English14-17 September 2016, Stockholm
UPDATE: This event has already happened. Click here to read the Conference Report.
Aims: The focus here will be, among other things, questions of national cultural memory and will include a Museums Forum of colleagues from museums and historic palaces in Poland, Sweden and the UK, to discuss the presentation of historical objects and collections, the role of museums as guardians of cultural memory and museum techniques for conveying historical information to the general public.
Workshop Programme
Wednesday 14th September 2016 | |
| 17.00 | The Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren). Guided tour, meeting with Head of Livrustkammaren and staff Buffet dinner |
Thursday 15th September 2016 | |
| 9.00-9.45 | Welcome address by Academy Secretary Prof. Birgitta Svensson. General welcome (with Svante Norrhem and Kristoffer Edelgaard Christensen); presentation of participants |
| 9.45-10.15 | Merit Laine - Why Remember? Some Thoughts on the „Hedvig Eleonora Year” 2015 |
| 10.15-10.45 | Julius Bryant - Are Exhibitions or House Museums the best Way to preserve Memories? The Rival Posterities of King George II’s Wife and Mistress |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee break |
| 11.15-11.45 | Alexandra von Schwerin - Power in Disguise: Women at Skarhult Castle through Five Centuries |
| 11.45-12.15 | Nadja Bender - Exhibiting Marrying Cultures: Women’s Business. How Brandenburg became Prussia |
| 12.15-12.45 | Discussion |
| 12.45-14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15-14.45 | David Taylor - Situating the Queen: Catherine of Braganza and the Context of Transformation |
| 14.45-15.15 | Max Tillman - How to Convey the Idea of 18th Century Collecting in a Modern Picture Gallery? The Karoline Luise-Exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe in 2015 |
| 15.15-15.30 | Discussion |
| 15.30-16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00-16.30 | Joanna Norman - Objects of Encounter: The Challenges of Displaying Cultural Memory in Europe 1600-1815 at the V&A |
| 16.30-17.00 | James Daybell - The Archival Afterlives of Cultural Encounters: The Correspondance of Henrietta Maria |
| 17.00-17.30 | Jill Bepler - Tracing Books and their Movements: Dynastic Women and Cultural Transfer in Early Modern Europe |
| 17.30-18.00 | Discussion |
| 18.00-19.00 | Drinks |
| 19.00 | Dinner (Vitterhetsakademien) |
Friday 16th September 2016 | |
| 9.30-10.00 | Eva-Lena Karlsson - Traces of Early Modern Queens in the Swedish National Portrait Gallery |
| 10.00-10.30 | Emma Hagström Molin - Affective Spoils: On the Material Effects of Cultural Looting in 17th Century Swedish Elite Collections. |
| 10.30-10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee break |
| 11.15-11.45 | Maureen Meikle - Queen Anna of Denmark (1574-1619): Cultural Encounters from Denmark to Scotland and England |
| 11.45-12.15 | Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska - Foreign Musicians at the Courts of Kings of Poland from the Vasa Dynasty and their Contribution to the Polish Culture in the Past and Today |
| 12.15-12.45 | Discussion |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-14.30 | Elise Dermineur - Queen Luise Ulrike of Sweden and her Political Legacy |
| 14.30-15.00 | Ewa Kociszewska - The Fashion Legacy of Eleonora di Toledo, Duchess of Tuscany: From Renaissance Portraiture to Alta Moda |
| 15.00-15.15 | Discussion |
| 15.15-15.45 | Coffee break |
| 15.45-16.30 | Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly - Dynasty, Consortship and Cultural Transfer: Some Conclusions |
| 16.30-16.45 | Thank you! (with Svante Norrhem) |
