Free Zoom conference to mark fifty years since part of the Wellcome Collection arrived to Swansea University About this event On the 17th September 1971, ninety-two crates consisting of some 4,500 objects (mainly Egyptian) arrived to Swansea University. This was part of dispersal of the Egyptian material at the Wellcome Collection, which probably amassed somewhere … Continue reading Fifty Years of the Wellcome Collection at Swansea and Beyond (15 – 17 September 2021)
SHC Session at RSA Conference (30 Mar – 2 Apr, 2022)
Call for Paper Proposals Renaissance Society of America Conference Dublin, Ireland, 30 March-2 April 2022 Revisiting Collecting Antiquities The significance of owning and displaying antiquities for the Renaissance collector has never been doubted and the importance of surviving antique works of art for both collectors and artists is well understood. Recent research has shown that … Continue reading SHC Session at RSA Conference (30 Mar – 2 Apr, 2022)
Haughton International Seminar: The Secrets of the Bedroom and the Boudoir (14 & 15 October 2021)
Haughton International Seminar “The Secrets of the Bedroom and the Boudoir” At The British Academy, 11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH Thursday 14th and Friday 15th October 2021 This year’s Haughton International Seminar entitled “The Secrets of the Bedroom and the Boudoir" will again take place at The British Academy, 11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH on Thursday 14th … Continue reading Haughton International Seminar: The Secrets of the Bedroom and the Boudoir (14 & 15 October 2021)
The Evolving House Museum
On 18–19 June, The Society for the History of Collecting presented the online symposium, The Evolving House Museum: Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now, organized and chaired by Margaret Iacono and Esmée Quodbach. Twelve speakers participated in the symposium, introducing an array of house museums, created over more than two centuries, and established … Continue reading The Evolving House Museum
CFP: Decentering Collecting Histories at CAA (Feb 2022)
Society for the History of Collecting CAA Affiliated Society Session (February 2022) CFP: Decentering Collecting Histories Chair: Dr. Stacey Pierson, SOAS Recent research into the history of collecting has moved from concentrating on collecting practices by European and American collectors to a much more varied understanding of the global circulation and appropriation of works of … Continue reading CFP: Decentering Collecting Histories at CAA (Feb 2022)