Monash University – The University of Warwick
2010-11 Strategic Funding Initiative for Joint Research and Education Programmes
REPORT ON FUNDED ACTIVITY
Joint Project Title / Gifts, Global Connections and Early Modern Material CultureActual Start Date / March 2011 / Actual End Date / November 2011
Monash University / Warwick University
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
Title / Name / Dr Adam Clulow / Professor Giorgio Riello
Details of Project
KEY OUTCOMES.The statement of anticipated outcomes and deliverables as per your proposal is provided here. Please respond against this explaining what you have actually been able to achieve.
Please be sure to include a list of any papers completed or submitted for publication, including the name of the relevant journal or publication, and/or any grants applied for (amount and to which funding agencies you have applied).
Anticipated Outcomes:
-A workshop to be held in Fiesole, Italy.
-Depending on the quality of the contributions, the papers from this workshop will be collected and submitted for publication as a special issue of an A-ranked journal or a related publication.
Overview:
A workshop was held at the European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization in Florence on 20-21 June 2011 (please see programme). The workshop gathered together fifteen scholars, primarily from Monash and Warwick but also from Italy, France, the United States and other UK institutions (The European University Institute, York St John University, Université de Lille, Victoria and Albert Museum, University of York, University of Bologna, Alfred University and University of Teramo in Italy). In total, eleven papers were presented over two days.
As outlined in the initial application, the central theme of the workshop dealt with the role of gifts – strategic exchanges of luxury goods – in the creation of a global network of prestige goods in the first age of globalization. The presenters considered diplomatic gifts brought back by Dutch administrators from Brazil, key exchanges of items between English representatives and Chinese officials in the eighteenth century, offerings made by the Dutch East India Company to the Tokugawa shogun in early modern Japan, courtly gift networks in Europe, and a range of other topics.
In addition to the workshop, separate planning meetings were held between staff at Monash and Warwick to discuss ways to deepen the collaboration between the two universities. It was agreed to focus our efforts on providing opportunities for research training for PhD candidates and other graduate students at both universities. In this regard, two postgraduate research training seminars using high-definition video conference suites will be held in which students can present their research and receive feedback from their peers as well as from staff from both institutions.
The first of these seminars will be held on the 25th November 2011 with a second to follow on the 27th April 2012. Four postgraduate coordinators (two at Warwick and two at Monash) have been appointed from within the student body to drive forward this collaboration. The coordinators will develop links between the two postgraduate communities, and will ensure that opportunities are created for students to draw on the resources of the partner institution.
During the meetings in Florence, we discussed possibilities for further externally-funded connection and collaboration. The Monash-Warwick connection will now be built into future applications to central funding bodies such as the ARC.
To further the collaboration and introduce Warwick staff to the wider department, Giorgio Riello travelled to Monash in August to present his research at a seminar organized by the History department.
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Courts and Luxury in the Early Modern World
20-21 June 2011
Held at European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization, Villa Schifanoia, Florence
organized by
The Warwick Global History and Culture Centre, Monash University
and the European University Institute,
Monday 20 June 2011
10.00-10.15Introduction
10.15-12.15 Session 1. Production for the Courts.
