Conferences & Seminars
2011, June - Anglo-Irish orientalists, travellers, Dilletanti and architects: Ireland, the Mediterranean and book culture 1607-1810 - a one-day symposium that explored the theme of Ireland, the Mediterranean and book culture in the early modern period, celebrating the desire to gather and transport knowledge with a view to providing new information and creating impetus for artistic movements such as neo-classicism in Ireland, Europe and beyond. [Symposium Brochure]2010, June - Orientalism and Anglo-Irish scholarship 1740-1810 in the Gennadius Library, Athens . The symposium, held in Athens was a collaboration between the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin, the Gennadius Library, Athens, and the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens. It was supported by the UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies Research Strand in Material and Visual Culture. [Programme]
2009, October - Re-imagining the Nation?: Transformations of German Cultural Identity since 1989 was the major Irish event to mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Opened by His Excellency Busso von Alvensleben, the German Ambassador to Ireland, the conference featured twenty-one speakers from four nations. The keynote addresses was delivered by the architectural historians Andres Lepik, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the architect Zvi Hecker. The conference was sponsored by the German Embassy, the Goethe Institute, and UCD Seed Funding. [Reimagining programme]
2009, Spetember - The School of Art History and Cultural Policy, in conjunction with the Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, recently hosted a panel discussion with the Guerrilla Girls, the acclaimed feminist art activist group who attempt to achieve equality of the sexes and "races" in art, film, politics and popular culture. Panelists included: The Guerrilla Girls; Susan McKay, Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland/ Journalist; Catherine Marshall, Head of Collections at IMMA; Pat Cooke, Head of MA in Cultural Policy & Arts Management at UCD
2009, September - The Visual Culture of Modernity in Ireland - Organised by UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy & the Faculty of Visual Culture, NCAD, this workshop was convened to interrogate critically the working concepts of modernity and ‘visual culture’ within Irish contexts. Website: http://irishmodvisual.wordpress.com
2009 September - The Art of Islam in Ireland today - The School held a symposium with contributions by Dr Laura Parodi, UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy, Dr Elaine Wright, Curator of the Islamic Collections, Chester Beatty Library & Dr Zeynep Kezer, School of Architecture Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University.
2009, May 21-22 - The Fusion of Neoclassical Principles: scholars, artists, architects, builders and designers in the Neoclassical period. Convened by Dr Lynda Mulvin this conference brought together a prestigious multi-disciplinary panel of scholars who combined a range of approaches to the study of the Neoclassical period in Irish and European art and architecture. Sponsored by UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies Research Strand in Material and Visual Culture, with the support of The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, in association with the Irish Architectural Archive & the National Gallery of Ireland. [Neoclassicism programme]
2009, April 24-25 - City Limits: Urban Identity, Specialisation and Autonomy in Seventeenth-century Dutch Art. Convened by Dr John Loughman and Dr Adriaan Waiober [NGI]. Professor Eric Jan Sluijter of the University of Amsterdam gave the keynote address. Other invited speakers included Dr. Walter Liedtke of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Professor Wayne Franits of Syracuse University. Sponsored by the National Gallery of Ireland, UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy, UCD Seed Funding Scheme, UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies Research Strand in Material and Visual Culture. [City Limits programme]
2008, July 11-12 - How Are We Doing? Managing Culture and the Arts in Ireland. Organised by Pat Cooke and Dr. Emily Mark-FitzGerald, this conference for arts managers in Ireland was the first such gathering in seventeen years and aimed to give cultural sector managers, collectively and personally, an opportunity to take stock of their work in the wider context of policy and practice. From the perspective of the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, the goal was to better identify important policy, training and research issues. In addition, the dialogue stimulated and networks created through the conference helped deepen the contact between the school and practitioners.
2008, May 26-27 - The Eighteenth-century Townhouse: Form, Function & Finance. Convened by Dr Christine Casey this conference served to stimulate discussion and to promote interdisciplinary research on a topic of central importance to Dublin’s social, architectural and urban history. It was a collaborative effort between UCD, NUI Maynooth, TCD & the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and conservation bodies including the Dublin Civic Trust, the Irish Georgian Society and An Taisce. There was also international collaboration through the participation of Dr Toby Barnard [Hertford College, Oxford] and Dr Peter Guillery [Survey of London]. The Conference held as part of the UCD College of Arts & Celtic Studies Research Strand in Material Culture. [Townhouse programme]
