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-------- Message original -------- Sujet: [Theuth] Colour Histories 2012 : Call for papers Date : Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:46:12 +0100 De : Jerome Fatet <jerome.fatet AT unilim.fr> Pour : theuth AT listes.univ-rennes1.fr

Bonjour,
Voici, de la part du Pr. Friedrich Steinle, de l'Université technique  
de Berlin, l'appel à contribution pour un colloque international sur  
l'histoire de la couleur.
Il se tiendra à Berlin du 28 au 30 juin 2012.

Cordialement,

Jérôme FATET

CALL FOR PAPERS

COLOUR IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES:
CONNEXIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE, ARTS, AND TECHNOLOGY

International conference, Technische Universität Berlin, 28-30 June 2012

Knowledge of how to use, combine, analyse, and understand colour has  
always been widely distributed, if not dispersed. Painters and  
architects, dyers and printers, pigment producers and merchants,  
physicists and chemists, natural historians and physiologist, among  
others, have been dealing with colour, its properties, mixtures,  
harmonies, meanings and uses. For long periods, different communities  
that were concerned with colour and the knowledge about it did not  
interact ― at least so it appears. One of the first to come up with  
fundamental claims concerning colour in full generality was Newton  
whose 1704Opticks indeed quickly became a common reference point for  
most of those who reflected on colour. Throughout the 18th century,  
however, the reactions toNewton remained wildly controversial, from  
unrestricted appraisal via indifference to open and fierce opposition.  
Several attempts to reconcile Newton’s account with practitioner’s  
knowledge remained unsuccessful, and this was still the case in early  
19th century, when the physiology of colour perception opened yet  
another field of colour research.

The central aim of the conference is to bring together scholars who  
are interested in how the various strands of colour use and knowledge  
were interwoven and connected. We invite contributions that address  
those connexions: between traditions and specific accounts in  
experimental philosophy, painting, natural history, chemistry, dyeing,  
trading, producing, standardizing, etc. While the period covered is  
restricted to 17th and 18th centuries, the geographic frame is as open  
as possible and encompasses European and non-European cultures  
likewise. The conference will not have parallel sessions, since we aim  
at a truly transdisciplinary discussion. There will be four keynote  
lectures by Jenny Balfour-Paul (Exeter University), Ulrike Boskamp  
(Freie UniversitätBerlin), Sarah Lowengard (The Cooper Union, New  
York), and Alan Shapiro (University of Minnesota), and a larger number  
of contributed papers. The conference is organized by Magdalena  
Bushart (History of Art, TU Berlin), Reinhold Reith (History of  
Technology, Salzburg University), and Friedrich Steinle (History of  
Science, TU Berlin).

Accepted presentations will have a timeslot of 25 minutes talk plus 15  
minutes discussion. An application for external funding has been  
submitted: in case it will be successful, we shall be able to support  
every accepted proposal with travel and accommodation.

Submissions should enclose an abstract of no more than 500 words and  
information about name, institutional affiliation and e-mail address  
of the author, plus a biographical note of no more than 100 words.  
They should be sent by e-mail (preferably in pdf format) to:  
nina.krampitz AT tu-berlin.de and arrive not later than 27 February 2012.  
Proposals will be reviewed, and notification of the result will be  
given by end of March 2012.

For further information, please contact friedrich.steinle AT tu-berlin.de

-- 
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Steinle
Inst. f. Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte
Technische Universitaet Berlin, Sekr. H 72
Strasse des 17.Juni 135
10623 Berlin/ Germany
Tel. (+49/ 0)-30-314-24016/ -24068/ -24841
Fax (+49/ 0)-30-314-25962



-- 
Jerome Fatet
IUFM : POLE SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES
206  Boulevard   DE VANTEAUX
87036 LIMOGES

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