Chair: Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick)
10.15-11.00Anne Gerritsen (Warwick University), ‘The Material Culture of the Yuan Court’
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-12.15Guido Guerzoni (Bocconi University, Milan), ‘Make or Buy? The economic Impact of Este Manufactures in the Sixteenth Century’
12.15-13.45 Lunch
13.45-18.00 Session 2. Gifts and Embassies
Chair: Luca Molà (European University Institute)
13.45-14.30Adam Clulow (Monash University), ‘Gifts for the Shogun: The Dutch East India Company, Global Networks and Tokugawa Japan’
14.30-15.15Sarah Bercusson (York St John University) ‘Gift-giving and the Female Consort: The Creation of Courtly Networks’
15.15-16.00Susie Protschky (Monash University), ‘Maintaining the Lustre of the Golden Age: Tales for Tourists in Dutch and Danish Museum Collections of Courtly and Colonial Gifts’
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-17.15Stephen McDowall (Warwick University), ‘Commodore Anson’s (1697-1762) Cantonese Porcelain and Two Competing Histories of a Diplomatic Exchange of 1743’
17.15-18.00Margot Finn (Warwick University), ‘Rejecting the Princely Gift: Public and Private in East India Company Exchange’
Tuesday 21 June 2011
9.30-13.00. Session 3. The Material Culture of the Court
Chair: Giulia Calvi (European University Institute)
9.30-10.15Isabelle Paresys (Université de Lille), ‘Luxury Dress at Court in Early Modern France’
10.15-11.00Susan Strong (Victoria and Albert Museum), ‘New Year at the Mughal Court’
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-12.15Hannah Greig (University of York), ‘Faction and Fashion: The Sartorial Politics of Court Dress in Eighteenth-Century England’
12.15-13.45 Lunch
13.45-16.45. Session 4. Collecting and Exotica
Chair: Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli (University of Bologna)
13.45-14.30Leah R. Clark (Alfred University), ‘Pawning and Exchange in the Italian Courts: The Circulation and Replication of Gems and Jewels in the Quattrocento’
14.30-15.15Raffaella Morselli (University of Teramo), ‘Ferdinando Gonzaga and his Museum: Trade and Collections of Exotic Objects in Mantua in the Seventeenth Century’
15.15-15.45 Coffee Break
15.45-17.00Final Roundtable followed by drinks and dinner
Due to the diverse nature of the papers and the fact that many of the presenters have already made publication arrangements, it was resolved to focus on postgraduate publication as the best outcome for this collaboration. It is anticipated that some of the papers presented by graduate students at the seminars will later be submitted for publication. Discussions are currently underway to link the seminars to a special issue of a journal focused on visual and material culture.
PLANNED FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
-Two Online Postgraduate seminars to be held on the 25th November 2011 and the 27th April 2012. Four postgraduate coordinators (two at Warwick and two at Monash) have been appointed with the aim of fostering PG collaboration between the two institutions.
PLEASE ADD ANY FEEDBACK TO ASSIST WITH THE OPERATION OF FUTURE ROUNDS BELOW
The different research strengths of the two History departments and institutions as well as the different timetables of the academic years in Australia and the United Kingdom make possible a fruitful postgraduate exchange, especially at PhD level. We would like to encourage both universities to think specifically about the mobility of students as part of the internationalisation of the two institutions.
We hope that future funding will be made available to support one student from Monash to spend a month at Warwick (possibly January-February) and one student from Warwick to spend a month at Monash (possibly August-September). This exchange should be based on the appointment of a supervisor in the hosting institution and the full participation of the visiting student in the life of the hosting institution. This scheme would favour access to resources and academic expertise, but also a deeper understanding of academic institutions in other countries.
PARTICIPANTS
University / Title / Name / Position / Department / Faculty/School
York St John University / Dr Sarah Bercusson / Lecturer / History
European University Institute / Prof. Giulia Calvi / Professor / History
Alfred University / Dr Leah R. Clark / Assistant Professor / History
Monash / Dr Adam Clulow / Lecturer / History / Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
Warwick / Prof. Margot Finn / Professor / History / Humanities
Dr Anne Gerritsen / Associate Professor / History / Humanities
Univ. of York / Dr Hannah Greig / Lecturer / History
Univ. Bocconi, Milan / Dr Guido Guerzoni / Research Fellow / Management and Politics
Warwick / Dr Stephen McDowall / Research Fellow / History / Humanities
Univ. of Bologna / Prof. Giuseppina Muzzarelli / Professor / History
European University Institute / Prof. Luca Molà / Professor / History
Univ. of Teramo / Prof. Raffaella Morselli / Professor / Scienze dell’educazione
Université de Lille / Dr Isabelle Paresys / Lecturer / Institute of Historical Research
Monash / Dr Susie Protschky / ARC Postdoctoral Fellow / History / Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
Warwick / Dr Giorgio Riello / Associate Professor / History / Humanities
Victoria and Albert Museum / Ms Susan Stronge / Senior Curator / Asian Arts
Once completed, this form should be submitted jointly by email to:
WARWICK: Victoria Strudwick, Senior Liaison Officer, International Office, Tel: +44 (0)24 7657 5543
Email:
MONASH: Allan Mahler, Project Officer, Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement).
Tel: +613 9905 0909
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