En unas semanas en Alicante (26-29 Octubre): Congreso Internacional "Un Islam cercano".
Borja Franco Llopis
@bortxeta82.bsky.social
Professor of Art History at UNED. I research early modern art in the Mediterranean, as well as issues of alterity and race. Member of the Young Academy of Spain and the Young Academy of Europe. https://uned.academia.edu/BorjaFranco
*Call for Papers closes 25 September 2026* 'The #Renaissance beyond Borders' #conference from @srsrensoc.bsky.social takes place 30 June - 3 July 2027 here in the Warburg. Proposals for papers across Renaissance studies are invited until 25 September. Learn more & submit your paper ➡️ buff.ly/91FCXvj
Aprendiendo de ideas innovadoras de jóvenes muy prometedores
Nuestro académico Borja Franco asiste en representación de la Academia Joven de España a la final de #FallingWallsLabMadrid2026, un encuentro que impulsa la innovación y el talento emergente. 📡 Síguelo en streaming 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvi...
18 y 19 de junio de 2026 en el Museo de América y en la UNED: Controversial Images in Public Contexts: Reframing Visual Heritage in Mediterranean Harbours and beyond.
Next month in Madrid: "Cultura en movimiento. Élites, coleccionismo y circulación artística en la Europa Moderna", CSIC, 20-21 May
No había visto tal cantidad de masterpieces en mi vida juntas en tan poco espacio. El @kimbellartmuseum.bsky.social te deja sin palabras
Here we go: Critical Race Studies at Holy Cross College (Worcester)
Segunda jornada de trabajo de campo en Istria y reunión con la directora de la House of Frescoes. No conocía la zona y es espectacular
Trabajo de campo por Istria! Proyecto Marie Curie.Controversial cultural Heritage. Investigadores de Genova, Macerata, UNED y Split.
🧳🏛️ ¡Mentidero de la Villa nos sigue trayendo noticias del mundo sin movernos de Madrid! ¡Nos vemos el jueves! #mentiderodelavilla #procuradoresjesuitad #culturadelaedadmoderna
📺 Esta semana, en Universo UNED (La 2): 📚 1726. Benito Feijoo escribió el primer tratado feminista de España. Un pensamiento revolucionario que también dejó huellas ocultas en las pinturas de la Casa del Labrador.
We’re kicking off today the European project CIRCE: Inclusive valorisation model for controversial cultural heritage in Mediterranean harbours and beyond.We're proud to be part of the consortium, led by the Univ of Macerata, a 4-year journey to rethink contested heritage through a decolonial lens
💡 Professor Lilia Moritz Schwarcz analyses the social and cultural phenomenon of whiteness through its symbolic and iconographic expressions at the 7th International Conference of @rebracweb.bsky.social. 📆 16 January ⏰ 18:00-20:00 📍 King's Strand campus 🔗 Registration required ⬇️ buff.ly/5R94OZv
Just out 📘✨ "Altri contesti. Immagini di Turchi e di Mori in Italia e in Europa", edited by Laura Stagno and Daniele Sanguineti, is now published.
Keen to know more about 'Thermal horizons: energy and infrastructures of British global power, c. 1830–1900'? Join us to discuss Alex Bremmer's paper on Tuesday 13 January either in person at the Institute of Historical Research, London or on Zoom, 5:30 GMT. Free and open to the public.
Thermal horizons: energy and infrastructures of British global power, c.1830-1900
history.ac.uk
🚀 New Open Access Publication! It is part of our European project COST Action Islamic Legacy: 📘 Companion to the Later Crusades (1400–1700) Edited by M. Ressel & E. Filipović www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #COSTAction #IslamicLegacy #History #Crusades #OpenAccess #Research #MedievalStudies
Companion to the Later Crusades (1400–1700)
The crusading movement endured well beyond the 14th century. Across Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, the desire for crusading continued to wield substantial influence, transcending borders and p...
degruyterbrill.com
📚🗣️ At @ua.es this week, discussing and learning about physical and personal borders in the Early Modern Mediterranean— and above all, paying tribute to someone who has been more than a friend 🙌🤍.
CFP: Cultura en movimiento: élites, coleccionismo y circulación artística en la Europa Moderna. Madrid, Mayo 2026
La Academia Joven responde: Ayudas Ramón y Cajal 🗓️9 de diciembre ⌚️10:00 👉Online ➡️Gratuito Más información e inscripción: academiajoven.es
Very excited to take part in this conference and to discuss the politics of representing otherness in the early modern period.
Plus you can still join online our upcoming conference this week on the Image of the Black archive that Hannah is co-organising: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Just published in open access: Early Modern Narratives of Islam across Europe: A Connected Memory: brill.com/display/titl...
We are proud to present our project, and extremely happy to be awarded by @europanostra.bsky.social in the Research category @elenamedievart.bsky.social @uneduniv.bsky.social #excelenceday
Discover all of the winning projects for 2025 here 👇 www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/
Estoy muy ilusionado por participar en esta actividad organizada por Daniel Crespo (UCM), junto a mi colega María Cruz de Carlos (UAM) en las que debatiremos sobre narrativas en los museos. Estáis invitados/as.