Symposium, Thursday 7 November 2019
Department of History of Art, University of York
Information
All are welcome to attend this free event.
Date: Thursday 7 November 2019
Time: 14:00 – 17:00, followed by drinks reception
Place: The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, University of York
Programme
(See Speaker Bios and Abstracts page for further details)
14:00 – 14:15 — Welcome: Dr Cordula Van Wyhe (University of York)
14:15 – 15:30 — Panel: chaired by Dr Cordula Van Wyhe (University of York)
Abigail Jubb (Independent Scholar): ‘Female Middle Class Fashion and Crisis of Originality: Tracing the Shift from Tailor-Made to Ready-to-Wear in Victorian Britain in Yorkshire Collections’
Dr Faye Prior (Assistant Curator of Fashion, Castle Museum, York): ‘Local perspectives: Learning from the Details of Dress’
15:30 – 15:45 — Coffee
15:45 – 17:00 — Panel chaired by Dr Cordula Van Wyhe
Dr Elizabeth Kutesko (Lecturer in Cultural Studies, Central Saint Martins): ‘Transnational Fashion Histories: Some Complexities in Fashioning Brazilianness’
Dr Bethan Bide (Lecturer in Design and Cultural Theory, University of Leeds): ‘One Dress, Multiple Stories: Understanding Fashion Objects as Processes’
17:00 – 17:15 — Round-table discussion
17:15 — Wine Reception in the History of Art Department (Everyone Welcome!)
From the Global to the Local: Perspectives on the Study of Fashion 