Collecting & Display Seminar Group, Institute of Historical Research
London
Our monthly seminars cover a wide range of topics from the study of
individual collectors and the art market to the many different types of
collections acquired over the centuries. Although the main emphasis is
on art and artefacts, collections of memorabilia, scientific or
ethnographic collections have also been covered. Papers have
considered every type of collection, from royal and aristocratic
collections to those of private citizens.
Papers are invited for the next academic year October 2016-July 2017.
We encourage research that opens the field of collecting to new debates
on motives of collectors, methods and networks of collecting, the
market for works of art and the roles of dealers and auction houses,
different types of collections and display. We are able to offer some
limited support for travel from abroad where necessary.
Please submit your proposal of c 300 words with a short biography to
[log in to unmask] by 6 July. Our proposed dates are 3 October,
14 November, 12 December, 9 January, 6 February, 6 March, 15 May and 20
June. Please indicate if you have a preference for one of these dates.
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