The Journal for the History of Knowledge is looking for an assistant managing editor Are you interested? Then please read the full profile and apply. Job description The Journal for the History of Knowledge is looking for an assistant managing editor (0.1 fte) to start on 15 January 2020 (or as close as possible to this…

** Update: Application Deadline is pushed to 1 May **   How do artists master their art? Does painting in oil result in different working procedures and visual effects compared to other media? Which material and technical properties determine the creative possibilities of prints, sculptures, and the applied arts? What can art historians learn from…

** Update: Due to the development of the coronavirus this conference has been cancelled, but might be rescheduled to next year **   The 9th annual Scientiae Conference will take place from 3 – 6 June 2020 at the University of Amsterdam. Sven Dupré (University of Amsterdam/Utrecht University) and Florike Egmond (University of Leiden) will…

DOWNLOAD THE FULL INVITATION HERE THE CONTINUED PRODUCTION OF SCROLLS, HANDWRITTEN BOOKS AND INSCRIPTIONS IN STONES The Scriptorium Collective is an independent consortium of researchers, craftsmen and curators of university libraries concerned with the production, usage and research of religious books in the wider context of book cultures. The primary aim of the Scriptorium Collective…

Artechne postdoc Jenny Boulboullé has just published a new article in the Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art / Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (special issue on Lessons in Art), titled ‘Drawn up by a Learned Physician from the Mouths of Artisans. The Mayerne manuscript Revisited’, vol. 68 (1), pp. 204–249. The article is available online through this…