Research Forum Summer Term 2012
contested views: Visual culture and the revolutionary and napoleonic wars
Conference to take place:
Thursday 19 and Friday 20 July 2012
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
The Third of May 1808. Goya, 1814, Oil on canvas. © Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid - (Spain)
In July 2012, in advance of commemoration of the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, Tate Britain is to host a two-day conference exploring the impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on world-wide visual culture, from the outbreak of the pan-European conflict with France in 1792 to the present day. Centred on themed panels, plenary lectures and workshops, this cross-disciplinary conference will promote knowledge and understanding of the range of ways in which the ‘First Total War’ has been mediated in visual cultures, not only in Britain and continental Europe but throughout the world.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Mary Favret, Gillian Russell, Susan Siegfried, Paul White
Ticket/entry details: to be advised
Organised by: Martin Myrone (Tate Britain), Satish Padiyar (The Courtauld Institute of Art), Phil Shaw (University of Leicester), and Philippa Simpson (National Maritime Museum)
This event is supported by The Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum, Tate Britain, and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
