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Emile Gallé Centenary: La Lorraine ArtisteCentre for the Study of Visual and Literary Cultures in France at the University of Bristol18 and 19 September 2004Deadline: 31 March 2004Upon the centenary of Emile Gallé's death, this conference will explorethe rich cultural milieu of his native Nancy and Lorraine. Gallé was anextraordinary polymath: artist, author, critic, political activist,educator, botanist.To contextualise Gallé's career and its impact, papers are invited on arange of themes relevant to the artistic, literary, historical andscientific cultures of this complex region. The focus will be primarilyupon the nineteenth century in which Gallé lived and worked butconsideration of the eighteenth century, which played such an importantrole on the formation of the aesthetics and style of the Ecole de Nancy,would be welcome. The artistic climate of Nancy and Lorraine in the earlytwentieth century after Gallé's death in 1904 would also be highlyrelevantThis conference to be held on 18 and 19 September 2004 is organised underthe auspices of the Centre for the Study of Visual and Literary Culturesin France at the University of Bristol Conference proceedings will beconsidered for publication in an RAE accredited internet journal Art onthe line(http://www.waspress.co.uk/journals/artontheline/).Please send paper proposals by email or post by 31 March 2004 to:Dr Claire O'MahonyDepartment of History of Art,University of Bristol,43 Woodland Road,Bristol BS8 1UU,United KingdomClaire.OMahony@bristol.ac.ukPapers are invited on a range of topics which might include: The designedobjects of the Ecole de Nancy (Emile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, LouisMajorelle, Camille Martin, etc; ceramics, furniture, glass, fashion,bookbinding, etc) The critical reception of the art and literature of theregion The impact of eighteenth century art and experience in Nancy andLorraine upon the Ecole de Nancy The Ecole de Nancy and the formation Of regional art schools Writers of and about Lorraine (Maurice Barrès,Alphonse Daudet, The Goncourts, Gustave Kahn, etc.)The representation and memorialisation of Lorraine in times of war andannexation (1870-1 and 1914-18) in literature and art Literary andartistic journals in Lorraine Scientific and medical enquiry in Lorraineand its impact on literary and artistic practice The socio-politicalcontext of Nancy and Lorraine and its impact upon literary and artisticpractice.