Research Assistant post advertised
The Research Assistant will carry out high quality research and contribute to the public outcomes of the Research Network for Textile Conservation, Dress and Textile History and Technical Art History, funded by the Getty Foundation. Closing date: 9 March 2012
Research Network for Textile Conservation, Dress and Textile History and Technical Art History
The Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History was awarded a grant from the Getty Foundation in 2010 to set up a research network. The network encompasses the three fields of:
- textile conservation
- dress and textile history
- technical art history
Our international advisory panel (pictured) met in March 2011 to help draw up plans for the network.
'The Real Thing?' Conference - Call for Papers
Network Meetings
Five themed network meetings will be held during 2011 and 2012 with the aim of bringing together researchers in these three fields to initiate new projects and to apply for research funding. We already have some ideas for research topics, as listed below, but welcome other suggestions - we anticipate the development of exciting interdisciplinary projects.
The aim is to keep numbers quite low for the network meetings in order to allow discussion to reach a more detailed stage. Please see below for contact details if you are interested in attending.
Research themes and network meeting dates, with some initial ideas for research topics
1. Modern Materials - 10 June 2011
- Manufacturing, marketing, consumption
- Modern and contemporary art: making and meaning
- Twentieth century dress
- Sustainable practices
2. 'The Real Thing': the value of authenticity and replication - 7 October 2011
- Dress historians and re-enactors: different approaches to research
- Digital transformations: the danger of loss of the ‘real thing’
- Authenticities and appearances
- The ‘fashion show’ : wearing objects
- Copying, replicating, emulating in 16th and 17th century Europe
3. Technical studies: exploring concept, practices and results - 5 December 2011
- Dyestuffs in textiles and fine arts
- Painted objects, interiors and artefacts
- ‘Cross-over’ artists rooted in practical tradition
- Traditional multi-media works of art
- Historiography of technical art history
- Painted textiles
- Red dyes
4. Enhancing the value of collections: investigation and preservation - 30 March 2012
- Translating cultures: China and the West: meaning, conservation, vocabularies
- Tapestry research
- Re-evaluation of treatments
- Object investigation: biography and provenance
- Skills – professional, value, vocabularies
5. Connected histories: making, meaning, interpretation - 14 May 2012
- Stoddard-Templeton Carpets
- European regional fashion
- Terminology of colour
- Embroidery, late 16th century- 17th century needlework
International conference - December 2012
Call for Papers - deadline 17 February 2012
The network will culminate with a two-day international conference on 6-7 December 2012 – everyone is welcome to attend, whether you are an active researcher or an interested observer. The theme for the conference will be 'The Real Thing? The Value of Authenticity and Replication for Investigation and Conservation. Further details, will be published soon.
Contact Details
If you have a research idea you would be interested in developing in conjunction with the University of Glasgow and are interested in taking part in any of the network meetings, please contact:
Frances Lennard (Frances.Lennard@glasgow.ac.uk) or Erma Hermens (Erma.Hermens@glasgow.ac.uk).