Category Archives: Appel à contributions

The American Cusanus Society will sponsor two sessions at Western Michigan University’s 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, May 12-15, 2016. We welcome proposals for the sessions below. Please send the title of your proposed paper and a … Lire la suite →

IMC Leeds 2016 Session: Medieval Equestrianism, Theory and Practice We invite paper proposals on all aspects of medieval equestrianism, for complimentary sessions highlighting: theoretical approaches to medieval equestrian studies; practical applications of medieval equestrian studies, whether as part of re-enactment, … Lire la suite →

VII. International Congress for young Cusanus scholars – 21-22 September 2016 Università „G. d’Annunzio“ Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italia Dipartimento di Scienze filosofiche, pedagogiche ed economico-quantitative In 1450 Nicholas of Cusa writes his trilogy on the „Idiot“ in which he deals … Lire la suite →

Until relatively recently, scholars have tended to focus on the symbolic valence of nonhuman animals, to read their behavior and characteristics as representative of explicitly human interests and concerns. With the advent of critical animal studies, new work has begun … Lire la suite →

Berne 29-30 avril 2016 Chiaroscuro since Leon Battista Alberti’s De pictura (1435) has been one of the central subjects characterising painting and sculpture in practice and theory in Italy. Primarily, it concerns the articulation of plastic qualities, the formulation of … Lire la suite →

Université de Rouen 11 au 16 avril 2016 Le 141e Congrès national des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, qui se tiendra à Rouen du 11 au 16 avril 2016, a retenu le thème de « L’animal et l’homme ». Ce sujet … Lire la suite →

Au sens propre, l’erreur divise les esprits. Voilà, par exemple, pourquoi Thomas d’Aquin estime que la tâche suprême du sage consiste à reconnaître la vérité et à combatte l’erreur qui s’y oppose. De même, il rappelle – à l’appui du … Lire la suite →

Τhe Postgraduate Association of the Faculty of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is organizing a colloquium devoted to the memory of Professor Nikos Birgalias, entitled “Violence and Politics: Ideologies, Identities, Representations” to be held … Lire la suite →

15 et 16 octobre 2015 University of Toronto 750 ans désormais… mais de qui ou bien de quoi ? Les nombreuses initiatives par lesquelles, en cette année 2015, on célèbre Dante autour du monde constituent un lumineux paradoxe. Nous fêtons … Lire la suite →

As part of the Saint Martin’s year 2016 (1700th anniversary of the birth of Saint Martin), an international conference will be held at the University of Tours, October 12th-14th 2016, on the theme of “Saint Martin, expansion and revivals in … Lire la suite →