CALL FOR APPLICANTS

MEDITERRANEAN ART HISTORY: AN INTRODUCTION

MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES SUMMER SKILLS SEMINAR

17—20 JUNE 2024, REMOTE

LED BY DR. KAREN ROSE MATHEWS, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

DUE BY 15 APRIL 2024

This online Summer Skills Seminar provides participants with an overview of key concepts and methodologies in the study of Mediterranean art history. The course will address the themes of mobility, connectivity, and encounter in relation to the visual culture of peoples and territories across the sea. Participants will acquire an art historical tool kit to assist them in conducting their own research on the visual culture and artistic production of the medieval Mediterranean.

PROPOSED PROGRAM

Monday, 17 June 2024: Who?—People
10am-12pm & 1-3pm MDT (12-2pm & 3-5pm ET)

1. Patrons, artists, merchants, and producers
2. Patronage, production, dissemination of artworks, and reception theory

Tuesday, 18 June 2024: What?—Things
10am-12pm & 1-3pm MDT (12-2pm & 3-5pm ET)

1. Materials, aesthetics, and symbolism
2. Theoretical approaches to objects and things

Wednesday, 19 June 2024: Where?—Places
10am-12pm & 1-3pm MDT (12-2pm & 3-5pm ET)

1. Sense of place and space in the Mediterranean
2. Mediterranean spaces: Case studies

Thursday, 20 June 2024: How?—Routes, Vectors, and Means of Communication
10am-12pm & 1-3pm MDT (12-2pm & 3-5pm ET)

1. Mediterranean environment: Motivations and vectors of exchange
2. Approaches to medieval Mediterranean visual culture

Application period: 15 April 2024
Acceptance/Stand by Notifications: 21 April 2024

For more information about the program, please see the link: https://www.mediterraneanseminar.org/overview-mediterranean-art-2024