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International PhD and Postdoctoral Workshop
The Global Trade of Textiles and Clothing in the Early Modern Period:
Exchange, Meaning and Materialities
Organised by the CCCC – The Danish National Foundation's Centre for
Textile Research, University of Copenhagen and the Global History and
Culture Centre, University of Warwick
Thurday 27 and Friday 28 November 2014
Global History and Culture Centre
Department of History, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
In the early modern period the trade of textiles, dress and other
fashionable materials reached a global scale. Cotton textiles were the
backbone of the trade of the European East India companies within Asia,
but also of trade between Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. They
followed the global success of the silk trade and the several attempts
to transplant silk's cultivation from China to southern Europe and then
to Northern Europe and the Americas. Woollens became key to the Atlantic
trade and linens structured long-distance trade within Europe, China and
India. One should not forget the trade in mix fabrics, in beaver hats,
lace, feathers and other decorative items as well as the exchange of
ready-made garments, of types of fashionable garments, of designs, of
raw materials such as dyes and fibres, and of technologies.
This workshop brings together PhD and Postdoctoral students to reflect
on transnational, comparative and connective histories of the early
modern exchange of textiles, dress and clothing. We encourage in
particular the submission of papers exploring new topics and
methodologies, ranging from the quantification of trade, to
technological transfer, to the use of material culture methodologies in
research.
To submit a proposal, please send a 200-word abstract and title of the
proposed paper, together with a one page CV, to:
[log in to unmask] closing date for proposals is 15 July 2014.
Successful candidates will be notified by the 10 August 2014.
The cost of accommodation and subsistence will be covered by the CTR and
the GHCC. We are able to offer a small number of travel scholarships up
to £75 (travel within Britain), £125 (travel within Europe) and £250
(travel from outside Europe). Please indicate in your email if you would
like to be considered for a travel scholarship.
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact the organisers:
Karolina Hutkova, Global History and Culture Centre, University of
Warwick, [log in to unmask]
Paula Hohti, The Danish National Foundation's Centre for Textile
Research, University of Copenhagen, [log in to unmask]
Giorgio Riello, Global History and Culture Centre, University of
Warwick, [log in to unmask]
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