CFP: Instruction, Amusement and Spectacle: Popular Shows and Exhibitions
1800-1914
An International Conference hosted by the
Centre for Victorian Studies, University of Exeter
16-18 April 2009, University of Exeter
Keynote speakers: Prof. Bernard Lightman, Prof. Vanessa Toulmin, Prof. Jon
Burrows, Dr. Ann Featherstone, Prof. Martin Hewitt
This conference aims to examine the eclectic range of popular entertainments
in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, with a particular focus on
exhibition practices. The intention is to provide a forum that brings together
the range of research currently being undertaken by different disciplines in this
area, including film studies, Victorian studies, history of science, performance
studies, English literature, art history and studies of popular culture. Potential
topics could include but are not limited to:
The role of visual entertainments (e.g. magic lantern, panoramas, dioramas,
photography, peep shows)
Early cinema: exhibition and reception
Local and regional exhibition cultures
Science and technology: demonstration and instruction
Improvement and rational recreation
Exhibitions of 'Otherness' (e.g. freak shows, ethnographic shows, minstrels)
Music hall, pantomime, vaudeville and variety
Public lectures and lecturing
Galleries, museums and civic institutions (e.g. The Royal Polytechnic
Institution, Mechanics Institutes)
Travelling shows, fairgrounds and circuses
World's Fairs and international exhibitions
Magic, illusion and spiritualism
Concerts, recitals and readings
Pleasure gardens, tourism and seaside exhibitions
Dance and physical performance
Literary and other representations of popular entertainments
Showmen and showmanship
Audiences: composition and reception
Intermediality and exhibitions
Image, narrative and performance
Please send proposals of no more than 300 words, together with your
designation and affiliation to [log in to unmask] no later than 31st
October 2008
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