Dear Colleague Considering the current circumstances caused by the spread of Covid-19, the Organizing Committee of the 12th Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies decided to postpone the meeting. It will take place in Coimbra, from June 28 to 3 July 2021. We have issued a general certificate stating that the Conference will be postponed (please see…

Dear Colleagues Due to the situation caused by the spread of COVID 19, we cannot know at this time if the 12th International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies will take place as scheduled.  We sincerely hope to maintain the original schedule, and we plan to issue a final decision by May 15, according to the circumstances. The…

Call for Papers The „Under Fortuna” is a cellar in a house adjoining the once principal square in the city of Lublin (Poland). The sources for the frescoes covering its walls and vault have only been discovered recently. The recent study did not answer the pending questions. On the contrary. New perspectives have been opened…

Dear colleagues, As many of you know, the Sociedad Española de Emblemática is affiliated to the Society for Emblem Studies, and they have held conferences together in the past. Both societies have been working to strengthen their scientific collaboration. Their next conference (XII Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Emblemática) will take place on 2-4 December…

Dear members, We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the Society for Emblem Studies 12th International Conference, that will be held at the University of Coimbra, between 22-27 June 2020. Extended deadline: 15 November 2019. Please circulate! Download: CfP-SES12Coimbra2020

The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) – SES-sponsored Sessions The SCSC invites proposals for individual presentation submissions and complete panels for its 2019 annual conference. As an affiliated society, the SES will sponsor sessions on all aspects of emblem studies. Please send your proposal (up to 250 words) by April 5 to the session…

Emblem Sessions at Kalamazoo54th International Congress on Medieval StudiesMay 9-12, 2019 The Society for Emblem Studies invites proposals for emblem sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Congress is an annual gathering of over 3,000 scholars interested in Medieval Studies. It features over 600 sessions of…

Renaissance Society of America65th Annual MeetingToronto, Ontario, Canada17-19 March, 2019 Call for papers or full panels – sessions sponsored by the Society for Emblem Studies. Suggested topics: Controversial EmblemsCurrent trends in Emblem Studies Individual paper proposals must include the following: Your full nameInstitutional affiliationE-mail addressPaper title (15 words maximum)Abstract (150 words maximum)KeywordsCV (.doc or .pdf)PhD completion…

Haunting emblems: Tomasz Treter in Aleksandra Waliszewska’s interpretation Can the modern reader, leafing through engravings in old prints, find something for herself? Surely, the popularity of increasingly numerous Facebook fan pages dedicated to sharing historical engravings of animals or drawings sketched by bored monks on the margins of manuscripts centuries ago, demonstrates that old pictures…

  The Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies provides a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars in all disciplines to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern worlds. We invite…