8 Oct 2024

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE “SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN SILVERSMITHING: ARTISANS, DONORS, AND THE CONCEPT OF PIETY DURING THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD”

On 17 and 18 October 2024, the international scientific conference “Southeast European Silversmithing: Artisans, Donors, and the Concept of Piety during the Early Modern Period,” will be held in Sofia. It is organised within the framework of the project “Liturgical Objects in the Context of Silversmiths’ Art during the Ottoman Period (Based on Materials from the Diocese of Plovdiv),”  funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria (contract No. КП-06-М80/2/7.12.2023). The aim of the scientific forum, organised by the Institute of Art Studies and with the association of the Society for Study of Decorative Arts and Silversmithing (Belgrade), is to bring together scholars with interests and expertise in the field of ecclesiastical applied arts and silversmithing. At the international conference, 26 specialists from prestigious scientific organisations, universities, and cultural institutions from Bulgaria, Austria, Armenia, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, the USA, Serbia, Hungary, and Croatia will participate and discuss issues related to the production and circulation of liturgical objects, as well as their role in shaping the pious image of the faithful in Southeastern Europe between the 15th and 19th centuries.
 
Venue:
17 October, Thursday
Sofia, 6A Moskovska Str., Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Conference Hall 19
18 October, Friday
Sofia, 21 Krakra Str., Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Conference Hall 1
The conference program can be downloaded from here.
All materials are available on the project website, Liturgical Objects in the Context of Silversmiths’ Art during the Ottoman Period (Based on Materials from the Diocese of Plovdiv).