(Dis)connected Objects in the Early Modern Period

Join us for this workshop to discuss and look at objects and the ways they are connected to or disconnected from early modern networks of trade, cultures of craftsmanship, and environmental conditions.

Carved ivory medallion depicting a traveling salesman laden with wares and kids running around.

"The Knickknack Peddler", ivory, Ming dynasty, 1500–1599, China. Diam.: 7.3 cm, thickness: 2.7 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, through prior bequest of Arthur Rubloff, 1997.55. License: CC0

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Program

Day 1, May 11

Hannah Ryggen Room, Lucy Smiths Hus, Room 1004, University of Oslo, Blindern

9:30 – 12:30 Object Toolkit Workshop lead by Leah Clark, University of Oxford

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Meha Priyardashini, University of Edinburgh, and Anna Grasskamp, University of Oslo, Oceanic (Dis)connections: Resources, Material Exchange, and Crafts in the Indo-Pacific World, followed by Q&A

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 – 17:00 Presentations by University of Oslo’s ECOART project team members Sarah Huang Chen, Marie Ngiam, Yixin Xu, and Sakshi Jain followed by Q&A

Day 2, May 12

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Dronning Mauds gate 4, Oslo

9:30 – 11:00 Mei Mei Rado, Bard Graduate Center, A Versatile Liturgical Pattern: The Global Life of Rose-Patterned Silks, presentation followed by Q&A

11:00 – 11:50 Early Lunch

12:00 – 15:00 Viewing of selected Chinese artifacts at the museum’s Conservation Department in the presence of Eva Düllo, Senior Conservator, National Museum, and, from the Collections and Exhibitions Department, Hanne Eide, Curator, and Denise Hagströmer, Senior Curator

15:00 – 16:30 Afternoon Tea

16:30 – 18:00 Guided Tour at the International Library of Fashion Research

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Funded by the European Union (ERC, Consolidator Grant, 101124354). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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