The Institute of Art History – Cvito Fisković Center in Split (Kružićeva 7) invites you to participate in the scholarly workshop “The Adriatic Islands in Travelogues”, which will take place from May 22 to May 24, 2025.

The call is open until March 31, 2025.

The aim of this workshop is to reassess the role played by the islands in the artistic and urban history, and historiography, of the Adriatic and Mediterranean region.

The artistic and urban history of the Adriatic has been studied in detail with reference to the mainland, but only a few projects have focused primarily on maritime routes as cultural infrastructure, and the islands. The islands – as a separate phenomenon within the overall system of cultural production in the Adriatic region – have yet to become a significant focus of scholarly research.

This workshop aims to provide a platform for the systematic exploration and evaluation of the Adriatic islands as unique focal points of artistic and urban achievements across a broad historical timeline. Reflections on the artistic and spatial heritage of the Adriatic islands through travel narratives in various media, with an emphasis on the period from the seventeenth to the mid twentieth centuries form the central, but not exclusive, research focus of this workshop.

The workshop will take place at the Institute of Art History – Cvito Fisković Center in Split. The organisers will provide meals during the workshop but will not cover travel or accommodation costs. However, they can assist participants in finding reasonably priced accommodation in the historic city center.

The organisers invite professionals of various backgrounds, whose research addresses these topics to send a 250-word abstract and a short CV to: discoveringdalmatia@gmail.com by the end of March. Papers and discussion will be conducted in English.

The workshop is developed as part of the Institute’s project TraveloguesDalmatia (HRZZ-IP-2022-10-8676), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation, led by Ana Šverko.

Read more: https://www.ipu.hr/article/en/1840/the-adriatic-islands-in-travelogues