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Emerging Empires: England and Muscovy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 14th & 15th June 2013 In Association with the Society for Court Studies Friday 14th June 2013 Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A Programme 8:30 – 9:45 Early Viewing of V&A exhibition ‘Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars’ with Natalia Abramova, Curator of Silver, Moscow Kremlin Museums, Angus Patterson, Curator of Armour, V&A, Richard Edgcumbe, Curator of Jewellery, V&A and Clare Browne, Curator of Textiles, V&A 10:00 -10:30 Coffee and Registration 10:30 Welcome: Paul Williamson, Deputy Director (V & A) 10:40 Session One - Russia and England 1509-1685 Chair: Olga Dmitrieva, Deputy Director, Moscow Kremlin Museums Russia in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Paul Bushkovitch, Professor of History, Yale University Mikepher Alphrey and Richard James, A Russian in England and An Englishman in Muscovy in the Seventeenth Century Ralph Cleminson, Independent Scholar 11:45 Discussion 12:15 Session Two - Trade and Diplomacy in the Early 17th Century Chair: Malcolm Smuts, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts The First Fifty Years of the Muscovy Company Alexander Sotin, Curator, The Old English Court Museum, Moscow 13:00 Lunch (Not provided) 14:00 The Culture of a Merchant Prince: Thomas Smith’s Family Background and International Network Karen Hearn, Honorary Professor, University College London Thomas Smith's 'rich Chariot' of 1604 and the English Coach in the Kremlin Julian Munby, Oxford Archaeology 15:00 Discussion 16:00 Close 17:00 Introduction and Welcome, Banqueting House, Whitehall Tracy Borman, Interim Chief Curator, Historic Royal Palaces 17:15 The Reception of Ambassadors at Whitehall in the 17th century Simon Thurley, Chief Executive, English Heritage 17:45 'Heere will be a Masque': The first performance in the new Banqueting Hall, Winter 1621/22. Larry Manley, Professor of English, Yale University 18:15 Close Saturday 15th June 10:00 Registration 10:15 Welcome: Beth McKillop, Deputy Director (V & A) 10:25 Session Three - Russian Palace Architecture Chair: Maurice Howard, Professor of the History of Art, University of Sussex Architectural Semiotics and Iconography in the Reign of Ivan IV Michael Flier, Professor of Ukrainian Philology, Harvard University The Scottish Kremlin Builder Jeremy Howard, History of Art, University of St. Andrews 11:30 Discussion 11:50 Coffee 12:15 Session Four - Diplomacy Chair: Peter Barber, Head of Map Collections, The British Library The Illuminated Royal Correspondence in the Russian State Archives Maija Jansson, Director Emerita, Yale Centre for Parliamentary History 13:00 Lunch (Not provided) 14:00 'To present or returne as there shall be occasion' - Silver gifts intended for Richard Bradshaw's embassy to Moscow Kathryn Jones, Curator, Royal Collection The Embassy to Moscow of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Christopher Ridgway, Curator, Castle Howard, Yorkshire 15:00 Discussion 15:50 Tea 16:10 Session Five - Summing Up Chair: Tessa Murdoch, Exhibition Curator, ‘Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars’, V & A Political Culture and Diplomatic Ceremonial in Early Modern England and Russia Olga Dmitrieva, Deputy Director, Moscow Kremlin Museums Closing Remarks Malcom Smuts, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts 17:15 Close This conference is supported by The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art £25, £20 concessions, £10 students (per day) Book online or call 0207 942 2211 All Programmes are subject to change without warning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~