Recording now available: University of Hertfordshire Chancellor’s Lecture 2021 Professor Karen Hearn FSA explores the rare 16th century ‘pregnancy portrait’ of Mildred Cooke, wife of Sir William Cecil, later Lord Burghley. The painting of Mildred Cooke is one of the earliest examples of an English ‘pregnancy portrait’. This type of painting was rare at the […]
Established in 2012, the Centre is an interdisciplinary group based in Birkbeck’s School of Arts, led by Dr Patrizia Di Bello and Professor Steve Edwards. We aim to facilitate, exchange and showcase new and existing research on photography’s history and theory, both at Birkbeck and in the wider photographic and academic community. Please contact Alexandra […]
University of Lisbon, 26–28 April 2021; proposals due by 30 Nov 2020 This colloquium intends to discuss the theory and practice of artistic, historical, anthropological, social, and political experience on the topic of portraiture, as well as the fictional dimension contained within it. Located at the intersection of several disciplinary fields, the discussion(s) and papers […]
Submission deadline 30 October 2020
Submission deadline: 12 January 2020 Conference: 29-30 June 2020, Hampton Court Palace In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Field of Cloth of Gold and as part of the AHRC funded Network Henry VIII on Tour: Tudor Palaces and Royal Progresses, Historic Royal Palaces will be hosting a two-day conference on 29-30 June 2020 […]
Venue: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah Exhibition: 11 July to 8 December 2019 Symposium 8 October 2019 Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art considers how two interdependent works, called pendants, convey meaning. The study of this popular portrait format reveals a variety of artistic strategies at play – desires to communicate social […]
Society of Antiquaries of London lecture by Maurice Howard, FSA The recent gift to the Society of this sensitive and haunting portrait enables investigation of the lively debate about antiquities in the late 18th century, the way that learned gentlemen of considerable means chose to create their self-image and, since Marsh lived at Twickenham, its […]
