================= HES POSTING ================= [NOTE: Thanks to Jonathan Mote for this. -- RBE] Dear Colleagues and Friends, The Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania invites you to attend its upcoming conference, entitled "The Culture of Exchange: Real and Imagined Markets in the Low Countries, 1500-1800." Below you will find the final program for the event. Please note that the keynote speech will be given by Lisa Jardine. Also, the conference features several lectures by Penn colleagues from Comparative Literature, Romance Languages, History of Art, and Sociology. Please contact JoAnne Dubil at [log in to unmask] or 898-6836 for further information. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Culture of Exchange: Real and Imagined Markets in the Low Countries, 1500-1800 An International Conference at the University of Pennsylvania Today, we would call them a global power. The Low Countries were the dominant economic force in the world during the period from the rise of the Dutch Republic in the sixteenth century to its eventual eclipse by Britain during the eighteenth century. Dutch painting and music stood at the heart of European cultural achievement. In science, philosophy, and literature, the contribution of Dutch intellectuals were recognized in other leading centers, particularly London and Paris. Even Dutch mapping and atlas publication played a role, serving as the concrete embodiment of Dutch global economic and cultural ambitions. The foundation for dominance was a lively export market where the exchange of both goods and ideas were valued. The Culture of Exchange is an interdisciplinary conference that will explore these Dutch innovations. American and European scholars from a wide variety of fields but with a common interest in the region, will provide their own forum of exchange about the Netherlands as a cultural and economic crossroads. Conference registration fee is $30, students and senior citizens $10. The University of Pennsylvania is situated in the city of Philadelphia, a short distance from the train station. Amtrak trains to and from New York, Boston, or Washington leave every about every half hour; a regional SEPTA/New Jersey transit line connects Philadelphia and New York. For more information about the conference, please contact us at [log in to unmask] or (215) 898-6836. Program Thursday, March 4 Pre-Conference Concert 8 pm, Cathedral Church of the Savior, 3723 Chestnut Street Renaissance Music from the Low Countries Ancient Voices William Parberry, Conductor Friday, March 5 2pm; Van Pelt Library, First Floor, 3420 Walnut Street Exhibition, "Leuven in Books--Books in Leuven: The Oldest University of the Low Countries and Its Library" (March 5-May 23, 1999) The exhibition is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania/ K.U. Leuven Exchange and the Belgian Embassy. Opening Remarks Michael Ryan, Director of Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania Paul Mosher, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, University of Pennsylvania Raf Dekeyser, Department of Physics and Head Librarian, Central Library, K.U. Leuven Jan Roegiers, Department of History and Head of the University Archives, K.U. Leuven "Leuven in Books--Books in Leuven" a reception, sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Office of International Programs, will follow. A bilingual catalogue, published by the K.U. Leuven Press, will be issued to accompany the exhibition 5pm, Meyerson Hall B-1, 210 South 34th Street Opening remarks Rebecca Bushnell, Associate Dean of Arts and Letters, University of Pennsylvania Liliane Weissberg, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory I. Mapping the Domain Moderator: John Dixon Hunt, Department of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania 1. Randall Collins, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania " The Dutch Nexus of European Intellectual Exchange: Networks in the Seventeenth Century" 2. Giovanni Arrighi, Department of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University "Dutch Hegemony and the World Market" 3. Reindert Falkenburg, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Dokumentatie, The Hague "Art for the Market: Inertia and Innovation in Paintings of the Low Countries in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries" Saturday, 9am-noon Room 1206, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk II. Selling Art Moderator: Suzanne Verderber, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania 1. Larry Silver, History of Art Department, University of Pennsylvania "Second Bosch: Family Resemblance and the Marketing of Art in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries" 2. Kees Zandvliet, Department of History, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam "Mapping for Money: Joannes Blaeu, Joannes Vingboons, and Dutch Trading Companies" coffee break 3. John Michael Montias, Department of Economics, Yale University "Religion as a Factor in the Demand for Art at Auction in Amsterdam" 4. Carl van de Velde, Department of Art History, Vrije Universiteit Brussel "Private Patrons of Painting in Antwerp 1550-1600" Room 1201, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk III. Language, Politics Moderator: Liliane Weissberg, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania 1. Lieve Jooken, Department of German, K.U. Leuven "Netherlandish Linguists and European Scholars, Seventeenth-Eighteenth Centuries" 2. Margaret Jacob, Department of History, University of California at Los Angeles "Pierre Marteau, Dutch Clandestine Literature, and the Origins of the European Enlightenment" coffee break 3. Wayne te Brake, Department of History, SUNY Purchase "The Political Culture of Exchange" 4. Peter Stabel, Department of History, Universiteit Ghent "Rituals of Trade: the Culture of Markets in Low Country Cities (15th-16th Centuries)" 12am - 1:30pm, lunch break 1:30-3:30pm, Room 1206, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk IV. Scientific Inventions Moderator: Paul de Weer, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 1. Harold Cook, Department of the History of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison "Philosophical and Medical Commerce in Seventeenth-Century Holland" 2. Pamela Smith, Department of History, Pomona College "Science, Commerce, and the Passions in Seventeenth-Century Leiden" 3. Lissa Roberts, Department of History, San Diego State University "Trade Offs: Understanding the Boundaries between Science and Technology as a Function of the Market