Conference: Secularization and the Libraries of Europe
The primary concerns of this Bodleian conference are neither art historical nor even visual, but there are lots of eighteenth-century offerings around a fascinating topic that is, I think, often understood exclusively as a problem for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In addition to providing the following description, the conference website includes a full list of speakers and paper titles. -CH
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How the Secularization of Religious Houses Transformed the Libraries of Europe
St. Anne’s College, Oxford, 22-24 March 2012
The dissolution of religious houses transformed both the physical and intellectual spaces in which books and manuscripts were held. The process broke the Church’s earlier dominance in learning and libraries. All of Europe felt these changes between the 16th and 19th centuries, but the results were different in each country. In some cases libraries were scattered or destroyed; in other cases books were taken over as state property. This was an epochal change, affecting thousands of libraries and millions of books, and it transformed the shape of libraries and widened access to heritage books. It increased turnover in the book-market, opened a new interest in collecting books, and fostered the growth of public libraries.
This conference draws together international scholars to examine, for the first time in comparative perspective, the impact that the secularization of
libraries had on the intellectual patrimony of Europe. For registration
information and to see the full list of speakers and themes, visit the
conference website.
Call for Papers: Graduate Student Symposium at Boston
Boston University Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art & Architecture
Boston University, 2-3 March 2012
Proposals due 28 November 2011
The 28th Annual Boston University Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art & Architecture invites submissions exploring the role of doubles, multiples, and copies in artistic production from antiquity to the present.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: molds, casts, and replicas; afterimages, mirror images, twinning/tripling, and “mise en abyme”; serial formats and presentations; Janus or Gemini figures, uncanny doubles, doppelgangers, and evil twins; the replication or reappearance of architectural elements and structures; mimicry and mimesis; issues of reproduction in photography, print culture, media, and mass production; copying and emulation in practice and pedagogy; work that problematizes, resists, or elides duplication or multiplication; appropriation, plagiarism, and copyright issues; the re-presentation of works or performances; relationships between facsimiles and originals; and dialogues between final products and sketches or models.
We welcome submissions from graduate students at all stages of their studies, working in any area or discipline. Please email a 500-word abstract and CV as attachments to Leslie K. Brown, Symposium Coordinator, at lkbrown@bu.edu by November 28, 2011. Papers should be 20 minutes in length and selected speakers will be notified before January 1st. The Symposium will be held March 2-3, 2012, with a keynote lecture (TBD) at the Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery on Friday evening and paper presentations on Saturday in the Riley Seminar Room of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
This event is generously sponsored by The Boston University Center for the Humanities; the Boston University Department of History of Art & Architecture; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Boston University Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association; and the Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery.
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