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Call for Papers from The Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) . . .

JEMS 4 (2015) | Service and Servants in Early Modern Culture, 1500–1750
Proposals due by 1 October 2013, Final Drafts due by 31 January 2014

The Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) is an open access peer-reviewed international journal that promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion on issues concerning all aspects of early modern European culture.

We are now inviting contributions for volume 4, to be released online in March 2015. Jointly edited by William C. Carroll (Boston University) and Jeanne Clegg (Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice), JEMS 4, entitled Service and Servants in Early Modern Culture, 1500-1750, aims to bring together scholars from across a wide disciplinary spectrum to inquire into differences and similarities, continuities and changes in the ethics, representation and practice of service and servitude in different countries and contexts. The issue will be open to contributions on oral and visual forms of cultural expression as well as textual, and we invite studies of emerging voices and works intended for and by, as well as about, servants and service. Contributions addressing issues of class, gender, and ethnic/national representations are particularly encouraged.

Main deadlines
• 1 October 2013: adhere to project and send working title and short abstract to William Carroll (wcarroll@bu.edu) and Jeanne Clegg (jfclegg@unive.it).
• 31 January 2014: finalize paper for submission to referees. Articles must comply with the editorial norms and must not exceed 12,000 words, including endnotes and bibliography.

All articles are published in English. Please be so kind as to have your paper revised by a native speaker.

From the Call for Papers (the PDF includes the French version) . . .

Workshops and Manufactures in the Years between the
French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire (France, 1789–1815)
Institut national d’histoire de l’art and Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art, Paris, 13–14 June 2014

Proposals due by 30 September 2013

The twenty-five years between the assembly of the États généraux and the end of the Napoleonic Empire saw political, social, cultural and economic changes that created a context of instability for the luxury industries and fine arts in France. Workshops and manufacturers were confronted with material and logistical challenges. The shortage of materials, the collapse of the financial system and the loss of a significant number of skilled workmen to the army, had a direct impact on French productivity. In spite of these difficult conditions, the insecurity and instability of social upheaval and war in this period, creativity and the invention of new trends and fashions were by no means halted in Paris. New markets quickly offered plenty of opportunities for inventive craftsmen to extend and diversify their activities.

Up until now the revolutionary period has mainly been considered as a period of disruption, especially in the field of luxury industries, which were considered to be at odds with the values of the new emerging social system. It is now possible to show that contrary to this general assumption, continuity can be found in this pivotal period between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The quick re-awakening of the production of luxury goods followed the establishment of the Directoire and its flowering during the Napoleonic years is proof of great flexibility and adjustment to social change and the new paradigms of labor. A number of questions emerge from these observations: what events and changes confronted former royal and later national manufacturers, famous workshops and regional producers in the years between the Ancien Régime and the Bourbon Restoration? In what ways were artists and artisans able to adapt or resign themselves to the new challenges? But also – to what extent did these events stimulate new modes of creativity and production which would have an impact on the development of industrialization in France?

This symposium aims to shed light on a pivotal period in the history of material culture and the decorative arts in France. One of its goals is to provide a better understanding of and insight into what exactly happened during these years and into the impact of the transformation of every aspect of civil and industrial life on Parisian and regional production in this period, which is generally recognized as one of cataclysmic change. Organized as an interdisciplinary event, this symposium will study the period from the point of view of art, social, economic and technological histories. Its main objectives are to define and shed light on the specific characteristics of the period and its production, in order to generate new insights and conclusions which complement the field’s well-established stylistic analyses, while also providing new tools for the broader analysis of objects.

Contributions of 20 minutes should approach the following pivotal points:

The Organization of Production: Actors and places of production – The management of workshops before and after the abolition of the guilds in 1791 – The institutional and legal context for production – Creators and makers in different trades linked to the luxury industries – Supply and suppliers of materials – Competition between national and private industries.

Forms and Materials: Tools, techniques and materials – Fashion and trends – The relation of stylistic evolution and industrialization- Professional schools and academic institutions for the industries – Iconographies and style for manufactured goods – Know-how and the evolution of style

Distribution: Industrial exhibitions from 1798 onwards – Methods of distribution – Producers of manufactured goods – Commercial networks – Press and publicity – Franchising and dealers – Places of sale – Diplomatic gifts – Commercial challenge and competition

Papers may be given in French or English language. Proposals for papers of one A-4 side length and a short biography in French or English should be sent to the following address before Monday, September 30th 2013: AteliersManufactures1789-1815@dt-forum.org.

Organisational Board
Natacha Coquery (université Lumière Lyon 2, LAHRA)
Jörg Ebeling (Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art, Paris)
Anne Perrin-Khelissa (université de Toulouse 2 Le Mirail)
Philippe Sénéchal (Institut national d’histoire de l’art)

Scientific Board
Marc Bayard (Mobilier national, Paris) ; Jean-Francois Belhoste (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris) ; Andreas Beyer (Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art) ; Philippe Bordes (université Lumière Lyon 2) ; Anne Dion (musée du Louvre) ; Daniela Gallo (université Pierre Mendès France Grenoble 2) ; Liliane Hilaire-Pérez (université Paris 7) ; Ulrich Leben (Bard Graduate Center, New York) ; Lesley Miller (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) ; Jean-Michel Minovez (université de Toulouse 2) ; France Nerlich (université de Tours) ; Odile Nouvel (Paris) ; Jean-Michel Olivier (université de Toulouse 2) ; Hans Ottomeyer (Berlin) ; Daniel Roche (Collège de France, Paris) ; Bénédicte Savoy (Technische Universität, Berlin) ; Patrick Verley (Geneva).