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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Conference: Arts and Politics: Rhetorical Quests in Cultural Imaging

    Arts and Politics: Rhetorical Quests in Cultural Imaging 4-6 November 2015, University of Bari, Italy   The conference, designed to be an occasion for an interdisciplinary confrontation on images and power, will include two sessions about specifically emblematic subjects, plus, in other sessions, some papers connected to emblem-related questions.   https://apiconference2015.wordpress.com  (Conference Website)…

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Call for Editors: Journal of the Northern Renaissance

The Journal of the Northern Renaissance is seeking new recruits to its editorial team. Established in 2009, JNR is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal dedicated to the study of both the cultural productions and the concept of the Northern Renaissance. As several members of the current editorial team will be either moving on or taking…

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CfP: Emblem Sessions at Kalamazoo 2016

The International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo is an annual gathering of over 3,000 scholars interested in Medieval Studies. It features over 600 sessions of papers, panel discussions, roundtables, workshops, and performances. There are also some 90 business meetings and receptions sponsored by learned societies, associations, and institutions and a book exhibit by nearly 70 publishers and…

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Emblem of the Month, n. 001

  The Path to a Golden Age: Or Why place Plato and Noah on the Joist?   The recreation of life is one of the most beautiful miracles this world can offer. It is an even greater miracle when a person has longed for it to happen for more than ten years; and even more…

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