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Calls & Announcements / Current Projects / English / Events / Hiltmann, Torsten; Hablot Laurent: HERALDIC Identity in Context

Lecture: Heraldic Research Reworked – Perspectives from Digital and Gender History

The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada invites you to an online lecture by Vivien Baumert and Noah Kim-Baumann on Sunday, July 19, 1:30pm EST (7:30pm CET). Abstract: With an estimated one million objects preserved, coats of arms were among the most ubiquitous visual phenomena of medieval and early modern Europe — yet their systematic analysis has remained a persistent methodological challenge. The project HERALDIC Identity in Context addresses this...

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Calls & Announcements / English / Publications / Workshop: Heraldry in the Medieval City (Rome 2015)

Publication: Heraldry in Medieval and Renaissance Cities (Heraldic Studies 6)

We are pleased to officially announce the publication of the sixth volume of the series Heraldic Studies. Under the title “Heraldry in Medieval and Rennaissance Cities”, Torsten Hiltmann, Laurent Hablot and Matteo Ferrari present an interdisciplinary collection that examines the semiotic function of heraldic displays as an urban phenomenon in Medieval Europe, with particular regard to Italy, where heraldry appears as a prevalent form of visual communication. Heraldic Studies...

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Calls & Announcements / Events / Français

Colloque International: Héraldique & Papauté

Le 17 et 18 juin 2026, le Centre Sant-Louis à Rome accueille le colloque international Héraldique & Papauté. Voici l’annonce de l’Université Le Havre Normandie: Le premier colloque Héraldique & Papauté s’est tenu à l’École française de Rome en mai 2016. Les actes de cette rencontre ont été publiés en 2020 aux Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre (PURH). Un deuxième colloque, portant le même titre, s’est déroulé au Centre...

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Calls & Announcements / Events

Tagung: Wappen als Waffe – Heraldische Symbole in politischen, dynastischen, militärischen und rechtlichen Konflikten des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit (13.-15.06.2024, Greifswald)

Internationale Fachtagung des Lehrstuhls für Allgemeine Geschichte des Mittelalters der Universität Greifswald unter der wissenschaftlichen Leitung von Dr. Ralf-Gunnar Werlich (Greifswald) Die Tagung beschäftigt sich mit Wappen als ein im Mittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit weitverbreitetes europaspezifisches Phänomen der visuellen Kommunikation und ihrer Rolle in politischen, dynastischen, militärischen und rechtlichen Konflikten. Mit dieser Schwerpunktsetzung betritt sie Neuland. Dies umso mehr als an konkreten Fallbeispielen orientiert erstmals derartige Konflikte...

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Exhibition: Knights of the Golden Fleece: a Brilliant Myth Unravelled (24.02.-2.06.24; Mechelen, Belgium)

We would like to bring the following upcoming exhibition to your attention: From February 24th to June 2nd, 2024, Museum Hof van Busleyden (Mechelen, Belgium) will host the exhibition “Knights of the Golden Fleece: a Brilliant Myth Unravelled”. About: The exhibition delves into the historical significance of the Order of the Golden Fleece, showcasing the grandeur and intrigue surrounding one of Europe’s earliest political alliances. Set against the backdrop...

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Lecture: The Digital Heraldry Project. A Knowledge Graph with Semantic Web Technologies and Machine Learning to study medieval visual sources

Philipp Schneider will present the Digital Heraldry Project at the DH AI Seminar at the Centre Sciences des Données at the École Normale Supérieure on Tuesday, 9 January 2024. Visual communication forms an important part of medieval and early modern european culture. Especially coats of arms were widely used in different social groups and offer an important source for cultural history. This subject is at the center of the...

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Articles / Calls & Announcements / Recent Publications

Recent Publications – Update December 2023

Winter is here and the holidays are right around the corner. The cold, dark, and – at least in Germany – wet days are the perfect opportunity to dive into new readings on heraldry! We have done some research and compiled this list of articles and books on the topic. Since our last update, a number of interesting publications have been released and we would like to give you...

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Book presentation on 20th October 2023, 5pm: Heraldry in Contact (Heraldic Studies 5) – hybrid

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the 5th volume of the Heraldic Studies series edited by Urte Krass and Miguel Metelo de Seixas, titled “Heraldry in Contact: Perspectives and Challenges of a Connective Image Form”. The volume will be presented by Laurent Hablot on 20 October 2023 at 5pm (Spanish time) at the International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry, which takes place in Ronda (Spain) from...

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Calls & Announcements / Events

Invitation: Inscribing heraldry on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list? – Next meeting of the Société française d’héraldique et de sigillographie (19 October 23, 5pm, hybrid)

At the next meeting of the Société française d’héraldique et de sigillographie on Thursday, 19 October, starting at 5pm, Nicolas Vernot will be presenting the project to recognise the practice of heraldry as intangible cultural heritage in France and at UNESCO. Everyone who would like to learn more about this initiative or would like to get involved is cordially invited to this event, which can be attended in person...

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Calls & Announcements / English / Français

Call for Bursaries: XXIInd Colloquium of the International Academy of Heraldry, Lund, 16-19 August 2023

From 16th to 19th August 2023 the Colloquium of the International Academy of Heraldry will again take place in Lund. The Académie internationale d’héraldique (AIH) is pleased to offer two bursaries each amounting to a maximum of 600 euros to assist early career scholars/professionals with travel, accommodation and registration at the Lund colloquium. In addition, the Societas Heraldica Scandinavica offers one bursary in honour of the late Antti Matikkala...

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Calls & Announcements / De Seixas, Miguel Metelo; Hiltmann, Torsten: Heraldry in royal political communication in Late Medieval Portugal / English / Français / Projects / Recent Publications

[Publication] Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State Rooms (Heraldic Studies 3)

Just in time for Christmas, we are pleased to announce the publication of the long-awaited third volume of the “Heraldic Studies” series. Under the title “Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State Rooms” Miguel Metelo de Seixas and Torsten Hiltmann present a collection of fifteen richly illustrated articles that have emerged from the corresponding workshop held at the University of Münster from 16 to 18 March 2016. The volume...

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Articles / Calls & Announcements / English / Events / Hiltmann, Torsten: The Performance of Coats of Arms / Projects

[Paper] Detection, Description, Analysis – Towards an Integrated Approach to Heraldic Representations on Seals using Machine Learning and Semantic Web Technologies (Linked Pasts 6 Conference, 2 December 2020)

From 2 December to 16 December 2020, the sixth edition of the conference Linked Pasts, organised by the Institute of Classical Studies in London, will be held online. Linked Pasts is an annual conference on the use of Linked Open Data for the study of history. This year, one of the panels of the conference, organised by the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Saint Louis, will...