Call for Essays Women and the Art and Science of Collecting: Eighteenth-Century Collecting Beyond Europe Edited by Dr. Arlene Leis and Dr. Kacie Wills We are inviting chapter abstracts for a collection of essays designed for academics, specialists, and enthusiasts interested in the interrelations between art and science in women’s collections and collecting practices beyond … Continue reading CFP: Women and the Art and Science of Collecting: Eighteenth-Century Collecting Beyond Europe
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STIP: 2 AHRC fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentships, London
STIP: 2 AHRC fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentships, London [1] Collecting the Boundaries of Art in the Science Museum Group [2] Jewish Collectors and Donors at the National Gallery ______________________________________________________________________________ [1] Collecting the Boundaries of Art in the Science Museum Group From: Katy Barrett Date: 24 Apr 2020 Birkbeck and the Science Museum Group (SMG) are … Continue reading STIP: 2 AHRC fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentships, London
Yale Center for British Art: Object of the Week
Thinking Inside the Box Is a makeshift classroom now part of your at-home existence? Then you might consider this mid-nineteenth-century teaching aid, Specimens of Articles in Common Use, a ready-made curriculum. It was designed to encourage observation skills through direct interaction with everyday objects. Derived from the theories of Swiss education reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), … Continue reading Yale Center for British Art: Object of the Week
REV-CONF: 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object
Subject: REV-CONF: 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, December 9 - 13, 2019 Report by Mirjam Brusius, Deutsches Historisches Institut London Workshop: "100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object" Concept and Convenor: Mirjam Brusius (German Historical Institute London). Collaborators: Forum Transregionale Studien and Max Weber Foundation … Continue reading REV-CONF: 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object
CFP: Rediscovering our Sculpture (Leeds, 18-19 September 20)
Subject: CFP: Rediscovering our Sculpture (Leeds, 18-19 Sep 20) Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, September 18 - 19, 2020 Deadline: May 11, 2020 Rediscovering our Sculpture: an Art UK symposium Art UK is inviting submissions for papers for the conference ‘Rediscovering our sculpture’, which will be held from Friday 18 to Saturday 19 September 2020 at Cloth Hall … Continue reading CFP: Rediscovering our Sculpture (Leeds, 18-19 September 20)