[Asec] CFP - Leeds 2020 - Women and Artistic Production Beyond the Borders of Byzantium

[Alice Isabella Sullivan]

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Dear colleagues, (with apologies for cross-posting)

Please find below, and attached, a CFP for the International Medieval
Congress, Leeds (6-9 July 2020). The deadline for submissions is *September
10. *

Thank you, and all best,
Alice

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Alice Isabella Sullivan, Ph.D.
Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art
University of Michigan

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*Women and Artistic Production Beyond the Borders of Byzantium*

International Medieval Congress <https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc2020/> /
Leeds / 6-9 July 2020



Organizers:          Maria Alessia Rossi, PhD, Index of Medieval Art,
Princeton University

              Alice Isabella Sullivan, PhD, Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow
in the History of Art



The ever-shifting borders of the Byzantine Empire and the spiritual power
of Eastern Orthodoxy contributed to the development of new visual forms in
regions of the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian Mountains between the
thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. The rich art, architecture, and visual
culture of these eastern European  regions remain to be fully explored, as
do the key roles women played in the transfer of artistic and cultural
knowledge, the development of local artistic styles, as well as in the
establishment of diplomatic relations and the transformation of identities
and ideologies. Women have been frequently overshadowed by powerful
husbands, sons, and communities, and too often relegated to the margins of
scholarly inquiry. This session explores women and female agency beyond the
borders of Byzantium, in light of their roles within marital and
inter-dynastic relations, as well as in religious and spiritual dynamics.
In efforts to gain new perspectives on the nature of cultural contact and
transfer, as well as on visual production in late medieval Eastern Europe
as a result of the direct involvement of women, either as patrons, artists,
mediators, and/or recipients, this session aims to focus on case studies
that examine individual female figures from all walks of life (royal
courts, noble families, monastic communities, etc.). Moreover, the session
seeks to highlight the significance of prosopography, gender, and network
studies in historical and art historical research.



Papers could address topics that include, but are not limited to:

-        The role of women as key agents of cultural contact, transfer, and
adaptation of knowledge

-        Women as patrons, artists, and recipients of art beyond
geographical, socio-political, and religious boundaries

-        Instances of art (icons, embroideries, manuscripts, metalwork) and
architecture that speak to women, allow for self-identification, and/or
established gender roles and norms



Proposals for 20-minute papers in English should include an abstract (300
words max.) and a brief CV (2 pages max.), and should be sent to Alice
Isabella Sullivan (aisulli <aisulli at umich.edu>[at]umich.edu
<aisulli at umich.edu>) and Maria Alessia Rossi (marossi[at]princeton.edu
<marossi at princeton.edu>) by *September 10, 2019. *



This session is organized under the larger initiative *North of Byzantium *(
www.northofbyzantium.org), which explores the rich history, art, and
culture of the northern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Europe
between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries.
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