SMArt Talks: Connected by Design
We cordially invite you to the spring lecture series SMArt Talks, organised by the Centre for Modern Art & Theory. SMArt Talks: Connected by Design start on the 24th of February!
Dear colleagues,
You are cordially invited to the 10th anniversary celebration of the professional international journal Convivium, which will take place on 24 November 2023 at 5:00 pm at the Hans Belting Library. We are very pleased to welcome Prof. Herbert L. Kessler as guest of honor at this event.
The journal Convivium was founded in 2014 as the "heir" of the interwar periodical "Seminarium Kondakovianum". The aim of this publication was (and still is) to link research across cultures, time and space. In its ten years of existence, this project - which was created jointly by the Universities of Brno and Lausanne and the Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences - has gained a significant reputation on a truly global level. With its focus on "medieval" art, the journal today represents world-class scholarly excellence.
Programme:
17:00 Opening ceremony with opening remarks by Prof. Ivan Foletti
17:30 Acanthus uenustas. Overlooking the Boundaries between Decoration and Meaning - lecture by Prof. Herbert L. Kessler
Marie Hvozdecká
Center for Early Medieval Studies
Department of Art History
We cordially invite you to the spring lecture series SMArt Talks, organised by the Centre for Modern Art & Theory. SMArt Talks: Connected by Design start on the 24th of February!
We are delighted to announce that in 2026, Brno will host the Design History Society Annual Conference. Titled Design in an Age of Uncertainty, the event will explore the urgent issues that shape not only the present of design history, but also its pasts and possible futures. From the 3rd to the 5th of September, the Department of Art History will host an event dedicated to exchange of ideas about design history, theory, criticism and practice and will bring together the best and up-to-date research in the field from established as well as emerging scholars!