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16 May

Zberateľstvo a identita: významy a interpretácie

We would like to invite you to an international conference entitled Identity and collecting: meanings and interpretations, organized by the Department of Art History of Masaryk University in cooperation with the Slovak National Gallery. The aim of the conference is to explore the diverse perspectives on the notion of identity in the context of collecting and to come to a unified conclusion about its own meaning. The conference will take place on 16 and 17 May 2024 at 9.00 am in the Cinema Hall of the Slovak National Gallery (Rázusovo nábrežie 2), and will be held using simultaneous English and Slovak translation.

30 Apr

Studentská konference Sandrart 2024

25 Apr

The Lecture StředověC JinaX – Armenofobie: Umění [a] marginalizace

We cordially invite you to the April lecture of the series StředověC JinaX. Margarita Khakhanova will tell us whether art history can change the borders of modern states.

As far as this idea sounds far-fetched, there are examples that confirm it. One of them is the impact of how Armenian medieval art was studied in Tsarist Russia.

25 Apr

Armenofobie: umění (a) marginalizce

23 Apr

SMArt Talks: From Global Art History to Global Aesthetics

We cordially invite you to the spring semester's last lecture evening from the SMArt Talks cycle. The talk, From Global Art History to Global Aesthetics, will be given by Professor of Philosophy Bence Nanay. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024, from 18:00 in the Hans Belting Library (Faculty of Arts, MU, Veveří 28, Brno).

22 Apr

R’n’B Speciál | Eroticism and Censorship in Ovid's Metamorphoses

We invite you to a special lecture by our foreign guest Prof. Giuseppe
Capriotti from Università degli Studi di Macerata.

18 Apr

Exkurze do Zlína – raně novověká malba / meziválečná architektura

11 Apr

The premiere of the film "The Silver Shield of Georgia: Svanetia and its Hidden Treasures"

We cordially invite you to the premiere of a new documentary film by the Centre for Early Medieval Studies. The film tells the story of the great cultural wealth hidden in the unassuming churches of the most remote parts of the Caucasus.

10 Apr

R'n'B Prameny, řeky, moře a slzy: Diskotéka s hudbou 15. až 17. století

We would like to invite you to the second lecture of the spring series R'n'B
Senses, Our guest from the Department of Musicology at the Faculty of Music,
Vladimír Maňas, will guide us through the ways, how emotions and experiences are expressed through musical forms associated with the element of water from the end of 15th Century to the 18th Century.

9 Apr

Křest knihy Od myšlenky k architektuře

24 Mar

CFP – 'Cognitive Art Histories' Workshop

We cordially invite scholars to send their contributions for the 'Cognitive Art Histories' workshop organised by Dr Ancuta Mortu and Dr Jakub Stejskal, which will take place on the 28th of May in Hans Belting Library (Faculty of Arts, MU, Veveří 28, Brno). The workshop aims to bring together scholars interested in studying art histories through the lens of mental processes involved in creating and apprehending artefacts. The submission deadline is the 24th of March, 2024.

14 Mar

Lecture StředověC JinaX: Classical Rhetoric in Barbarian Architecture?

We cordially invite you to the March lecture of the series StředověC JinaX. Zuzana Urbanová will give us an insight into what can influence the dating of architectural monuments.

12 Mar

SMArt Talks: A Curatorial Turn in Architecture?

We cordially invite you to another lecture evening from the SMArt Talks cycle. The talk, A Curatorial Turn in Architecture?, will be given by Helena Huber-Doudová, a curator of the Architecture Collection in the National Gallery Prague. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 12th of March 2024, from 18:00 in the Hans Belting Library (Faculty of Arts, MU, Veveří 28, Brno). The lecture will be held in the Czech language.

March 2024

Femininity and Design at Work: Online Workshop Series Programme

We cordially invite you to the series of online workshops, 'Femininity and Design at Work,' organised by Julia Secklehner (Masaryk University) and Leah Armstrong (University of Applied Arts Vienna).

29 Feb

The presentation of the new photographic book Wonders in stone

The Centre for Early Medieval Studies cordially invites you to the presentation of the new photographic book Wonders in stone.

The event will take place on Thursday 29 February at 18:00 in the Hans Belting Library.

The book presents monuments of Georgia and Armenia, captured by art historians from different parts of the world during their travels.

27 Feb

SMArt Talks: Chittaprosad’s Famine Sketches in Light of Decolonial Aesthetics

We cordially invite you to another lecture evening from the SMArt Talks cycle. The talk, Chittaprosad’s Famine Sketches in Light of Decolonial Aesthetics, will be given by Avishek Ray, a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Modern Art & Theory. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 27th of February 2024, from 18:00 in the Hans Belting Library (Faculty of Arts, MU, Veveří 28, Brno).