31 July 2015
CALLS FOR PAPERS
Keeping History Above Water
The call for papers for the conference entitled “Keeping History Above Water” (due 15 Sept, Newport, Rhode Island, USA) is available here and under “Calls for Books, Articles…” in “Research.”
Manipulating Flora: Gardens as Laboratories in the Renaissance and Early Modern Europe
The call for papers for the conference entitled “Manipulating Flora: Gardens as Laboratories in the Renaissance and Early Modern Europe” (due 15 Oct, Bucharest, Romania) is available here and under “Calls for Books, Articles…” in “Research.”
Transforming Topography
The call for papers for the conference entitled “Transforming Topography” (due 30 Sept, London, UK) is available here and under “Calls for Books, Articles…” in “Research.”
Writing Buildings
The call for papers for the conference entitled “Writing Buildings” (due 30 Sept, Canterbury, UK) is available here and under “Calls for Books, Articles…” in “Research.”
CONFERENCES
Approaches to Architectural History
Information on the conference entitled “Approaches to Architectural History” (10 Oct, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA) is available here and under “Conferences, Lectures…” in “Research.”
FELLOWSHIPS
Herrenhausen Research Fellowship
Information on the Herrenhausen Research Fellowship (due 15 Nov, Hannover, Germany) is available here and under “Postdoctoral/Junior Scholar” in “Fellowships.”
NEWS IN THE FIELD
Obituary of Julian Kliemann
Julian Kliemann, professor at University of Münster and a renowned historian of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture, died earlier this month. For obituaries, click here and here. For an example of a recent project — research into the Protestant cemetery in Rome (dating from the eighteenth century), click here.
Hôtel de Caumont by Robert de Cotte Opened as Art Center in Aix-en-Provence, France
The early eighteenth-century Hôtel de Caumont, designed by Robert de Cotte in Aix-en-Provence, has been restored and opened as an art center that will house various exhibitions. For more details, click here.
New 2015 World Heritage Sites Announced
23 new World Heritage sites, including the late eighteenth-century Moravian Christiansfeld in Denmark and the eighteenth-century mission complexes of the San Antonio River basin in the United States, have been selected. For more details, click here.
