All News
-
Project Announcement: Language — Image — Space. Applied Emblematics in the Visual Culture of Northern Germany, Southern Sweden and Denmark from the 16th to the 18th Century.
[English below] Sprache – Bild – Raum. Angewandte Emblematik in der visuellen Kultur Norddeutschlands, Südschwedens und Dänemarks vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert (Prof. Dr. Iris Wenderholm, Dr. Christina Kuhli, Universität Hamburg) Das Projekt interessiert sich für die Frage, welchen Stellenwert die angewandte Emblematik im westlichen Ostseeraum zwischen dem 16. und 18. Jh. für die Entstehung…
-
Call for Papers: Discipline of Emblems Sessions at the RSA Dublin 2022
Dublin, 30 March-2 April 2022 The Discipline of Emblem Studies invites papers and panels for its sessions at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America conference in Dublin, 30 March-2 April 2022. We may submit up to four panels. We invite papers and panels on any subject appropriate to our discipline and especially…
-
Road to Coimbra Session 2
Dear Colleagues We are delighted to remind the programme of the online series “Road to SES Conference Coimbra 2022”. The second session will take place on the 27th May, 2021: CHAIR: Manuel Ferro SPEAKERS: Takao Kawanishi (University of Tokyo): The Study of the symbol of Holy Grail from Coimbra in Portugal to Japan Tamar Abramson (Tel Aviv University): The Donatello…
-
Road to Coimbra, Programme
Dear member, As part of the SES 12th conference in Coimbra, we are holding a series of online sessions, “The Road to Coimbra”. Here you can see and download the full programme for all the upcoming sessions: SES Road to Coimbra Programme *
-
Road to Coimbra Session 1
Dear Colleagues We are delighted to announce the provisory programme of the forthcoming online series “Road to SES Conference Coimbra 2022”. The first session will take place on the 29th April, 2021 (see pdf with abstracts). The Chair of the Society for Emblem Studies, Prof Ingrid Hoepel, and the Director of the Interuniversitary Centre for Camonian Studies, Prof. José Carlos Seabra Pereira, will…
-
Emblem of the Month, n. 009
Memorialising Mary: The Monument to Mary Queen of Scots Many of us who saw Josie Rourke’s recent (2018) film about Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoise Ronan and Margot Roberts, will remember that scene, quite late in the film, where the two Queens meet at some undisclosed location in the north of England. At…
-
CfP: Renaissance Society of America 2021, Discipline of Emblem Studies
Dublin, 7–10 April 2021 The Discipline of Emblem Studies invites papers and panels for its sessions at the annual meeting (which may be on site or virtual). We may submit up to four panels. We invite papers and panels on any subject appropriate to our discipline and especially welcome those that address the following: –…
-
SES 12th International Conference — Postponement Announcement
Dear Colleague Considering the current circumstances caused by the spread of Covid-19, the Organizing Committee of the 12th Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies decided to postpone the meeting. It will take place in Coimbra, from June 28 to 3 July 2021. We have issued a general certificate stating that the Conference will be postponed (please see…
-
SES 12th International Conference and Covid-19
Dear Colleagues Due to the situation caused by the spread of COVID 19, we cannot know at this time if the 12th International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies will take place as scheduled. We sincerely hope to maintain the original schedule, and we plan to issue a final decision by May 15, according to the circumstances. The…
-
CfP: International Conference on The Frescoes in “Under Fortuna”: Sources and Background
Call for Papers The „Under Fortuna” is a cellar in a house adjoining the once principal square in the city of Lublin (Poland). The sources for the frescoes covering its walls and vault have only been discovered recently. The recent study did not answer the pending questions. On the contrary. New perspectives have been opened…