Conferences
Examples of conferences organised and/or supported by VARIE:
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Art Writing:
Translations, Adaptations, Modalities
23-24 April 2009
The publication of the first issue of the e-journal Art in Translation in March 2009 was marked with an international symposium, organised by VARIE in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH). The event was attended by internationally acclaimed scholars, promising younger academics, curators, translators and postgraduate students.
Conference venue: Mercure Point Hotel Conference Centre, Bread Street, Edinburgh
Speakers: Lawrence Venuti (Temple University), Clive Scott (University of East Anglia), Peter France (University of Edinburgh), Vojtech Lahoda (Charles University, Prague), Ruth Phillips (Carleton University, Ottawa), Tom Cummins (Harvard), Fiona Elliott (translator, Edinburgh), Nachiket Chanchani (UPenn), Iain Boyd Whyte and Claudia Heide (University of Edinburgh)
Sponsors: Berg Publishers, European Society for Translation, University of Edinburgh, John Benjamins Publishing
For abstracts and photos of the event, visit the Art in Translation website.
Gauguin's Vision of the Sermon:
Interpretation, Reception, Conservation
30 September-1 October 2005
A conference held in association with the exhibition Gauguin's Vision (6 August -2 October 2005, Royal Scottish Academy Building), and organised by the Education Department at the National Galleries of Scotland in conjunction with VARIE.
Conference venue:
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Weston Link, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Convenors included: Belinda Thomson (Curator of Gauguin's Vision and Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh) and Richard Thomson (Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh)
Speakers included: Debora Silverman (UCLA), Denise Delouche (University of Rennes), Fred Leeman (Amsterdam), Rodolphe Rapetti (Réunion des Museés Nationaux; Museé Henner, Paris), Juliet Simpson (Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College), Lesley Stevenson (National Galleries of Scotland), Elise Eckermann (Frankfurt)
Conference supporters:
The British Academy
Bonhams Auctioneers and Valuers
History of Art, University of Edinburgh
Four colours suffice:
Palermo, Art and Architecture
21-22 October 2005
This 2-day conference explored Palermo's work and ideas surrounding the restoration or reconstruction of his work at the Edinburgh College of Art.
Conference venue:
Edinburgh College of Art
Convenors included: Barry Barker (University of Brighton), Lynne Cooke (Dia Art Foundation), David Connearn (ECA), Iain Boyd Whyte (University of Edinburgh)
Speakers included: Otto Berchem, Martha Buskirk (Montserrat College of Art), David Connearn, Clémentine Deliss (Edinburgh College of Art), Richard Demarco (Demarco European Art Foundation), Marianne Eigenheer, Pia Gottschaller (Whitney Museum of American Art), Wendy Gunn (University of Southern Denmark), Susanne Küper (galerie neugerriemschneider), Thomas Lange (University of Amsterdam), Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith (University College Dublin), Christine Mehring (Yale University), Norman Shaw, Andreas Karl Schulze, Bernhart Schwenk (Pinakothek der Moderne)
Conference supporters:
The British Academy
Monet and French Landscape Painting
17-18 October 2003
A conference held in conjunction with the exhibition
Monet: The Seine and the Sea (6 August -26 October 2003)
organised by the National Gallery of Scotland, with support from VARIE.
Conference venue:
Royal Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Convenor: Professor Richard Thomson
University of Edinburgh - VARIE
Speakers included: Robert Herbert (USA), John House (Courtauld Institute), Richard Kendall (USA), Ségolène Le Men (Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure), MaryAnne Stevens (Royal Academy)
Publication: Monet and French Landscape: Vétheuil and Normandy (2006)
Conference supporters:
The British Academy
Bonhams Auctioneers and Valuers
The Royal Bank of Scotland
National Galleries of Scotland
The Miniature Portrait c.1500-1850
Current Research and New Approaches
10-11 May 2002
An international conference organised by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, on the topic of miniature paiting.
Convenor: Dr Stephen Lloyd (Senior Curator - Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Speakers included: Mark Jones (Director, V&A), Catherine MacLeod (Curator, National Portrait Gallery, London), Magnus Olausson (Head of Royal Collections, Stockholm)
Conference supporters:
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Bonhams Auctioneers and Valuers
Older Conferences
- Soil and Stone: Impressionism, Urbanism, Environment (Oct 2001)
Soil and Stone
Impressionism, Urbanism, Environment
12-13 October 2001
A Conference on 19th Century French Landscape
Convenor: Professor Richard Thomson
University of Edinburgh - VARIE
Speakers included: Professor John House (Courtauld Institute, University of London), Professor David Hopkin (University of Glasgow) and Professor Richard Thomson (University of Edinburgh).
Conference supporters:
Phillips Auctioneers
Publication: Soil and Stone: Impressionism, Urbanism, Environment (2003)
The Stuart Court in Exile 1689-1766
1-2 June 2001
A conference convened by Dr Edward Corp ,University of Paris VII, to coincide with the Scottish National Portrait Gallery's exhibition The King Over the Water.
Convenor: Dr Edward Corp
University of Paris VII
Speakers included: Edward Gregg (University of South Carolina), Kathryn Barron (Royal Collection), Godfrey Evans (National Museums Scotland) and Edward Corp (Université de Paris VII)
Publication: The Stuart Court in Rome: The Legacy of Exile (2003)
Shahnama:
The Visual Language of The Persian Book of Kings
12-13 March 2001
Art historical conference on the imagery found in manuscripts of Iran's national epic poem, Shahnama, or the Persian Book of Kings.
Conference venue:
Royal Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Convenor: Professor Hillenbrand
Department of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh
Speakers included: Dr Adel Adamova (Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg), Dr Avinoam Shalem (Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität München), Tim Stanley (Deputy Curator, Khalili Collection), Dr Elaine Wright (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin), Dr Ulrike Al-Khamis and Godfrey Evans (National Museums of Scotland), Jennifer Scarce (School of Design, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art)
Publication: Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings (2004)
The End of Outsider Art?
24-26 November 2000
Conference hosted by Edinburgh Projects in collaboration with the Art Extraordinary Trust, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh College of Art and VARIE, on the future of Outsider Art. The conference coincided with an exhibition of Art Extraordinary at Edinburgh College of Art.
Convenor: Dr Andrew Patrizo
Director of Research, Edinburgh College of Art
Speakers included: Dr John M MacGregor, Prof. Roger Cardinal (two of the leading Western academics in the field), Dr Anthony Storr (a major European authority on creativity and mental illness), Arnulf Rainer, Denis Adrian
Britannia Italia Germania
Taste & Travel in the Nineteenth Century
4 November 2000
The conference bridged two exhibitions concurrent in Edinburgh in the autumn of 2000: A Poet in Paradise at the National Gallery of Scotland, and Views of Germany from the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Convenor: Professor Graham Smith
School of Art History, University of St Andrews
Speakers included: Delia Millar (Royal Collection), Hugh Brigstocke (formerly National Galleries of Scotland), Professor Graham Smith (University of St Andrews) and Iain Gordon Brown (National Library of Scotland).
Publication: Britannia Italia Germania: Taste & Travel in the Nineteenth Century (2001)
BODY and SOUL 2000
exploring objects - making myths
6-9 April 2000
The 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Art Historians
Charles I, King and Martyr
2 October 1999
Convenor: Dr David Howarth & Professor Michael Lynch
University of Edinburgh