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28 May

Art and Authority: Visualizing Influence, Negotiating Control

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming doctoral
conference, which will take place on Wednesday, 28 May.

This semester’s theme is: Art and Authority: Visualizing Influence,
Negotiating Control

22 May

SMArt Talks: Slovenský mýtus?! Niekoľko poznámok k tzv. "slovenskej identite" umenia na Slovensku

We cordially invite you to the last spring semester lecture from the SMArt Talks series entitled 'Slovenský mýtus?!... (O paradoxoch slovenskej moderny a neo-moderny, o domove a svete, o miešaní kultúr – niekoľko poznámok k tzv. "slovenskej identite" vizuálneho umenia na Slovensku)', the lecturer of which will be the former director of the Slovak National Gallery Katarína Bajcurová. The lecture will take place on Thursday, the 22nd of May 2025, at the Hans Belting Library at 18:00. The lecture will be in Slovak.

2025

SMArt Talks: Myths of Modernism

We cordially invite you to the spring lecture series SMArt Talks, organised by the Centre for Modern Art & Theory. SMArt Talks: Myths of Modernism start on the 27th of February!

16 May

Pozvánka na multižánrový festival libre:

15 May

Závěrečná přednáška cyklu StředověC JinaX

15 May

Studentská konference Paragone

25 Apr

15th Day of Byzantine Studies

We warmly invite you to the 15th Day of Byzantine Studies, taking place on April 25, 2025, from 1:30 PM at the Hans Belting Library, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. Join us for an engaging program of lectures focusing on Byzantine topics.

24 Apr

SMArt Talks: A Positivist Art History? The Natural Sciences in the Works of the Catalan Architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch

We cordially invite you to the following SMArt Talks lecture, which will be given by Dr. Lucila Mallart, a historian of modern European culture and art and currently a visiting researcher at the Centre for Modern Art & Theory. The lecture will take place on Thursday, the 24th of April 2025, at the Hans Belting Library at 18:00.

15 Apr

Invitation to the lecture Objects & Death in Early Modern Finland, 15 April 2025

We cordially invite you to a lecture by our guest, Saila Leskinen, MA. She is
an art historian and doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki,
Finland, and specialises in object studies, Early Modern church art, and the
material culture of death.

10 Apr

zveme na další přednášku z cyklu StředověC JinaX

8 Apr

Pozvánka na veřejnou diskuzi o vztahu humanitních a přírodních věd (nejen na MU), 8. dubna, 17.00

7 Apr

The Two Cultures: Natural Sciences and Humanities, Convergent Paths?“

26 Mar

R'n'B Petr Brandl a Jaromír Neuman - paralelní světy, 26. 3. 2025

20 Mar

Lecture in the series StředověC JinaX

Dear colleagues,

we cordially invite you to the next lecture in the series StředověC JinaX, this time Michaela Kovářová will speak.

Come on March 20 at 19:00 to hear her reflect on the ongoing dispute over the historical ownership of the church in the Armenian village of Odzun.

13 Mar

SMArt Talks: "When a Woman Does It, It's a Craft But When a Man Does It, It's Art": Knitting In Folk Culture, Fashion & Art

We cordially invite you to another SMArt Talks lecture, which will be given by our colleague and member of the Centre for Modern Art & Theory, Julia Secklehner - historian of modern art, design and visual culture. The lecture will take place on Thursday, the 13th of March 2025, in Hans Belting Library at 18:00.

27 Feb

SMArt Talks: Faking Russia: "Avant-Garde", Misconceptions, Forgeries

We cordially invite you to the first SMArt Talks lecture of the spring semester 2025, organised by the Centre for Modern Art & Theory. The lecture will take place on Thursday, the 27th of February 2024, in the Hans Belting Library at 18:00. Our first spring lecturer is Konstantin Akinsha, an independent art historian, curator, and journalist specialising in art originating from the area of present-day Russia and Ukraine.