Friday 9th April – Sunday 11th April 2010, London
British Archaeological Association
The British Archaeological Association is organising the first of what we hope will become a biennial series of conferences around Europe concerned with the art and architecture of the 11th and 12th Centuries. The conference, Romanesque and the Past: Retrospection in the Art and Architecture of Romanesque Europe, aims to examine how and why a concern for the past manifested itself in the art and architecture of the Latin Church during the Romanesque period. This took many forms, from the casual, even careless, reuse of Antique material, to a specific desire to re-present or emulate earlier objects or buildings. The papers at the conference are therefore concerned with the revival of classical or earlier medieval forms, spolia, selective quotation, archaism, and the construction of histories. For certain institutions the past was the future in more than a theological or universal sense – it was a concern for immediate and local reasons. On a more mundane level Roman and early medieval forms, particularly ornamental and geometric forms, were used in new combinations in the 11th and 12th centuries. The manner and reasons whereby particular forms are selected can throw light on how a local sense of Romanitas intersects with a sense of Romanitas elsewhere. Is what passes for the past in Romanesque Ireland or Hungary very different from the past as viewed from southern Italy?
Speakers include: Elizabeth Valdez del Alamo, Stephan Albrechts, Claude Andrault-Schmitt, Laurence Cabrero-Ravel, Mañuel Castiñeiras, Quitterie Cazes, Lucy Donkin, Peter Fergusson, Eric Fernie, Richard Gem, Deborah Kahn, Kai Kappel, Beatrice Kitzinger, Gerhard Lutz, John McNeill, David Park, Daniel Prigent, Conrad Rudolph, Barrie Singleton, Roger Stalley, Neil Stratford, Bela Szakacs, Hanna Vorholt and Andrea Worm.
Conference fee: £130
Includes all lectures, teas/coffees, two lunches and two receptions.
Payment can be made by debit or credit card from Euro or Dollar denominated accounts via PayPal. To do so, simply send an email to John McNeill on jsmcneill@btinternet.com indicating you wish to attend the conference. You will then be sent a request for payment with details of the British Archaeological Association’s PayPal account, and instructions as to how to pay.
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships for students are available to cover the cost of the conference. Please apply by 31 October 2009, attaching a short CV along with the name and contact details of one referee. Applications should be sent to either of the conference conveners; rplant62@hotmail.com or jsmcneill@btinternet.com
The conference welcomes professional and amateur enthusiasts equally.
Conference Booking Form:
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Deadline is 31 October 2009
The final programme and details of how to get to the various lecture theatres will be sent out in late February.
A second conference is to be held in Spring 2012 in Palermo, concerned with Romanesque and the Eastern Mediterranean.