VII JORNADAS COMPLUTENSES DE ARTE MEDIEVAL Faculty of Geography and History at Complutense University in Madrid – Casa de Velázquez – National Archaeological Museum, Madrid November 13, 14 and 15, 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: June 1, 2013 Sessions I-II: The sumptuary arts in context: status, function and meaning Session III: Materiality and technology Session … Continue reading
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Conference: Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues
Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues 3rd Global Conference Thursday 22nd September – Sunday 25th September 2011 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Fashion is a statement, a stylised form of expression which displays and begins to define a person, a place, a class, a time, a religion, a culture, and even a nation. This interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary … Continue reading
CFP: Material Culture, Craft & Community
Material Culture, Craft & Community: Negotiating Objects Across Time & Place (20-21 May 2011, University of Alberta, Canada) This interdisciplinary conference will explore the varied expressions of craft – material, cultural, social – in past and present societies. Craft practice has a rich history and remains vibrant today, sustaining communities while negotiating cultures. Craft-made goods … Continue reading
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association: Subcultural Style and Identity
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 40th Annual Meeting Renaissance Grand Hotel St Louis, MO, USA March 31- April 3, 2010 Subcultural Style and Identity is a significant and influential component of contemporary fashion and dress. Information can be retrieved from the media, fashion, design, music, social, economic and other cultural histories, as well as sexuality. … Continue reading
CFP: Material Culture, Craft & Community
Material Culture, Craft & Community: Negotiating Objects Across Time & Place (20-21 May 2011, University of Alberta, Canada) This interdisciplinary conference will explore the varied expressions of craft – material, cultural, social – in past and present societies. Craft practice has a rich history and remainsB vibrant today, sustaining communities while negotiating cultures. Craft-made goods … Continue reading
Object of Fashion 