Proselytising Empires: The Many Conversions of the Iberian Atlantic, 1479-1668’.
Teresa Tinsley, ‘The English and the Spanish Inquisition. Towards a typology of cases’. Teresa obtained her PhD in History from the University of Exeter in 2019, after a long career in languages education and research. Her research on the conflicts, controversies and preoccupations which marked the transition from multi-faith Iberia to Catholic Spain is published by Bloomsbury as Reconciliation and Resistance in Early Modern Spain. She is currently working on a new research project entitled ‘Heresy and Nationhood. The English in Spain in the Sixteenth Century’.
Elisabeth Blakemore, ‘”Con una Cruz de caña en las manos”: Christian Iconography and Conversion in Cervantes’. Elizabeth is a third-year PhD student in Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Her research explores the changing representation of the moriscos in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century literature, exploring the ways in which early modern writers perpetuated the morisco community’s “Otherness” – ultimately portraying them as incapable of becoming true Christians and integrating within society.
Our sessions are open to all, and research in early stages of development is especially welcome.
MAIUS WORKSHOP CFP: FAITH
The next meeting of The Maius Workshop will take place on Zoom.
For this meeting, we are inviting proposals for 15-minute presentations relating to the theme of ‘faith’. 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. Feel free to present the group with a problem or apparent dead end and rack the brains of the collective mind!
Maius is a friendly platform for informal dialogue and collaborative research for anyone who is interested in Hispanic cultures, widely considered. Our sessions are open to all, and research in early stages of development is especially welcome.
If you are interested in presenting, please send an email to maiusworkshop@gmail.com with a title, short bio and 100-word abstract by October 14.
The meeting will take place in early november. We will circulate information about the presentations prior to the event.
For more information about Maius, please see https://maiusworkshop.wordpress.com/.
MAIUS WORKSHOP MEETING: COLLECTIONS, 28 JUNE 2022, 5PM (BST)
The next meeting of The Maius Workshop will take place on Zoom.
For this meeting, we are inviting proposals for 10-minute presentations relating to the theme of ‘collections’. Topics could include significant collections or collectors; literary or visual reflections upon collections and their display; considerations about objects travelling between Europe and the Americas; typologies, provenance and dissemination; etc.
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. Feel free to present the group with a problem or apparent dead end and rack the brains of the collective mind!
Maius is a friendly platform for informal dialogue and collaborative research for anyone who is interested in Hispanic cultures, widely considered. Our sessions are open to all, and research in early stages of development is especially welcome.
If you are interested in presenting, please send an email to maiusworkshop@gmail.com with a title, short bio and 100-word abstract by June 8, 2022.
To attend the event, please register here: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8Oq_nipwQGeLrsXVTip-Bg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We will circulate information about the presentations prior to the event.
For more information about Maius, please see https://maiusworkshop.wordpress.com/.
MAIUS WORKSHOP MEETING: IDENTITY (Pt. 2), 24 MAY 2022, 5PM (BST)
Join us on Zoom at 5:00 pm (UK) on 24 May for the Maius Workshop’s new event. To attend, please register here:
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4NafoeRSTPyyQMwVII-TKw
As in previous meetings, this workshop will feature short informal presentations followed by discussion. Questions will be accepted in English and Spanish.
Our line-up includes:
Isabel Escalera, ‘Creating a Feminine Identity Through Jewellery’. Isabel holds a degree in Art History from the University of Valladolid, Spain, and a Master’s degree in “Europe and the Atlantic World: Power, Culture and Society”. She is currently doing her PhD at the University of Valladolid and her research topic is jewellery in the Modern Age.
Mario Zamora, ‘Vicente Carducho: ¿Natural de Madrid?’. Mario is a PhD Candidate at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where he is doing research on the painter and treatise writer Vicente Carducho. He is interested in early modern Spanish artistic literature and its relationship to painting.
Our sessions are open to all, and research in early stages of development is especially welcome.
In Conversation Series: Curatorial Fellows, 28 April, 5 pm (BST)
This event will inaugurate the Maius ‘In conversation’ Series, where people from different fields will give brief presentations about their work, followed by a Q&A with the attendees. The idea is to spark a dialogue between like-minded young professionals and students who might wish to pursue a career in academia or in institutions such as museums, archives, and libraries.
