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• 06 nov 2013

  07 nov 2013

  08 nov 2013

  Lausanne

  Conference, symposium - Representation

  Courts and Courtly Cultures in Early Modern Italy and Europe

  Models and Languages

  The conference will focus on the topic of court culture in Lombardy and North Italy, within the conceptual framework of the SNF Sinergia project: Constructing identity: visual, spatial, and literary cultures in Lombardy, 14^th to 16^th centuries. This interdisciplinary project, which includes five research unities in the Universities of Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, and EPFL at Lausanne, works on Visconti and Sforza ages, when Lombardy, one of the most important European regions, established itself as a distinct political and cultural entity. It has been an exemplary case of the construction of a cultural identity, whose repercussions still resonate in present-day Italy. As a part of a potent political project, it has been sustained by complex mechanisms of self-representation and the imposition of a prestige taste. The conference will conclude the research of the Sinergia project discussing its results in a wider historical, literary, architectural and artistic context and verifying its methodological approaches at the light of multiple points of view.

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• 31 mai 2013

  Lausanne

  Call for papers - Middle Ages

  Orfèvrerie gothique en Europe : production et réception

  Cette rencontre se propose de multiples objectifs. D’une part, le désir des organisateurs est de favoriser le dialogue et l’échange dans un domaine où les occasions de discussion sont moins fréquentes que pour d’autres branches de l’histoire de l’art. Afin de permettre de confronter les méthodes, les intérêts et les matériaux, nous souhaiterions réunir à Lausanne à la fois des chercheurs travaillant dans les musées ou dans le secteur de la conservation du patrimoine et dans le milieu universitaire, provenant de différents pays. Dans le même esprit, nous aimerions que des jeunes chercheurs soient présents à côtés de spécialistes confirmés. D’autre part, la manifestation vise à donner plus de visibilités et à encourager les travaux qui depuis quelques décennies ont renouvelé les études sur l’orfèvrerie gothique.

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• 31 mai 2013

  Berne

  Call for papers - History

  The Office as an interior (1880-1960)

  The so-called “second industrial revolution” meant a significant growth in the tertiary sector (banks, insurance companies, etc.); at the same time new administrative bodies arose both in industry and at agencies and public authorities. This went hand in hand with a massive increase in the numbers of employees. The employee became the socio-professional figure of the urban modernity, whereas the professional woman became increasingly important. The symposium addresses the development of the office in order to analyse the interdependency between physical and social space, materiality and practices, strategies and tactics, structures and individuals. Likewise, it is intended to approach the office from a historical perspective, as attention is directed towards the significance of the office for structuring and transforming the sociocultural situation from the turn of the last century through the end of the 1950’s.

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• 07 mai 2013	14 mai 2013	18 mai 2013
  21 mai 2013	28 mai 2013

  Neuchâtel

  Lecture series - History

  Manufacturers and merchants : making and exporting clocks and other luxury goods in the 18th century

  Roger Smith is an independent historian who was educated at the University of London. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2006. He is chiefly interested in the organisation of the manufacture and sale of clocks, watches and related luxury articles in the eighteenth century, including international aspects like the migration of craftsmen. He has done much research into the Anglo-Swiss watchmaking firm of Vulliamy of London, and is currently working on a major study of James Cox and his competitors in the trade in clocks and watches from Western Europe to Asia. As well as publishing extensively on such topics, he has acted as historical adviser to museums and auction houses, including the loan exhibition SingSong, Treasures from the Forbidden City at the Museum Speelklok, Utrecht in 2010-11.

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• 12 avr 2013

  13 avr 2013

  Geneva

  Conference, symposium - Representation

  Présences septentrionales en Lombardie au temps des Sforza (1450-1535)

  Inscrit dans le Projet Sinergia du FNS Constructing Identity: Visual, Spatial and Literary Cultures in Lombardy (14th-16th century) des Universités de Genève, Lausanne et Zurich et de l’EPFL de Lausanne, ce colloque est consacré à la présence d’œuvres et de  personnalités septentrionales (musiciens, orfèvres, graveurs, peintres, etc.) en Lombardie entre le milieu du XVe et le début du XVIe siècle. Il s’attachera particulièrement à comprendre le rôle joué par la cour des Sforza. 

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• 22 fév 2013

  23 fév 2013

  Lausanne

  Conference, symposium - Middle Ages

  Narration and strategies of illustration

  Novels of chivalry and codex in North Italy (14th-16th centuries)

  Le colloque « Narration et stratégies de l'illustration. Codex et romans chevaleresques dans l'Italie du Nord (XIVe-XVIe siècle) » s’insère dans le cadre du projet de recherche Sinergia Constructing Identity: Visual, Spatial, and Literary Cultures in Lombardy, financé par le Fonds national Suisse. En adoptant une pluralité de perspectives, ce colloque vise à interroger les modalités d’interaction entre les contenus narratifs et les cycles d’illustrations dans des manuscrits et imprimés chevaleresques d’origine nord-italienne. L’objectif est également d’éclairer les rapports que ces derniers entretiennent avec d’autres témoignages de la culture chevaleresque issus du même milieu.

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