Friday, March 9, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Symposium practicalities
Booking
Book an early bird, student or full fee place via estore.
An early bird rate applies until 26 March 2012.
How to get here
Directions to the University of Wolverhampton
Symposium Programme
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00 Opening
10.05-10.15 Welcome from Dr. Bryony Conway, Dean of School of Art and Design
10.15-11.15 Keynote speech: Prof. John R. Davis, Kingston University, Exhibitions and the Nation-State: the All-German Exhibition at Berlin, 1844
11.15-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Session 1: The colonial experience
Rebecca Rice, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, A ‘Ramble’ through art at the 1865 New Zealand Exhibition
Giovanni Arena, The Second University of Naples, Italy, A fair for an empire. Politics of imagery in the colonial exhibitions of the 20th century organized by the Italian government
Laurence Gourievdis, Blaise Pascal University, France, An Clachan, the Gaelic village at Glasgow’s 1911 Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Session 2 Constructing spaces, constructing places
Taina Syrjämaa, University of Turku, Finland, Interconnected exhibitions: constructing and experiencing the condensed world in Helsinki in 1876
Jeffer Daykin, Portland Community College, USA, International ambitions of exhibitions at the margins: The relationship of the Osaka (1903) and Portland (1905) expositions
Anne Neale, University of Tasmania, Australia, International exhibitions and urban aspirations: Launceston, Tasmania in the 19th century
15.30-15.45 Coffee break
15.45-17.15 Session 3 The state and the nation I.
Livia Lazzaro Rezende, College of Industrial Design of Rio de Janeiro, The artifice of nature and the naturalisation of the state at the 1922. The Rio International Exhibition
Denise Gonyo, University of Brighton, The development of the modern nation at the Indian National Congress Exhibitions, 1901-1906
Miklós Székely, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Hungary, A capital on the margins, the case of Budapest between 1867-1917
27 April 2012
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.30 Session 4 The state and the nation II.
Samuel D. Albert, The nation for itself: The Budapest 1896 Millennial Exhibition and the Bucharest 1906 National General Exhibition
Tomáš Okurka, Unviersity of J. E. Purkyně, Czech Republic, In search of a centre. Exhibitions in the German-speaking
areas of Bohemia before the First World War
areas of Bohemia before the First World War
Sezgi Durgun, Marmara University, Turkey, From the “Culture Park” to the “International Expo”: The İzmir Fair
11.30-11.45 Coffee break
11.45-13.15 Session 5 Cities with great ambitions I.
Marta Filipová, University of Wolverhampton, Displaying the Black Country. Wolverhampton’s great exhibitions of 1869 and 1902
Marina Muñoz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, The 1888 Barcelona’s World Exhibition: an atypical case of a great exhibition
Wilson Smith, University of Edinburgh, Old London, Old Edinburgh: constructing historic cities
13.15-14.15 Lunch
14.15-15.30 Session 6 Cities with great ambitions II.
Claire O’Mahony, University of Oxford, Frontiers, friends and foes: The International Exhibition of Eastern France 1909
Davy Delepchin, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Ghent World’s Fair (1913): Reconciling historicism and modernity with exoticism
15.30-16.00 Closing remarks
Monday, January 16, 2012
Symposium practicalities
University of Wolverhampton
City Campus North
Molineux Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 1DT
Accommodation
These are just a few out of many hotels and bed and breakfast in Wolverhampton.
12-13 Park Road West, Wolverhampton, WV1 4PP
tel. 0044 1902 567628
enquiries@aparkviewhotel.co.uk:
from about £65/night
53 Tettenhall Rd, Wolverhampton, WV3 9NB
tel. 0044 1902 311311
from about £ 49/night
Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4SW
Tel. 0044 1902 424 433
Bankfield House, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4QL
Tel. 0871 984 6221
from £15/night
Broad Gauge Way, Wolverhampton, WV10 0BA
Tel. 0871 527 9186
from about £60 /night
Travel
Nearest airports (travel time, approximate single train ticket cost):
Manchester Airport (1h20min, from £28)
Heathrow Airport (3h, from £15)
Stansted Airport (3h10min, from £14)
Off-peak tickets and fixed-time return tickets may be cheaper.
Finance
Attendance of speakers is free and this includes all refreshments during the symposium.
At this moment, travel and accommodation subsidy cannot be, unfortunately, offered.
