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.

Cycle de conférences par Roger Smith (Londres).

Toutes les conférences seront en anglais.

Organisé par l’Institut d’histoire de l’art et de muséologie de l’Université de Neuchâtel

Avec la collaboration de :

• Institut d’histoire, Université de Neuchâtel
• Musée d’art et d’histoire de Neuchâtel
• Musée international d’horlogerie

Programme 

• 7 mai 2013

Musée d’art et d’histoire de Neuchâtel, 14h

Vulliamy, Derby and sculptural clocks : a study in collaborative production

• 14 mai 2013

Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Neuchâtel, Salle R.N. 0.12, 12h

The role of clocks and watches in West/East trade in the eighteenth century

• 18 mai 2013

Musée international d’horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 17h

James Cox and the « sing-song » trade : clock exports to China in the eighteenth century

• 21 mai 2013

Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Neuchâtel,  Salle R.N. 0.12, 12h

Migration and the spread of new techniques in eighteenth century luxury trades

• 28 mai 2013

Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Neuchâtel,  salle R.N. 0.12, 12h

James Cox : manufacturer or merchant ?