CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd EUI CONFERENCE IN VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES Souvenirs, keepsakes and tokens: material and visual expressions of personal memories (12th-21st centuries) 16th May 2022 European University Institute, Florence Organizing committee: Elisa Chazal, Isabelle Riepe, Ana Struillou People use objects as a memento for fragments of their lives, be they ordinary memories of childhood, or extraordinary memories of travel, wonder, belief, rupture or oppression. From the […]

Wednesday, 3rd November 11am CET via Zoom   The Visual and Material History Working Group is happy to invite you to its next session on 3rd November at 11:00 on Zoom. We will explore the use of objects, costumes and decors in historical films and TV series and how their presence and role have shifted […]

2nd EUI CONFERENCE IN VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES Scandalous Feasts and Holy Meals: Food in Medieval and Early Modern Societies 25-26 May 2021 via Zoom Organizing committee: Moïra Dato, Ana Struillou, Elisa Chazal, Isabelle Riepe Image: Diego Velazquez, El almuerzo, 1618-9, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest From medieval Western Europe to the early modern […]

MATERIAL HISTORIES OF EMPIRE AND COLONIZATION The Imperial History and Visual and Material History Working Group are happy to invite you to a joint session, which will take place on the 13th April at 10:30 on Zoom. During this event, we will explore the history of empire and colonization through material and visual sources. From garments […]

  CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd EUI Conference in Visual and Material Culture Studies Scandalous Feasts and Holy Meals: Food in Medieval and Early Modern Societies (12th-18th centuries)                          25th May 2021 European University Institute, Florence (via Zoom) Organizing committee: Moïra Dato, Matthias Ebejer, Ana […]