Fwd: CFP: Great Exhibitions in the Margins (Wolverhampton, 26-27 Apr 12)

Is anyone working on Nizhnyi Novgorod fairs or Moscow's Vserossiiskie
Vystavki, etc.? This symposium would be a great opportunity to look
at Russian or other Eastern European exhibitions in a broader European
context.

Margaret Samu, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University
215 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10016

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From: H-ArtHist (Steffen Haug) <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:24 AM
Subject: CFP: Great Exhibitions in the Margins (Wolverhampton, 26-27 Apr 12)
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From: Marta Filipova <[email protected]>
Date: Aug 30, 2011
Subject: CFP: Great Exhibitions in the Margins (Wolverhampton, 26-27
Apr 12)

University of Wolverhampton, April 26 - 27, 2012
Deadline: Nov 1, 2011

Great Exhibitions in the Margins, 1851-1938

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,
Pozna, 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). News about
the symposium and the research network will be posted at
http://greatexhibitions.blogspot.com.

Please send your paper proposals of up to 250 words to Dr. Marta
Filipová at [email protected] by 1 November 2011.


Reference / Quellennachweis:
CFP: Great Exhibitions in the Margins (Wolverhampton, 26-27 Apr 12).
In: H-ArtHist, Aug 30, 2011. <http://arthist.net/archive/1708>.

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