In view of an international workshop and publication, three Canadian researchers launched a call for contributions on the connections between Vienna and Brussels during the Art nouveau period. Deadline for abstracts is 31 December 2014.
Between the 1880’s and the 1920’s, an international network of transcultural exchanges led to accelerated innovations in multiple cultural fields in many parts of Europe. Strong emphasis has been made by researchers and exhibitors on the relations between Vienna and Paris, which was considered the capital of culture, attracting craftsmen, artists, musicians, and writers from all over Europe.
The organizers are looking for book contributions in literature, theatre, architecture, design, music, opera, psychoanalysis, politics, popular culture, visual arts, and all cultural fields acknowledging and analysing the interdisciplinary and transcultural networks of Brussels and Vienna around 1900.
In cooperation with the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta, they are planning to publish a volume and to discuss the contributions in a workshop in Edmonton (September 10-12, 2015). All accepted contributions will probably circulate among the participants, beforehand.
The abstracts (300 words and short biography) must be sent by December 31, 2014, to
Piet Defraeye, Professor, Drama, University of Alberta, Edmonton: Piet.Defraeye@ualberta.ca
Helga Mitterbauer, Austrian Visiting Associate Professor, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, U of A, Edmonton: Helga.Mitterbauer@ualberta.ca
Chris Reyns-Chikuma, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Literature, MLCS, U of A, Edmonton: reynschi@ualberta.ca
Source: Art Nouveau Newsletter 38, November 2014