Dutch University Institute for Art History (NIKI)
Viale Torricelli 5, 50125 Florence Italy (www.niki-florence.org) 
Topics include extant garments and textiles, dress and nationhood in archival sources, dress in portraiture, and the integration of archival and visual sources.
09:00 Registration
Topics include extant garments and textiles, dress and nationhood in archival sources, dress in portraiture, and the integration of archival and visual sources.
09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Morning Coffee and Tea
09:30-09:45 Welcome
09:45-11:15 Panel 1: Extant Garments and Textiles
09:45-10:05
The Contribution of Material Culture to Fashion Studies, Elisa Tosi Brandi (University of Bologna)
10:05-10:25
Cross-Referencing Data in Account Books and Textile Fragments, Suzanne Lasalle (European University Institute, Florence)
16:00-16:30 Coffee and Tea Break
10:25-10:45
Putting the Pieces Together: Dress in Seventeenth-Century Gothenburg, Sweden, Eva Andersson (University of Gothenburg)
10:45-11:15 Discussion
11:15-11:45 Coffee and Tea Break
11:45-13:15 Panel 2: Archival Sources and Nationhood
Chair: Professor Luca Molà, European University Institute, Florence
11:45-12:05
10:45-11:15 Discussion
11:15-11:45 Coffee and Tea Break
11:45-13:15 Panel 2: Archival Sources and Nationhood
Chair: Professor Luca Molà, European University Institute, Florence
11:45-12:05
Early Modern Fashion in Italy: A Matter of Sources, Lucca and Florence, Bruna Niccoli (University of Pisa)
12:05-12:25
Raincoat or ‘jamberloek’: Fashion Among the Dutch in Early Modern Istanbul According to Probate Inventories, Final Wills and Personal Correspondence, Marloes Cornelissen (Sabanci University, Istanbul)
12:25-12:45
12:25-12:45
Dressing an Early Modern Ambassador: How to Trace Diplomatic Clothing in the Sources? Laura Mesotten (European University Institute, Florence)
12:45-13:15 Discussion
13:15-14:30 Lunch Break
12:45-13:15 Discussion
13:15-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:00 Panel 3: Decoding Portraiture
Chair: Professor Luca Molà, European University Institute, Florence
14:30-14:50
Chair: Professor Luca Molà, European University Institute, Florence
14:30-14:50
Dress Studies and Visual Culture: Depicting Dress in Ghirlandaio’s Tornabuoni Portraits, Maria Merseburger (Humboldt University, Berlin)
14:50-15:10
The Philosopher and His Nightgown, Elise Urbain Ruano (Ecole du Louvre and Université Lille 3)
15:10-15:30
15:10-15:30
How a Fashion and Dress Approach Can Give New Perspectives to History, Kjerstin Vedel (Museum of Natural History, Frederiksborg and University of Southern Denmark)
15:30-16:00 Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee and Tea Break
16:30-18:00 Panel 4: Integrating Archival and Visual Sources
Chair: Professor Evelyn Welch, King’s College London
16:00-16:30
Chair: Professor Evelyn Welch, King’s College London
16:00-16:30
‘Shewed like a bear’: Fur Fashion in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Florence, Patricia Lurati (University of Zurich)
16:50-17:10
Dutch Seventeenth-Century Jewellery: Researching the Representativeness of Jewels in Paintings, Monique Rakhorst (Radboud University, Nijmegen and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
17:10-17:30
17:10-17:30
Textiles, Threads and Linen: Sources for the History of Early Modern Fashion in the Southern Netherlands (1650-1700), Hannelore Magnus (KU Leuven)
17:30-18:00 Discussion
17:30-18:00 Discussion
18:00-18:10 Closing Remarks
18:10-19:00 Drinks in the Garden
There is no registration fee for this conference and lunch will be provided.
Please email us to RSVP at info@dressingtheearlymodern.com by 31 August 2015 if you plan to attend. The venue has a limited capacity and we need to provide accurate catering numbers for lunch.
Organised by Jola Pellumbi and Sara van Dijk Dressing the Early Modern Network
There is no registration fee for this conference and lunch will be provided.
Please email us to RSVP at info@dressingtheearlymodern.com by 31 August 2015 if you plan to attend. The venue has a limited capacity and we need to provide accurate catering numbers for lunch.
Organised by Jola Pellumbi and Sara van Dijk Dressing the Early Modern Network
For more information visit www.dressingtheearlymodern.com
Please email us to RSVP at info@dressingtheearlymodern.com
Please email us to RSVP at info@dressingtheearlymodern.com
