material sources
CALL FOR PAPERS – Food in Medieval and Early Modern Societies
DISCUSSION SERIES ‘TALKING ABOUT THINGS’ #5 – DRESSING HISTORY: TEXTILES’ NARRATIVE
On 23rd November 2020 at 11:00, via Zoom. Zoom Seminar The team of the Visual and Material History Working Group is very happy to invite you to its next event which will take place on the 23rd of November at 11:00. For the fifth session of the “Talking about things” seminar series, we will consider […]
DISCUSSION SERIES ‘TALKING ABOUT THINGS’ #4 – GLOBAL EXCHANGES: THE CASE OF DIPLOMATIC GIFTS
On 9th November 2020 at 11:00, via Zoom. Meet & Discuss Session For the fourth session of the “Talking about things” seminar series, the Visual and Material History working group invites you to look into the specific case of diplomatic gifts. In this session, organized jointly with the Diplomatic History working group of the European […]
TROPY DATABASE FOR VISUAL SOURCES – with William Lindgren
On 16 May 2019 – with William Lindgren (EUI) Meet & Discuss Session In this session, we will discuss how the free open-source software TROPY can be used as a useful tool in order to organise and describe the reproduction of visual sources. This session intends to complement the presentation organised by the EUI library […]
WHAT IS VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE AND HOW CAN I ENGAGE WITH IT?
On 25 September 2019 Meet & Discuss Session What is Visual and Material Culture and how can I engage with it? Have you always wondered how to bring visual and material sources into your research but don’t know where to start? Have you come across some interesting visual or material source in the course of […]
TELLING IMAGES – THE VISUALISATION OF THE SUB-SAHARAN COLONIAL OTHER – with Diana Natermann
On 4 October 2019 – with Diana Natermann (Leiden University) Lecture co-organised with the Imperial History Working Group (EUI) During this lecture, Dr Natermann will start by engaging with the development of Colonial photography within – but not limited to – the former German Empire, followed by the presentation of a specific photographic collection at […]
INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS IN VISUAL AND MATERIAL HISTORY
On 21 November 2019 Meet & Discuss Session The discussion is introduced and moderated by Iseabail Rowe. Researchers from all areas, years and time-periods of history are encouraged to attend this informal working group discussion and to bring along an example of visual or material culture you have come across that fits under this broad […]