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IV. FORUM KUNST DES MITTELALTERS / FORUM MEDIEVAL ART
20 - 23 September 2016
Colloquium

IV. FORUM KUNST DES MITTELALTERS / FORUM MEDIEVAL ART
360° – Places, Boundaries, Global Perspectives

BERLIN and BRANDENBURG
20.-23.09.2017

The 4th Forum Medieval Art will focus on research at the geographical and methodological boundaries of classical medieval studies. The various venues in Berlin and Brandenburg with their medieval heritage and their rich collections of Byzantine and Middle Eastern will be taken as a starting point. Accordingly, the conference will highlight the interaction of Central European medieval art and artistic production with other regions ranging from Eastern Europe, Byzantium, the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean to the British Isles and the Baltic region. Thus research areas such as Byzantine Studies or Islamic Art History will be brought into the focus and consciousness of medieval studies, particularly in the context of the endangered artistic and architectural monuments of the Middle East. Especially welcome are topics discussing phenomena such as migration, media transformation and changing cultural paradigms. By asking for culturally formative regions at the borders of "Europe" and transcultural contact zones, definitions of the Middle Ages can be put up for debate. As a counterpart to this panorama, research about the region of Brandenburg and Berlin will also be presented. This includes subjects of museum studies and the history of art of and in Berlin, where the development of areas of cultural exchange has a long tradition.

The IV'th Forum for Medieval Art has launched a call for sessions.
Deadline: June 1st 2016

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