Dear List Member,
The Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations at Queen Mary University of London and the Victoria and Albert Museum are delighted to invite you to our international conference:
Two Centuries of Anglo-German Correspondences: Celebrating Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, George Eliot and Theodor Fontane.
26 - 28 June 2019 (Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington)
This international conference marks the outstanding contributions to British-German cultural exchange by four key figures, all born in 1819: Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, George Eliot and Theodor Fontane. In four thematically oriented sections, this landmark conference will consider aspects of British-German cultural transfer in the areas of literature and philosophy, travel, science and knowledge, arts and music. The conference takes place at the Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington). To download the conference programme and to book, please visit the V&A What’s On. It is possible to register for single days or the full conference.
Venue: The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A
Book here: bit.ly/TwoCenturiesOfAnglo-GermanCorrespondences / It is possible to register for the full conference online or single days via the V&A Contact Centre (020 7942 2000).
Tickets are between £10 - £53
Conference Programme:
Wednesday 26th June
17.00 Registration
17.30 Opening Chair: Rüdiger Görner, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
17.40 Prince Hubertus of Coburg
18.00 Keynote: Rosemary Ashton, ‘A Sketch of Anglo-German Relations in the Nineteenth Century’, introduced by Rüdiger Görner
19.00 Reception
Thursday 27th June
Morning session: Literature
Chair: James Vigus, QMUL
10.00 Coffee
10.30 Juliette Atkinson, UCL – ‘George Eliot as Realist Novelist’
11.15 Helen Chambers, University of St Andrews – ‘Fontane as Realist Novelist’
12.00 Rüdiger Görner, QMUL – ‘Early Victorian Thoughts on the Land of Poets and Thinkers. Notes on British-German Intellectualism at the beginning of the Long Century’
12.45 Lunch break (by own arrangements)
Afternoon session: Travel
Chair: Astrid Köhler, QMUL
14.30 Patricia Howe, QMUL – ‘Theodor Fontane: A German Traveller in England and Scotland’
15.15 John Rignall, Warwick University – ‘George Eliot’s Travels in Germany’
16.00 Tea
16.30 A.N. Wilson, London – ‘Travels of Victoria and Albert’
Friday 28th June
Morning session: Science and Knowledge
Chair: Tim Boon, Science Museum London
10.00 Coffee
10.30 Eckhard Mönnig, Naturkundemuseum Coburg, Germany – ‘The History of the Natural History Museum Coburg’
11.15 Jana Riedel, QMUL and Victoria and Albert Museum – ‘Prince Albert’s Collecting Practices’
12.00 John R. Davis, Historic Royal Palaces – ‘Exhibitions in Germany and Britain’
12.45 Lunch (by own arrangements)
Afternoon session: Arts and Music
Chair: Daniel Johnson, London
14.30 Norbert Meyn, Royal College of Music – ‘Mendelssohn, Albert and Anglo-German Connections in 19th Century Music’
15.15 Julius Bryant, Victoria and Albert Museum – ‘Prince Albert and Anglo-German Architecture’
16.00 Tea
16.30 Susanna Avery-Quash, National Gallery London – ‘The Reception of Early German and Netherlandish Art in Britain during the Victorian Era’
End of Conference.
This conference is supported by the Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington), Stadt Coburg (Germany), the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, the Queen Mary Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the School for Language Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary University of London.
Your Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations at Queen Mary University of London
www.qmul.ac.uk/cagcr/
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