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Courtauld Tomb Raiders visit to the Temple church, 30th October
The Courtauld’s medieval research group with a special interest in funerary monuments, Tomb Raiders, invite all to a visit to the Temple Church just off the Strand on the morning of the 30th October....
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British Museum handling session: Objects with apotropaic inscriptions
The Courtauld has a reputation for getting up close to objects, sometimes to the concern of nearby gallery attendants. However, a number of handling sessions for postgraduate students to indulge in...
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Charterhouse & Great St Bart’s: City sanctuaries
Carthusian cloister at the Charterhouse, partly 1371 by Henry Yevele In November the Courtauld group informally known as the “Tomb Raiders” visited the Charterhouse (http://www.thecharterhouse.org/)...
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Byzantine Summer School in Thessaloniki: Announcement of 40 Scholarships
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 40 SCHOLARSHIPS The Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Centre for Byzantine, Modern Greek and South-Eastern European Studies of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences...
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Material Witness continues: Studying the Literary Archive and Stone Sculpture...
Medieval king at Westminster Hall ready for inspection As well as the blog, the study days for Material Witness, a CHASE consortium-led initiative to engage emerging researchers with the physical...
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BAA Aberdeen Conference: Student Scholarship Deadline this Friday!
The British Archaeological Association offers generous scholarships for students who wish to attend its annual conference, which this year will be held in Aberdeen. All students with an interest in...
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BAA Study Day: Lincoln Cathedral Study Day ‘making and remaking’ (Lincoln, 6...
Study Day: BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Lincoln Cathedral Study Day ‘making and remaking’ Monday 6th October 2014, 10.15 – 16.30 Registration open until 19th September 2014 (limited spaces)...
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Study day: Monumental Brass Society at Battle, East Sussex (28 March 2015)
John Wythines, S.T.D., born at Chester, fellow of Brasenose College, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, Dean of Battle for 42 years, 1615, aged 84, in cap, gown and scarf holding a book. Reproduced by...
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Monumental Brass Society visit to Newark (17 Oct 2015)
Monumental Brass Society: Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire Saturday, 17th October 2015 at 2.00p.m. The church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent, is a product of the ‘building boom’ of the 14th and...
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BAA Study Day: Opus Anglicanum (26 Nov 2015)
In the course of the later middle ages, embroiderers in England produced some of the masterpieces of the age. Incredibly detailed and painstakingly created their work was sumptuous and expensive. Often...
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British Museum Handling Session: Becket and Pilgrimage
In January 2016 Courtauld staff and students enjoyed another chance to see some of the BM’s hidden treasures thanks to the kind help of Lloyd de Beer and Naomi Speakman of the BM. This time the theme...
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British Museum Handling Session: Medieval Light
On 23rd November 2016 Lloyd de Beer and Naomi Speakman from the British Museum once again kindly allowed staff and students from The Courtauld to look at objects from the museum’s store rooms, focused...
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Locating Becket
How can the life and cult of Thomas Becket be traced through material culture? This was the question at the heart of the ‘Locating Becket’ workshop, sponsored by CHASE, and held at the British Library,...
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WALKING TOUR OF THE MEDIEVAL BOOK TRADE OF PARIS
WALKING TOUR OF THE MEDIEVAL BOOK TRADE OF PARIS, led by Christopher de Hamel and Sandra Hindman Saturday April 8, 2017 Walk at 10 AM Advanced registration essential: Tel +33 (0)1 42 60 15 58...
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Doctoral Students Open Day at the British Library – Pre-1600 Collections
A reminder for PhD students with research interests relating to the ancient, medieval and early modern worlds: the British Library’s Doctoral Open Day for our pre-1600 collections will take place on 5...
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British Museum Handling Session: The Trinity
On Wednesday 24 January 2018 Lloyd de Beer and Naomi Speakman once again welcomed a group of staff and students from The Courtauld and elsewhere, as well as Sophie Kelly, PhD student from the...
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Medieval Touch: Handling session at the British Museum on scientific...
On Weds 21st November 2018, Lloyd de Beer, Naomi Speakman, and Oliver Cooke kindly allowed students and staff from the Courtauld Institute of Art and elsewhere into the horological storerooms of the...
View ArticleBAA Tower of London Study Day, Saturday November 2nd, 2019
The British Archaeological Association Study Day at the Tower of London will enable us to look closely at some recent research, both historical and archaeological, to learn about curating practices...
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