[AMS-announce] CFP: "The Splendor of Burgundy," Bruges, May 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

Call for Papers

The splendour of Burgundy (1419-1482). A multidisciplinary approach 

International conference, Bruges, 12-14 May 2009

Organised by the Musea Brugge and the Alamire Foundation (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), in collaboration with the Concertgebouw Brugge and the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

In the framework of the exhibition ‘Charles the Bold. The splendour of Burgundy’ (27 March – 21 July 2009, Bruges, Groeninge Museum and Church of Our Lady; in cooperation with Historisches Museum Bern and Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna). 

CALL FOR PAPERS

For the specialised sessions, we invite proposals for panel sessions as well as for individual papers of thirty minutes (excl. discussion time). The function and meaning of concepts and artefacts (or their portrayal) in the context of the Burgundian court culture can be discussed from multiple perspectives and (inter-)disciplinary approaches. Possible themes include (but are not limited to) the relationship between courtly and urban networks; gift exchange and its remnants in artefacts, literature and music; liturgical history of the court and its related institutions; administrative and governmental history.

Proposals for both panel sessions and individual papers in the form of an abstract not exceeding 300 words should be sent as an e-mail attachment to symposium at brugge.be by 15 December 2008. Notification of acceptance will be given by 30 January 2008. The conference language is English.

For further information, please send an e-mail to symposium at brugge.be 

Registration:    Before 1 May; places are limited: max. 150 participants allowed.