UK abstinence - looking for conferences

[frualeydis]

I'm feeling withdrawal symptoms after all my travels to the UK last year. So if any of you know of any conferences or the like in the subject of fashion or textile history or related subject - material culture in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period would also work where I could present my research: Don't hesitate to tell me.

Oh, and I wouldn't mind going to Ireland again either. Or Germany, the Netherlands etc

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[zaftig46.livejournal.com]

Probably a stretch for you, but:
FASHIONING THE CITY:
Exploring Fashion Cultures, Structures, and Systems
19th-21st September 2012
Royal College of Art

Antwerp, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Dakar, Seoul, Sydney...a familiar, yet unfamiliar, line up of cities which have all emerged as sites for the production and display of fashion in recent times. Are these also the names set to usurp the power of the ‘’Big Five’’ ‘’Fashion Capitals’’ Paris, London, Milan, New York, and Tokyo? While the power, position and prestige of the legendary Fashion Capitals are recognised as such throughout the structures and networks of the fashion industry, none are sacrosanct as such. Post-World War Two Paris had to re-assert its hold on womenswear against threats from the sportswear culture of New York which emerged during the 1940s and early 1950s, and from London’s ‘’youth-quake’’ fashions in the 1960s. In Italy, both Rome and Florence were precursors to Milan’s authority as the country’s pre-eminent Fashion City. Yet, throughout the 20th Century, and in particular from the 1980s onwards, smaller cities, or ‘’Style Centres’’ such as Antwerp, Amsterdam, Barcelona or Copenhagen, have sought to develop their own influence through fashion culture. In Volume 15, Issue 2 of Fashion Theory: Journal of Dress, Body and Culture published in June 2011, the editors Lise Skov, of Copenhagen Business School, and Marie Riegels Melchior, of Designmuseum Danmark, brought together a collection of research papers which pioneer an approach looking at the decentering of Fashion Cities and the fashion culture that emanates from them. In her own paper in this volume Skov considers the changes occurring towards what she describes as a ‘’poly-centric’’ fashion industry. The purpose of this conference is to bring together a variety of fashion and creative industry practitioners, researchers and commentators to (re)consider the developing structures and networks of the fashion industry as it is set to develop in the 21st Century through such a ‘’poly-centric’’ system of Fashion Cities. Papers of 15-20 minutes duration for presentation and discussion are sought on the five core conference themes as follows:
Developing the Fashion City
The Role of the Fashion Academy or School
Fashion Culture on Display
The Business of Fashion Culture
Disseminating Fashion Culture
Within these core themes issues for discussion and possible subjects for papers (or groups of papers) may include:
Developing the Fashion City
Developing fashion culture
Relationships between Fashion Capitals and alternative sites or cities of fashion·
Developing fashion culture outside the ‘’Big Five’’ Fashion Capitals
The role of the fashion academy or school and professional training opportunities
Dissemination of fashion culture and the Fashion City through the media, film and television
Dissemination of fashion culture through display in museums, galleries and retail formats
The structure and/or restructuring of the fashion industry in the 21st Century
The role of Fashion Weeks and fashion trade fairs in developing fashion culture
The role of technology and new developments in technology e.g. new sales strategies, augmented reality, Fashion Film, social networking
The role of government and city councils at regional, national and international levels
Fashion and tourism
Commercial versus conceptual fashion cultures
British, European and International Perspectives
The conference is to be accompanied by an exhibition placing into context the development of the Fashion City, evolving fashion cultures and the rise of the ‘’Style Centre.’’ The focus of this exhibition will concentrate on the experience of two Style Centres: Antwerp and Copenhagen. Papers are therefore particularly welcomed which pertain to the fashion cultures of Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg, Denmark and the Nordic countries (Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden).
Abstracts of 300 words in English for presentations of 15-20 minutes should be submitted to Nathaniel Dafydd Beard at: nathaniel.beard@network.rca.ac.uk by April 6th 2012. Applicants should also include their name, job title, academic affiliation or company/organisation, together with full contact details including E-mail address.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

it seems a bit far-fetched yes. But I may come up with something.

/Eva

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

I'll keep an eye out for you!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thank you

/Eva

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

This one in Wrocław just came up, but the focus is a bit generic. On the other hand, they say the talks will be published. International Interdisciplinary Medieval Meetings