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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nThursday, September 25, 2025 4:00 pm to 6
 :00 pm \n 119 \n Emmanuel College \n 75 Queen's Park Cres E Toronto, ON M
 5S 1K7 \n\nSpeakers \nYannis Hadjinicolaou \n\nDescription: \nIn recogniti
 on of the importance of the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies
 ' Erasmus Collection, each year a scholar of international reputation is 
 invited to present a formal fall lecture at the CRRS. The CRRS is delighte
 d to welcome Dr. Yannis Hadjinicolaou to deliver the 2025 Erasmus Lecture.
 AbstractBoth art and cultural historians have neglected the political icon
 ology and cultural technique of falconry. This talk will consider how imag
 es of falconry and the birds themselves have shaped ideas of rulership. Th
 rough an examination of images and techniques of falconry, I will demonst
 rate how they can be used to understand the visual power of this ‘art’. No
 tions of movement will be examined, employing Aby Warburg’s concept of ‘B
 ilderfahrzeug’ (image vehicle). Falconry decoys, such as lures, provide 
 a helpful example of instruments and images set in motion and their metaph
 orical allusions to political power. Using decoys to train a bird of prey 
 is akin to a ruler trying to set their subjects in motion. The art of falc
 onry is an aesthetic practice that goes far beyond mere hunting, sport an
 d political representation. Among other examples, I will focus on the cou
 rt painter Cornelis Gijsbrechts and his relationship with Christian V in C
 openhagen.BiographyYannis Hadjinicolaou is visiting professor at the LMU i
 n Munich. He completed his habilitation at the University of Hamburg in 20
 23 and his PhD at the Free University of Berlin in 2014. He was assistant 
 professor at the Institute of Art History (University of Bo\n) and has hel
 d positions and fellowships a.o. in Berlin (Humboldt University), Hamburg
  (University of Hamburg) and New York University in Abu Dhabi. He has publ
 ished numerous edited and co-edited volumes and articles on early modern a
 rt and art theory, the political iconology of falconry, the theory and h
 istory of art history and synagonism in the visual arts. His monographs in
 clude Thinking Bodies – Shaping Hands. Handeling in Art and Theory of the 
 Late Rembrandtists (Leiden – Boston, Brill: 2019, German edition 2016) a
 nd The Art of Medieval Falconry (London, Reaktion: 2024). His habilitatio
 n, titled Die Kunst der Falknerei: Kulturtechnik und politische Ikonologi
 e, is due to be published later this year by De Gruyter (Berlin–Boston) a
 s part of the Studien aus dem Warburg Haus book series. Another book, The
  Amputated Ruler: An Unknown Netherlandish Painting of the Sultan of Tidor
 e, will be published in German by Deutscher Kunstverlag in spring 2026. 
 \n\nContact Information: \n crrs.info@utoronto.ca The Centre for Reformati
 on and Renaissance Studies \n\nSponsors \nThe Centre for Reformation and R
 enaissance Studies \n75 Queen's Park Cres E Toronto, ON M5S 1K7 \n\nCateg
 ories \n Lecture \n\nAudiences \n All
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LOCATION:75 Queen's Park Cres E Toronto, ON M5S 1K7
SUMMARY:Erasmus Lecture 2025–The Art of Falconry: Global Cultural Technique
  and Political Iconology
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/events/erasmus-lecture-2025
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