Journées d’étude : « The Challenge of Historical Distance Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art », Florence, Nederlands Interuniversitair Kunsthistorisch Instituut, 6-7 novembre 2025
The conference will question how art historians approach the problem of historical distance. It is organised in celebration of the scholarship of Prof. Gervase Rosser and in honour of his retirement from the University of Oxford. One aspect of Gervase’s career that we particularly want to celebrate is his prominence as both historian and art historian. Numerous recent publications have explored the study of the past through different lenses. They have complicated the idea of...



