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• 15 jui 2017

  Rennes

  Study days - Europe

  Industrial Heritage in the UK

  Mutations, Conversions and Representations

  The chosen perspective for this one-day conference is an inter- and pluri-disciplinary one and it is therefore articulated around a variety of approaches such as cultural geography, cultural history, art history, media studies, urban studies, heritage studies, architecture, etc.

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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 2010

  Paris

  Call for papers - History

  Recycling luxury and waste in the 18th century

  The afterlife of used things in Britain and France

  Appel à contribution pour la conférence internationale des 22 et 23 juin 2010, université Paris Diderot / LARCA, UFR études anglophones Charles V - 10, rue Charles V 75004 Paris. La conférence se propose d'interroger les pratiques sociales, économiques, culturelles et matérielles du recyclage qui caractérisent le monde des objets au dix-huitième siècle en Angleterre et en France. Il s'agira d'explorer les diverses manifestations du recyclage en se concentrant plus particulièrement sur les questions du luxe et du déchet. Date limite d'envoi de propositions : 12 avril 2010.

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