in Eighteenth-Century Holland" 1:30-3:30pm, Room 1201, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk V. Export Trades Moderator: Randall Collins, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 1. Terry Boswell, Department of Sociology, Emory University "The Rise and Fall of Dutch Hegemony over Maritime Markets: Tracing Patterns of Exchange" 2. Pierre Swiggers (with Leo van Buyten), Department of Linguistics (Department of Economic History), K.U. Leuven "Nicolaas Witsen's Treatise on Shipbuilding and Its Influence" 3. Chandra Mukerji, Department of Communication, University of California at San Diego "Dutch Heated Greenhouses and the Export Plant Trade" coffee break 4 - 6 pm, Room 1206, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk VI. Luxuries and Daily Needs Moderator: Gary Tomlinson, Department of Music, University of Pennsylvania 1. Jan de Vries, Department of History, University of California at Berkeley "Luxury Consumption in the Dutch Golden Age in Theory and Practice" 2. Jerry Brotton, Department of English, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London "Gutting the Map: Fear and Loathing at the Cape of Good Hope, 1497-1652" 3. Elizabeth Honig, Department of Art History, University of California at Berkeley "Desire and Domestic Economy" 4-6 pm, Room 1201, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk VII. Circulating Texts Moderator: Michael Ryan, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library 1. Wim Blockmans, Department of History, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden "Netherlandish Book Production Around 1500" 2. Eileen Reeves, Department of Comparative Literature, Princeton University "Early Modern English News `Coined at the Mint in Amsterdam'" 3. Juliette Cherbuliez, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania "The Novel in Exile: The Market for Huguenot Literature in Late Seventeenth-Century Holland" 6-8pm, dinner break 8 pm, Meyerson Hall B-1, 210 South 34th Street Moderator: Margreta de Grazia, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania Lisa Jardine, Department of English, Queen Mary and Westbrook College, University of London "'Your Daughter Cover'd with a Barbary Horse': Horse-trading and Cross-breeding around 1600" Sunday, March 7 9am-noon, 1206, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk VIII. Literary Connections Moderator: Ann Moyer, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania 1. Kevin Brownlee, Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania "Flanders as the Locus of Culture: Hybridity, Patronage, and the Production of Writing" 2. Herman Pleij, Department of Netherlandic Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam "The Great Popularity of the `Wise' (i.e. Cunning) Individual in Early Modern Dutch Literature" coffee break 3. Suzanne Verderber, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania "Negotiating New Relationships to Space and Commerce in Late Fifteenth-Century Burgundian Literature 9am-noon, 1201 Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk IX. Picturing Markets Moderator: Simon Richter, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pennsylvania 1. Erik Buyst, Department of Economics, K.U. Leuven "Economic Development and Market Integration in the Southern Low Countries during the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century" 2. Miriam Bodian, Department of History, Penn State University "Representing the Stock Market: Joseph Penso de la Vega's Confusion de confusiones (Amsterdam, 1688)" coffee break 3. Mark Valeri, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia "The Market and International Calvinism: A Comparative Perspective on the Seventeenth Century" 4. Hans J. Van Miegroet, Department of Art and Art History, Duke University "Assessing Risk, Taste-Circuit, and Negotiating Local, Differentiated Markets" 12am-1:30pm lunch break 1:30-3:30pm, room 1206, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk X. Music, Architecture, and the Formation of Artistic Culture Moderator: Catherine Boon, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania 1. Rudolf Rasch, Department of Music, Universiteit Utrecht "The European Character of the Musical Culture of the Dutch Republic" 2. Ignace Bossuyt, Department of Music, K.U. Leuven "Musical Exchange between the Low Countries and Italy in the Sixteenth Century" 3. Krista de Jonge, Department of Architecture, K.U. Leuven "Building at the Crossroads: Renaissance Architecture in the Low Countries between Genua, Fontainebleau and Madrid (1530-1550)" 1:30-3:30pm, room 1201, Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk XI. Literary Margins Moderator: Simon Richter, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pennsylvania 1. Marijke Spies, Department of Literature, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam "A Market for Dreams and Shudders" 2. Armando Maggi, Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania "Erasmus's Treatises in Italy and their Reception" 3. Christine van Boheemen-Saaf, Department of Literature, Universiteit van Amsterdam "Property and Propriety: Dissenters and Publishing in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic" %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Saturday, March 6- Sunday, March 7 Steinberg Hall/Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk Early Modern Studies: A Book Exhibition and Sale, House of Our Own Bookstore The conference has been organized by the Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, in conjunction with the Departments of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Sociology, History, History of Art, the Graduate School of Fine Arts and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. We would like to thank Rector Andre Oosterlinck and Dean Hendrik van Gorp from the K.U. Leuven, and Dr. Joyce Randolph, Director of the Office for International Programs, University of Pennsylvania, for their sponsorship of this conference via the University of Pennsylvania/K.U. Leuven Exchange Program, and individual Departments and Programs of the School of Arts and Sciences, the Wharton School, the Research Foundation, and the Friends of the Library for their financial support. Crucial support has also been offered by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the Netherlands-America Association, the Netherlands Society of Philadelphia, AVEBE America, Inc., Princeton, and the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands, Yvonne J.G. Orova. ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]