For the first event in the Series we will count with curatorial fellows from the UK and the US who will share their experience and advice. Our line-up for the event includes:
Julia Vázquez, Curatorial Fellow for the Marisol Bequest at Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Akemi Herráez, Enriqueta Harris Frankfort Curatorial Fellow at The Wallace Collection.
Daniel Ralston, CEEH Curatorial Fellow in Spanish Paintings at the National Gallery.
This event is directed to students but everyone is welcome. To attend the event, please register here:
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aTOuYpcjSnWhcjKhyna7pQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more information about Maius, please see https://maiusworkshop.wordpress.com/.
Maius Workshop Meeting: ‘Identity’, 22 March 2022, 5pm (UK Time)
Join us on Zoom at 5:00 pm (UK) on 22 March for the Maius Workshop’s new event. To attend, please register here:
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4QLJzD8tQSiIWmdrZlcx-Q
As in previous meetings, this workshop will feature short informal presentations followed by discussion.
Our line-up includes:
Dr Piers Baker-Bates, ‘Questions of Identity: the artistic legacy of a Spanish Imperial World 1516-1621‘. Piers is a visiting research associate at The Open University and a Spanish Gallery Collection Research Fellow.
Carter Lyon, ‘The scholar-artist as the perfecto pintor: a case study of Vicente Carducho’s Self Portrait (c.1633-38)‘. Carter is a PhD candidate in Technical Art History at the University of Glasgow.
Our sessions are open to all, and research in early stages of development is especially welcome.
TODAY!! Maius Workshop Meeting: Gender in Pre-Modern Hispanic Arts and Cultures, QMUL, 30 January 2019
The next meeting of the Maius Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 4.30–6.00 pm (Arts 2, Room 3.17, QMUL, 335 Mile End Rd, London E1 4FQ).
We invite proposals for 10-minute presentations related to the theme of the session. 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: gender roles, stereotypes and gender bending; gendered architecture, spaces and decoration; family dynamics, childhood and education; individual choices and societal norms; segregation and places of encounter; masculinity, femininity and other identities; wealth, class and gender; decorum and rule-breaking; rituals and performances; gendered professions and crafts; intersections between scientific and cultural discourses around gender.
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.
If you would like to present your work-in-progress at this event, please email maiusworkshop@gmail.com. You can also email us to suggest topics and ideas for future events.
Maius Workshop Meeting: Gender in Pre-Modern Hispanic Arts and Cultures, QMUL, 30 January 2019
The next meeting of the Maius Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 4.30–6.00 pm (Arts 2, Room 3.17, QMUL, 335 Mile End Rd, London E1 4FQ).
We invite proposals for 10-minute presentations related to the theme of the session. 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: gender roles, stereotypes and gender bending; gendered architecture, spaces and decoration; family dynamics, childhood and education; individual choices and societal norms; segregation and places of encounter; masculinity, femininity and other identities; wealth, class and gender; decorum and rule-breaking; rituals and performances; gendered professions and crafts; intersections between scientific and cultural discourses around gender.
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.
If you would like to present your work-in-progress at this event, please email maiusworkshop@gmail.com. You can also email us to suggest topics and ideas for future events.
Update: Maius Workshop Meeting: Gender in Pre-Modern Hispanic Arts and Cultures
The next meeting of the Maius Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 4.30–6.00 pm (Arts 2, Room 3.17, QMUL, 335 Mile End Rd, London E1 4FQ).
We invite proposals for 10-minute presentations related to the theme of the session. 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: gender roles, stereotypes and gender bending; gendered architecture, spaces and decoration; family dynamics, childhood and education; individual choices and societal norms; segregation and places of encounter; masculinity, femininity and other identities; wealth, class and gender; decorum and rule-breaking; rituals and performances; gendered professions and crafts; intersections between scientific and cultural discourses around gender.
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.
If you would like to present your work-in-progress at this event, please email maiusworkshop@gmail.com by Tuesday 15 January. You can also email us to suggest topics and ideas for future events.
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