Art as a meeting space

Albert Rose

The research group HIEART, History, Iconography and Economics of Art of the Rey Juan Carlos University celebrates between October 20 and December 17 three round tables in online format dedicated to art and its research. Under the title, 'Art as a meeting space', each of these tables is focused on a specific area of ​​art history and includes the participation of different speakers and academics who are beginning their careers as researchers.

This is the first edition of these art roundtables, which are intended to be a dissemination window for young researchers who are starting out in the academic field, such as doctoral or master's students. “Our objective is the young public, students from our university and from abroad, and that the congress serves as an opportunity for those who do not yet have experience as conference speakers to participate here”, explains Patricia Labrador, from the HIEART research group.

On Wednesday, October 20, the first of the cycle's round tables was held through Microsoft Teams. Under the title, 'Myth, Religion and History in the Ancient World', the researchers Adriana Colera, Sergio Rodríguez and Patricia Labrador offered three presentations on artistic interpretation and religion in the Ancient World, in addition to an opening conference by the coordinator of the HIEART group, Agustín Martínez.

Adriana Colera, from the University of Cantabria and Marburg, offered the paper 'The Late Bronze Age femme fatale: a modern myth', with which she explained the artistic interpretation of a series of nude goddesses represented with different attributes. Sergio Rodríguez, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and an expert in Egyptology, explained how the Egyptian religion is currently being studied and researched. Finally, Patricia Labrador (URJC) focused her presentation on numismatics and more specifically on the religious representation of the Julio-Claudia coin, a subject on which she wrote her doctoral thesis.

'Art as a meeting space' will continue in the coming months with the holding of two more round tables. One dedicated to Spanish women artists, which is celebrated on November 17 (Registration here); and another on December 17 with the title 'Art in Spain, from the avant-garde to Informalism'. More information on the networks of the HIEART research group (@grupohieart).