Dear All,
Here is a quick reminder that tickets are still available for our international conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum this week:
26 - 28 June 2019
Two Centuries of Anglo-German Correspondences: Celebrating Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, George Eliot and Theodor Fontane.
This international conference marks the outstanding contributions to British-German cultural exchange by four key figures, all born in 1819. 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), Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL.
Please book directly on the V&A website here:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/1yvWjD5j/two-centuries-of-anglo-german-correspondences-june-2019
The whole conference ticket is £53 but single day tickets are available; and a student ticket is £10 a day.
Please find the conference programme below.
Your Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations
www.qmul.ac.uk/cagcr
Conference Programme:
Wednesday 26th June
- in attendance: Peter Wittig, German Ambassador
17.00 Registration
17.30 Opening Chair: Rüdiger Görner, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
17.40 Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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.
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