This year CRASSH has hosted a Graduate Research Group concerned with Things: Material Cultures of the Long Eighteenth-Century. Our speakers have considered specific eighteenth-century objects ranging from coins to ships, porcelain to plants, from different disciplinary perspectives. We have discussed how these objects allow us to tell complex. inter-disciplinary stories about consumption, production and display in this period. This colloquium pulls together the speakers and themes that have defined the series. The day will consist of several papers with invited responses, as well as space for discussion. The colloquium is preceded by a keynote lecture by Professor Ludmilla Jordanova on Thursday evening, Talking about Things.
Programme and Registration
Both keynote lecture and colloquium talks on Friday 28 September are open to everyone. The lecture is free to attend and no registration is required. However, registration is required for the colloquium. Please click on the links at the right hand side of the page to see the programme and book a place online. The fee is £20 (including lunch and refreshments at the colloquium) with a reduced £10 charge for students.
For information about the event and the graduate research group please contact Katy Barrett or Sophie Waring.
For administrative enquiries please contact Michelle Maciejewska.
Provisional Programme
| Thursday 27 September |
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18.00-19.00 |
Keynote Lecture:Talking about Things Professor Ludmilla Jordanova (King's College London) |
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19.00-20.00 |
Drinks reception at CRASSH |
| Friday 28 September |
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9.00 -9.30 |
Registration and coffee |
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9.30-9.45 |
Welcome and Introduction Sophie Waring (University of Cambridge) |
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9.45-11.15 |
Session 1: Written Things Romantic Bubbles, Fictional Worlds "A Lampoon Put on his Door": Poetry and Politics, 1678-1689 Chair: Dr Luisa Calè (Birkbeck College, London) |
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11.15-11.45 |
Coffee break |
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11.45-13.15 |
Session 2: Familiar Things Familiarity Breeds Contempt? 'Everyday' Objects and 'Small Things Forgotten' in the early modern English Household Learning Things Chair: Dr Melissa Calaresu (University of Cambridge) |
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13.15-14.15 |
Lunch |
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14.15-15.45 |
Session 3: Travelling Things The Dynamics of Natural History: Collecting and Collections in the Eighteenth Century The Seeds of Disaster: Relics of La Pérouse Chair: Professor Jonathan Lamb (Vanderbilt University) |
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15.45-16.15 |
Tea Break |
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Session 4: Gendered Things Sarah Sophia Banks: Money, Medals and a 'Collection of Scraps' Curiosities from Female Hands Chair: Dr Elizabeth Eger (Kings College London) |
