History News
Hard vs Soft Power: Foreign Policy Strategies in Contemporary International Relaions
23 - 26 June 2010, Cambridge University
A four day program of lectures, seminars, and panel discussions organised by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in cooperation with the Cambridge Union Society, that will look at the theory and development of 'hard' and 'soft' power, explore their application in contemporary global politics, and consider their relevance to the changing nature of international relations. Speakers will be leading figures from international politics and diplomacy, academia, civil society, the armed forces, and related fields.
Charles II: King, Court and Culture
28 May 2010, University of Greenwich, Maritime Greenwich, London SE10
A conference to mark the 350th anniversary of the Restoration. Students £15 only, including lunch and guided tours of those parts of the Royal Hospital site at Greenwich associated with Charles II. For further information, see www.courtstudies.org
Beauty will save the world: an interdisciplinary postgraduate workshop on Art and Social Change
7-8 September 2010, University of Bristol
This two-day interdisciplinary postgraduate workshop is premised on the assumption that art actively constructs social ‘reality’, as opposed to merely reflecting it. It aims to bring together postgraduate students working in and across various disciplines to share research which looks at the contested meanings of art and aesthetics, explores art in different cultural and historical settings, and examines the ways in which art and its constructions of beauty, society, politics can help in understanding, and changing, the social world.
We welcome paper and panel proposals (2-3 presenters per panel) which engage specifically with the theme of art and social change, from various disciplines. Papers can include think pieces or works in progress. We encourage a diversity of presentation styles, from ‘traditional’ papers to interactive sessions, involving short film screenings, musical and dramatic performances, and the display of paintings, sculpture, photographs, and installation art. Presenters will be assigned a 30-minute slot for their presentation, which can be used by the presenter as they wish, but must include at least 5 minutes for audience questions.
Before and after Toynbee: conceiving the Industrial Revolution during the long nineteenth century
23 September 2010, Cambridge
A one-day symposium, comprising a keynote talk by Professor Donald Winch (Sussex) and three panels of short papers. The symposium will be hosted by the Cambridge Victorian Studies Group. Lunch and refreshments will be provided for all participants with dinner and accommodation for speakers. Proposals of 250 words, for papers of twenty minutes, a short biography - as well as any queries - should be sent to industrialrevolution2010@gmail.com
by 21 June 2010.
Inhabited Ruins: Textures of Central Europe in Historical Perspective
7-8 May 2010, Institute of Advanced Studies, Lancaster University
A workshop organized by Dr. Dariusz Gafijczuk and Prof. Derek Sayer (Department of History). The two day event engages with the historical process of how cultural identities are produced through the maintenance and the decay of focal points known as cultural, political and economic centres. The programme includes leading international scholars in their respective fields. If you would like to attend, please email Dr Dariusz Gafijczuk (d.gafijczuk@lancaster.ac.uk) by 28 April. Attendance is free but spaces are limited.
Visualising and Exhibiting Fascism: Inhabiting the Colonial City
Friday 30 April, University of Manchester, University Place Rm. 6.207
Stefan Boness (IPON Photography, Berlin) presents his reportage series Frozen City and Asmarinos, exploring Fascist colonial architecture of the 1930s and its legacies in contemporary Asmara, Eritrea. Roberta Cremoncini (Director, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London) considers how artworks such as those presented by Stefan Boness might be displayed in the museum context, drawing on case studies of previous exhibitions. Derek Duncan (Professor of Italian Cultural Studies, University of Bristol) responds to the work of Stefan Boness with a discussion of cultural memory and amnesia. This seminar is free of charge and open to all.For directions please visit: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/maps/
University Place is building no. 37 on the Campus Map. For further information, please contact: francesca.billiani@manchester.ac.uk or lara.pucci@nottingham.ac.uk.
Professor Christiaan Jorg (Leiden): Public Lecture
Thursday 22 April 2010, Arden House, University of Warwick
Christiaan Jörg is the author of numerous books on trade and the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Chinese and Japanese porcelains and lacquers, and interactions between European and Asian material culture. This keynote lecture opens the major international conference at the University of Warwick entitled 'Cultures of Ceramics in Global History, 1300-1800'. A drinks reception will follow the lecture. This event is free and open to the public, but we would be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by emailing globaljingdezhen@gmail.com by 20 April.
Beyond the Little Magazine: 'Middlebrow' print culture, 'art' literature and the formation of modernist taste in Britain, 1910-45
14 July 2010, IAS Seminar Room, Milburn House, University of Warwick
This symposium will be chaired by Dr Louise Campbell with Professor Michael Hatt as key respondent. We are seeking to attract literary historians as well as historians of art and design and of visual and material culture. Please send a 250-word proposal for a 30 minute paper to the seminar organiser Dr Rebecca Scragg (R.Scragg@warwick.ac.uk) by 21 May 2010.