Preliminary Schedule
26 April 2012
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00 Symposium starts
10.05 Welcome from the Dean of School of Art and Design
10.15 Keynote speech: Prof. John R. Davis (Kingston University)
11.15-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Session 1
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Session 2
15.30-15.45 Coffee break
15.45-17.15 Session 3
27 April 2012
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.30 Session 4
11.30-11.45 Coffee break
11.45-13.15 Session 5
13.15-14.15 Lunch
14.15-15.45 Session 6
15.45 Closing remarks
List of speakers and paper titles (TBC)
- John R. Davis, Kingston University, UK: tbc
- Samuel D. Albert, New York: The Nation for Itself: The Budapest 1896 Millennial Exhibition and the Bucharest 1906 National General Exhibition
- Miklos Szekely, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Hungary: Capital on the margins, the case of Budapest between 1867-1917
- Wilson Smith, University of Edinburgh, UK: Old London, Old Edinburgh: constructing historic cities
- Claire O'Mahony, University of Oxford, UK: Frontiers, Friends and Foes: The International Exhibition of Eastern France 1909
- Sezgi Durgun, Marmara University, Turkey: From “Culture Park” to “International Expo”: İzmir Fair
- Tomas Okurka, University of J.E. Purkyně, In Search of the Centre. Exhibitions in the German-speaking areas of Bohemia before the First World War
- Taina Syrjamaa, University of Turku, Finland: Interconnected exhibitions: constructing and experiencing the condensed world in Helsinki in 1876
- Jeffer Daykin, Portland Community College, US: International Ambitions of Exhibitions at the Margins: The Relationship of the Osaka (1903) and Portland (1905) Expositions
- Livia Lazzaro Rezende, College of Industrial Design of Rio de Janeiro: The artifice of nature and the naturalisation of the state at the 1922. Rio International Exhibition
- Davy Depelchin, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium / Ghent University: The Ghent World’s Fair (1913): Reconciling Historicism and Modernity with Exoticism
- Giovanni Arena, The Second University of Naples, Italy: A Fair for an empire. Politics of imagery in the Colonial Exhibitions of the 20th century organized from the Italian government: from Prima Fiera Campionaria di Tripoli (Tripoli 1927), to Prima Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Naples 1938-1940).
- Rebecca Rice, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ: A ‘Ramble’ through art at the 1865 New Zealand Exhibition
- Marina Munoz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain: 1888 Barcelona’s World Exhibition: an atypical case of Great Exhibition
- Laurence Gourievidis, Blaise Pascal University, France: An Clachan, the Gaelic village at Glasgow’s 1911 Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry.
- Denise Gonyo, University of Brighton, UK: The Development of the Modern Nation at Indian National Congress Exhibitions, 1901-1906
- Anne Neale, University of Tasmania, Australia: International Exhibitions and Urban Aspirations: Launceston, Tasmania in the 19th century
- Marta Filipova, University of Wolverhampton, UK: Displaying the Black Country. Wolverhampton’s great exhibitions of 1869 and 1902
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Great Exhibitions Bibliography
Alexander C.T. Geppert, Jean Coffey and Tammy Lau
International Exhibitions, Expositions Universelles and World’s Fairs, 1851-2005: A Bibliography is a rich (although not faultless) resource of books and articles on "great exhibitions" available online as a downloadable pdf.
International Exhibitions, Expositions Universelles and World’s Fairs, 1851-2005: A Bibliography is a rich (although not faultless) resource of books and articles on "great exhibitions" available online as a downloadable pdf.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Call for papers
Great Exhibitions in the Margins, 1851 – 1938
University of Wolverhampton, 26-27 April 2012
Research has for a long time focused on world fairs, great exhibitions or expositions universelles in the capitals of Europe and in the large cities of the USA. Their crucial role in communicating ideas about the identities of the exhibiting nations (and their relation to other cultures) and in showcasing contemporary art and design has been examined in detail. However, in the heyday of these spectacular events - in the second half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century - smaller cities and regional centres, such as Liège, Poznań, Edinburgh or Wolverhampton, staged their own “great exhibitions” modelled on those held in the national (or imperial) centres. Their goals, although executed on a more modest scale, were often the same and involved the promotion and sale of goods but also communication of ideas, ideologies and identities. These smaller shows usually had large ambitions and tried to engage not only the local population but also national and international audiences and exhibitors.
This symposium turns attention to the exhibitions of arts and industries in the regions outside the capitals and to the assumptions that lay behind them. Its main focus will be placed on their ambitions, originality, relationship to the “greater” exhibitions and, in particular, their engagement with visual culture. The questions explored may include:
- what ambitions motivated the idea of staging an exhibition in the particular location and what were its objectives
- what was the long-term impact of the show on the region, nationally and internationally
- how were the arts displayed at the exhibition and what role they played
- what specific influence did exhibitions like the Great Exhibition or Expositions Universelles in Paris have on the exhibitions in the margins?
The symposium encourages an inter-disciplinary approach to the topic and papers are therefore welcome from scholars in a wide range of disciplines, including the history of art and design, history, politics, anthropology, ethnography, cultural studies etc. A network of researchers interested in the subject of exhibition cultures will be created through the symposium as further academic activities on the theme are planned (a publication and a research network).
Please send your paper proposals of up to 250 words to Dr. Marta Filipová at Marta.Filipova@wlv.ac.uk by 1 November 2011.
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