Department of History, University of Warwick, 13 April 2011.

Overview

How was materiality interpreted in different parts of the world? What were their social and cultural associations? This stands aims to create a dialogue between history of art, architecture, literary scholars and historians. This preliminary meeting will discuss the methodologies, themes and outcomes of the Network

The research objectives of the ‘Global Commodities’ network include:

• the combination of the methodologies of global history and material culture to analyse the role of material artefacts in establishing and developing global connections;

• to encourage scholars who specialize in individual area studies and/or disciplines to engage in transregional, global and interdisciplinary research;

• to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding through the historical study of material culture.

Programme

• 10.30-11-00 Arrival and coffee

• 11.00-12.30 Introduction by Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello and general discussion

• 12.30-14.00 Lunch

• 14.00-15.00 Presentations by Karina Corrigan, Glenn Adamson and Suraiya Faroqhi

• 15.00-17.00 General discussion on aims, outcomes, activities and scholars in the network

• 17.00-18.00 Reception

• 18.00-20.00 Dinner

Participants

Glenn Adamson	Victoria and Albert Museum	g.adamson@vam.ac.uk
Marta Ajmar	Victoria and Albert Museum	m.ajmar@vam.ac.uk
Maxine Berg	University of Warwick	Maxine.berg@warwick.ac.uk
Zoltán Biedermann	Birkbeck, University of London	z.biedermann@bbk.ac.uk
Karina Corrigan	Peabody Essex Museum	Karina_Corrigan@pem.org
Craig Clunas	University of Oxford	craig.clunas@hoa.ox.ac.uk
Rebecca Earle	University of Warwick	r.earle@warwick.ac.uk
Suraiya Faroqhi	Bilgi University, Istanbul	suraiya@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Margot Finn	University of Warwick	m.finn@warwick.ac.uk
Anne Gerritsen	University of Warwick	a.t.gerritsen@warwick.ac.uk
Christine Guth	Victoria and Albert Museum	christine.guth@rca.ac.uk
Jessica Harrison-Hall	British Museum	JHARRISON-HALL@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Deborah Howard	University of Cambridge	Djh1000@cam.ac.uk
David Lambert	Royal Holloway	D.Lambert@rhul.ac.uk
Luca Molà	European University Institute	l.mola@warwick.ac.uk
Giorgio Riello	University of Warwick	g.riello@warwick.ac.uk
Susan Stronge	Victoria and Albert Museum	s.stronge@vam.ac.uk
Jan van Campen	Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	J.van.Campen@rijksmuseum.nl
Verity Wilson	University of Oxford	verity.wilson@hoa.ox.ac.uk