medieval material culture

Dear Colleagues,

We welcome submissions to our session, #153: 'Weaving Narratives of the Past Through Medieval Small Finds (AD 1000-1550)' at the next meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Belfast (20th August – 2nd September 2023), organised by Michael Lewis (British Museum, London), Mária Vargha (Charles University, Prague). Jakub Sawicki (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague) and Tibor Ákos Rácz (Ferenczi Museum Centre, Gödöllő).

Special Issue of Cahiers Balkaniques:

L’évolution de la broderie de tradition byzantine en Méditerranée orientale et dans le monde slave (1200-1800)

The Evolution of the Byzantine Embroidery Tradition in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Slavic World, 1200-1800

guest editors: Elena Papastavrou, Marielle Martiniani-Reber, editor: Joëlle Dalègre

Reflections of Identity on Silk: Towards a Re-Reading of the “Islamic” and the “Secular” in Greek Orthodox Church Fabrics

Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 19:00 (Turkish time, GMT+3)

Lecture by Nikolaos Vryzidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

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Interdisciplinary Workshop in Textile Studies: Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Productions, 20 and 21 March 2021

Convenors: Paschalis Androudis (Assistant Professor of Byzantine Archaeology and Art, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Elena Papastavrou (Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Zakynthos). 

PROGRAM (Eastern European Standard Time)

Saturday 20-3-2021

Introduction 16.00-16.20 Paschalis Androudis, Elena Papastavrou

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Dear colleagues, 

I am pleased to announce the publication by Brepols of the edited volume of essays The Hidden Life of Textiles in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean. The book contains published papers of the conference 'Textiles & Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean: Paradigms of Contexts and Cross-Cultural Exchanges' of the British School at Athens, held at the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in 2016, as well as some new contributions.  

CFP: Panel on Politics and Materiality in Early Modern England for MACBS

Hello,

I am looking for two panelists to participate in a panel on politics and materiality in early modern England (widely defined) for the MACBS (Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies), which will take place at the University of Maryland from April 1-2, 2017. 

Cairo, Byzantium, and Venice. The spread of Mamluk aesthetics in the Mediterranean through the example of the headgear

Lecture by Dimitris Loupis

12/10/2016, 19:30

Museum of Islamic Art (Benaki), Athens