| Description |
The preservation of historic buildings and landscapes gained momentum between 1880-1920. This inter-disciplinary conference examines preservation as a national, trans-national and inter-national cultural movement in the period leading to the formation of the League of Nations. Supported by artists and architects, writers, historians, landscape architects, religious leaders, and politicians, preservation was promoted by voluntarist groups, institutions, and the state. Countries covered include: Algeria, America, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Sweden.
Keynote Speakers:
Caroline Ford, UCLA, The French Historic Preservation Movement in Colonial Algeria, 1880-1920
Peter Mandler, University of Cambridge, Rethinking the "Destructive Force": An Anti-History of the Preservation Movement in Britain
Speakers:
Anne M. Blackburn, Cornell University, Early Preservation Efforts in Anuradhapura
Erik Goldstein, Boston University, Britain and Holy Wisdom: The Fate of the Hagia Sophia
Melanie Hall, Boston University, Preservation in Britain and America as "Common Ground"
Michael Holleran, University of Colorado, Denver, A Culture of Change, A Change of Culture in Boston
Chris Miele, RPS Planning, Transport and Environment, London, "Heritage" and Its Communities: The English Experience
Astrid Swenson, St. John's College, Cambridge, The Law's Delay?: Preservation Legislation in France, Germany, and England, 1870-1914
Cherie Wendelken, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, Tradition, History, Biography: Approaches to Architectural Preservation in Japan
Ola Wetterberg, Goteborg University, Sweden, Critical and Instrumental Use of Historical Perspectives in Swedish Planning, 1900-1920
Conference Convenor: Melanie Hall, Director of Museum Studies, Art History Department, Boston University |
