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CfP: Sociedad Española de Emblemática XI Conference
Sociedad Española de Emblemática XI Conference, Santiago de Compostela, 29 November – 1st December 2017 The Sociedad Española de Emblemática invites the members of the Society for Emblem Studies to participate in their XI Conference: El Sol de Occidente: Sociedad, textos, imágenes simbólicas e interculturalidad. Papers can be presented in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Italian. Deadline:…
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SES International Conference – Registration
(N.B. English translation below) Validation inscription Cher(ère)s collègues, Nous sommes très heureux de vous accueillir à Nancy pour le 11e Congrès International des études Emblémistes organisé sous l’égide de la Society for Emblem Studies et des Amis des études Emblémistes en France (AEEF). Pour l’inscription, payer en ligne par virement bancaire avant le 31 mars…
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CfP: Sixteenth Century Studies and Conference
The Society for Emblem Studies, as an affiliated member of the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference (SCSC), is now accepting proposals for individual presentationproposals and complete panels for its annual conference, to be held 26-29 October 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Please note, Milwaukee is near Chicago O’Hareinternational airport.) For more information, please see the conference website: http://www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference/ Please send your suggestions,…
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Scholarships in Venice: Vittore Branca International Center for the Study of Italian Culture
3-month “Vittore Branca” residential scholarships for interdisciplinary projects The Vittore Branca International Center for the Study of Italian Culture offers three residential scholarships to researchers wishing to spend a study period in Venice between May 2017 and May 2018. Each scholarship is worth 6,250 euros and is aimed at PhDs and post-doctorate students who must…
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Bourse Zivi for the SES International Conference in Nancy
[In French and English, below] Appel à candidatures Bourses Zivi de l’Académie de Stanislas – Soutien à la participation au 11e Congrès de la Society for Emblem Studies. L’Académie de Stanislas (Nancy) souhaite soutenir la participation de jeunes chercheurs au prochain congrès international de la Society for Emblem Studies qui se tiendra à Nancy du 3 au 7…
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Dan Russell
Dear Lila, dear friends and colleagues of Dan, It is with immense sadness that we learned that Daniel Russell, our dear friend, mentor, colleague, and founding member of the “Society for Emblem Studies”, has died after his long illness. Ever generous with his time and insights, we have all been profoundly influenced by his scholarship…
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Emblem of the Month n. 007
Alciato’s emblem “In eum qui truculentia suorum perierit”. Delphinem invitum me in littora compulit aestus Exemplum infido quanta pericla mari.Nam si nec propriis Neptunus parcit alumnis, Quis tutos homines navibus esse putet? [I am a dolphin whom the tide drove ashore against my will, an example showing what great dangers there are in the treacherous sea. For if…
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CfP: The Society for Emblem Studies 11th International Conference
The Eleventh International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies will take place in Nancy (France) from Monday 3 July to Friday 7 July, 2017. The conference will devote itself to the entire spectrum of emblem studies. Papers on all aspects of emblematics are welcome. Please submit proposals before 1 October 2016 (please notice that the deadline has been extended).…
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Emblem of the Month no. 005
Elogia Mariana by A. C. Redelius: What is the story behind this book?[1] I became interested in A. C. Redelius’ Elogia Mariana (1732) seven years ago, when a professor on my faculty suggested the iconographic analysis of its engravings as a possible topic for a project.[2] At that time, I had no idea…
