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Hi TexConsLers – Here is the link:

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/events/events-calendar/2020/september/adventures-in-chemistry-and-technology-a-symposium.aspx

 

I think it takes place on Sept. 11, 2020 (or is it November 9, 2020?).

Stay safe and sane!

Regards,

Meg

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From: Textile Conservators <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Sarah Lowengard
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 10:02 AM
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Subject: Call for Papers: Adventures in Chemistry and Technology: Exploring the Legacy of 19thCentury Innovation in Textiles, Jewellery and Materials

 

I received this from a History of Chemistry list to which I subscribe. I have no further information (e.g., the date of the symposium)
Cheers!
Sarah

Sarah Lowengard
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Subject:

[CHEM-HIST] Call for papers

Date:

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:17:04 +0000


I have been asked to circulate the call for papers below. FJ
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Call For Papers:

Adventures in Chemistry and Technology: Exploring the Legacy of 19thCentury Innovation in Textiles, Jewellery and Materials

This one-day symposium seeks paper proposals from a wide range of disciplines, including design historians, jewellery historians, economic and industrial historians, textile, fashion and jewellery practitioners, historians of science, museum and gallery curators, trade bodies and company archivists to discuss material histories of textiles and Jewellery. Papers might address:

* historical innovation in aesthetic design and modern textile design
* fashion and jewellery-materials
* chemistry and making technologies of making
* stories of chemists and early material scientists contributing to the world of craft and design and of makers and artisan manufacturers becoming chemists and inventors from c. 1830-1940
* papers directly addressing electrification, new materials, material-textual-visual combinations of art and science and manufacturing, machines and patenting for economic, social or environmental benefit.

Individuals chosen will present short papers on research ideas/questions of 15 minutes. Abstracts of no more than 500-words are requested.

Please submit abstracts to Dr Jo Horton and/or Subject Leader-Textiles and Contour Fashion Ms Buddy Penfold.

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