With apologies for cross-posting, I hope the workshop announcement below will be of interest to at least some list members
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The CHORD (Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution) workshop on:
‘Retailing, Architecture and Material Culture: Historical Perspectives’
will take place at the University of Wolverhampton, UK
on 22 May 2018.
The programme, together with abstracts, registration details and further information, can be found here:
https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/architecture/
The programme includes:
Katalin Medvedev, The University of Georgia, USA
The Transformation of Budapest Fashion Retail Scene from 1867-to World War II
Lynn Pearson, independent scholar, UK
English Co-op Store Architecture, 1844 to 1914: Design by Committee?
Briana Oliver, independent scholar, UK
Selling Sex in the Burlington Arcade
Simon Briercliffe, Black Country Living Museum, UK
Forging Ahead: recreating a post-war Black Country high street at the Black Country Living Museum
Andrew Taylor, Nottingham Trent University, UK
New Dootsteps, Old Ground: Post-industrial Warehouse Use in Liverpool
Phil Lyon, Umea University, Sweden and Dave Kinney, http://www.dkimaging.co.uk, UK
Repurposing Retail Premises: The Life and Times of 54-56 Fossgate, York
Myriam Couturier, Ryerson University, Canada
“Dignity and Utility”: Dusty Rose, Glass Blocks and the Fashion Retail Space of the 1930s and 40s
Alexa Logush, Archives Coordinator, Tiffany & Co., USA
A Photographic Exploration of the Tiffany & Co. New York Flagship Window Displays from 1870 until 1955
Regina Lee Blaszczyk, University of Leeds, UK
Fashioning Commercial Modernity: American Merchandisers and their Workspaces in Europe, 1870s-1940s
The workshop will take place in room Room MH108-9, Mary Seacole (MH) Building, City Campus, University of Wolverhampton.
The fee is £20
For further information and to register, please see the workshop web-pages, at:
https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/architecture/
Or contact Laura Ugolini, at: [log in to unmask]
Information about CHORD events can also be found here: www.wlv.ac.uk/chord
Prof. Laura Ugolini
Professor of History
Dept. of History, Politics, War Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Room MH124
Mary Seacole (MH) Building
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
WV1 1LY
Find out more about CHORD events here: www.wlv.ac.uk/chord
Or visit: https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/
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