BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.2// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20260308T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.2659.events_uoft_date.0@www.medieval.utoronto.ca CREATED:20250723T133933Z 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 M5S 1K5 \n\nSpeakers \nYannis Hadjinicolaou \n\nDescription: \nIn recognit ion of the importance of the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studie s' Erasmus Collection, each year a scholar of international reputation is invited to present a formal fall lecture at the CRRS. The CRRS is delight ed to welcome Dr. Yannis Hadjinicolaou to deliver the 2025 Erasmus Lecture .Thursday, September 25, 2025 Tea & Cookies at 4 pm, Lecture at 4:15 pm AbstractBoth art and cultural historians have neglected the political ico nology and cultural technique of falconry. This talk will consider how ima ges of falconry and the birds themselves have shaped ideas of rulership. T hrough an examination of images and techniques of falconry, I will demons trate how they can be used to understand the visual power of this ‘art’. N otions of movement will be examined, employing Aby Warburg’s concept of ‘ Bilderfahrzeug’ (image vehicle). Falconry decoys, such as lures, provide a helpful example of instruments and images set in motion and their metap horical 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 fal conry is an aesthetic practice that goes far beyond mere hunting, sport a nd political representation. Among other examples, I will focus on the co urt painter Cornelis Gijsbrechts and his relationship with Christian V in Copenhagen. BiographyYannis Hadjinicolaou is visiting professor at the LMU in Munich. He completed his habilitation at the University of Hamburg in 2023 and his PhD at the Free University of Berlin in 2014. He was assistan t professor at the Institute of Art History (University of Bo\n) and has h eld positions and fellowships a.o. in Berlin (Humboldt University), Hambu rg (University of Hamburg) and New York University in Abu Dhabi. He has pu blished numerous edited and co-edited volumes and articles on early modern art and art theory, the political iconology of falconry, the theory and history of art history and synagonism in the visual arts. His monographs include Thinking Bodies – Shaping Hands. Handeling in Art and Theory of th e Late Rembrandtists (Leiden – Boston, Brill: 2019, German edition 2016) and The Art of Medieval Falconry (London, Reaktion: 2024). His habilitat ion, titled Die Kunst der Falknerei: Kulturtechnik und politische Ikonolo gie, is due to be published later this year by De Gruyter (Berlin–Boston) as part of the Studien aus dem Warburg Haus book series. Another book, T he Amputated Ruler: An Unknown Netherlandish Painting of the Sultan of Tid ore, will be published in German by Deutscher Kunstverlag in spring 2026. \n\nContact Information: \n CRRS crrs.info@utoronto.ca 416 585 4468 CRRS \n75 Queen's Park Cres E. Toronto, ON M5S 1K5 \n\nCategories \n Lectures \n\nAudiences \n Alumni and FriendsCommunityFacultyFirst-Year StudentsGrad uate StudentsGraduating StudentsProspective Graduate Students DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250723T134021Z LOCATION:75 Queen's Park Cres E. Toronto, ON M5S 1K5 SUMMARY:CRRS Erasmus Lecture: Yannis Hadjinicolaou, The Art of Falconry: G lobal Cultural Technique and Political Iconology URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/crrs-erasmus-lecture-y annis-hadjinicolaou-art-falconry-global-cultural-technique-and END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR