Hi Bernie,

Would this be something I could go to, or is it too tangentially related?

-Keshia

Keshia Whitehead
Coordinator, Rights and Licensing
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60614
p. 312.799.2024
f.312.266.2076

visit us on the web: www.chicagohistory.org



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Subject: 2001 CHArt conference


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CHArt Seventeenth Annual Conference
DIGITAL ART HISTORY
A SUBJECT IN TRANSITION: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS
28-29 November 2001
British Academy

Like all other subjects, Art History is undergoing a process of
transformation through engagement with the digital revolution.  This
conference presents developments that have taken place in the study of
art and in its preservation.  There will also be demonstration of
current projects and a forum discussion about the ways in which the new
technology is offering new and more flexible ways of engaging with art
and history, and the merits and demerits of the situation.

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Professor Eric Fernie, Director, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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SESSION ONE: VISUALISING THE PAST

USING DRAMATIC REPRESENTATIONS TO EXPLAINING HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS ON THE
WEB
Colin Beardon, University of Plymouth, UK

USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO 'RESTORE' THE LATE MEDIEVAL COMPLEX OF
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
Dawn Mary Hayes, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, USA

A SHAPE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR WATERMARK IMAGES: THE CREATION OF  A
WEB-BASED ARCHIVE OF INFORMATION ON WATERMARKS, PAPER HISTORY AND PAPER
CONSERVATION USING CONTENT-BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL
John Eakins and colleagues, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK

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SESSION TWO: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE DIGITAL AGE

TOWARDS A YET NEWER LAOCOON
Michael Hammel, University of Aarhus, Denmark

FRAGMENTS AND FIGMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE: THE DOCUMENTATION OF CONTEMPORARY
ART
Harald Kraemer, University of Cologne, Germany

DIGITAL ARTS ON(THE)LINE
Suzette Worden and Dew Harrison, University of the West of England, UK

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SESSION THREE: TEACHING

VISUALIZING PARIS IN THE PAST: A TEACHING AID
David Austin, University of Illinois, USA

THE CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE
Michael Greenhalgh, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

THE TATE MODERN AND CITY LITERARY INSTITUTE ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING
COURSE ABOUT TATE MODERN
Sylvia Lahav, Tate Modern, London, UK and Mac Campeanu, City Literary
Institute, London, UK

BREAKING BOUNDARIES - SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVITY, OR SOURCES AND
ARCHIVES
Britta Kalkreuter, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

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SESSION FOUR: SOURCES, ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH

DIGITAL CONSORTIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION. A CASE STUDY FROM
NORTH AMERICA - THE OhioLINK DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER
Jane Carlin, University of Cincinnati, USA

PICTURA PAEDAGOGICA - A GERMAN PICTURE RESOURCE ONLINE
Stefanie Kollmann, Bibliothek fur Bildungsgeschichtliche Forschung, des
Deutschen Instituts fur Internationale Padagogische Forschung, Berlin,
Germany

15 MILLION WORDS WORTH OF DIGITAL IMAGE SOURCE MATERIALS
Phillip Purdy, Visual Arts Data Service (VADS), UK

THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN TRAVELS OF EXPLORER PROFESSOR DR. MORGENSTIERNE
Wlodek Witek, Norwegian Library, Oslo, Norway

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FORUM DISCUSSION - WHAT NEEDS DOING?

An open session, chaired by Will Vaughan, in which people are invited to
contribute to a discussion about issues raised during the conference and
make suggestions about future developments.

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DEMONSTRATIONS

Projects demonstrated include:

Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN)
The Tate Gallery/City Literary Institute: Online Introduction to
Tate
Modern
The National Maritime Museum: Online Database of Oil Paintings
Birkbeck College: 18th C. Writings on Art, A Virtual Library
Royal College of Art: Augmented Reality and Conservation
The British Academy: The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain
and
Ireland

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Conference Fees (pounds sterling) - includes mid-morning coffee, lunch,
and afternoon tea breaks

CHArt member            70 pounds (2 days)
                        40 pounds (1 day)
Non-member              100 pounds (2 days)
                        60 pounds (1 day)
CHArt Student member    40 pounds (2 days)
                        20 pounds (1 day)
Student non-member      50 pounds (2 days)
                        25 pounds (1 day)

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BOOKING

The booking form is available online at
www.chart.ac.uk/chart01-form.html.  Bookings made after 1 November 2001
will be subject to a 20 pound surcharge for two day bookings and 10
pounds for one day bookings.  Send the booking form to: Will Vaughan,
Chair, School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media, 43 Gordon
Square, London, WC1H 0PD.  Inquires to [log in to unmask], Tel
(+44)(0)207 631 6127, Fax (+44) (0) 207 631 6107.

--
Marlene E. Gordon
Senior Associate Curator
Visual Resources and Music Collections
University of Michigan-Dearborn
3045 CASL Building
Dearborn, MI  48128-1491
313-593-5463 (voice)
313-593-1902 (fax)
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