26 Feb 2018
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The Bogliasco Foundation Announces New Pre-Modern Art History Fellowship

Fellowship / Grant
The Bogliasco Foundation is pleased to announce a new residential Fellowship for an American scholar in European art history. The five-week Fellowship, which will take place at the Foundation’s Study Center near Genoa during the Spring 2019 semester, includes full room and board and a travel stipend of $1000. The Fellowship is open to American art historians of all ages who are working on pre-modern projects (antiquity to early 19th century), and who are not currently in a degree-granting program. For complete instructions and eligibility details, kindly consult the Foundation’s online application site at http://www.bfny.org/en/apply. The deadline to apply is…
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23 Feb 2018
By Pia Jakobsson
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February 2018 – Activism and Intersectionality, Storytelling and Audience

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Niamh J. O'Leary for the SSEMW blog As I write this post, the first anniversary of the Women’s March has just passed. Hearing the theme of this year’s SSEMW blog, early modern intersectionalities and activism, I thought of the waves of activist energy that moved across the United States this past year, an activism that, in its best incarnation, strives to be intersectional. I wondered what early modern texts could teach today’s young activists about intersectionality, and how the work I’ve done on the political alliances of female characters on the early modern stage might provide insight for contemporary activism.…
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20 Feb 2018
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CFP: SSEMW panel/s at AHA-Pacific Coast meeting, Aug 2-4, 2018.

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The SSEMW has been given a slot for a panel or two for this year's American Historical Association-Pacific Coast Branch meeting. The conference will be held Aug 2-4, 2018 at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA. For further information see here: https://www.pcb-aha.org/conferences/pcb-2018 Panelists are sought for a panel (or panels) on either women and business or women and charity, but other topics may also be considered. Please contact AHA liaison Amy Froide (froide@umbc.edu) with paper suggestions and questions. This is a fast turnaround deadline of FEBRUARY 21, 2018.
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20 Feb 2018
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Exhibition, ‘The Art of Power: Habsburg Women in the Renaissance’

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'The Art of Power: Habsburg Women in the Renaissance' is the first exhibition dedicated to a comparative analysis of female courtly patronage in the Renaissance, focusing on three remarkable women rulers and collectors of the House of the Habsburgs: Margaret of Austria, Mary of Hungary, and Catherine of Austria. It is on at Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, from June 14 to October 7, 2018. For more information: https://www.schlossambras-innsbruck.at/fileadmin/content/Schloss_Ambras/Presse/2018-Habsburger_Frauen/The_art_of_Power_Ambras_Castle_Innsbruck.pdf
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