Labnet: Conference Ann: Arts & Craft Movement - Leiden, 1-4 July

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From: Labourhistory.net

Arts & Craft Movement: a conference in Leiden, 1-4 July
http://labourhistory.net/news/i0804_24.php 

A four-day conference on the History of the Arts & Crafts Movement and
the History of the Settlement Movement.

The Arts & Crafts and Settlement Movements are closely linked. They both
emerged in the early days of the social emancipation movement at the end
of the 19th century. Arts & Crafts has had a worldwide influence on
architecture and industrial design. For many people Settlements have
been a first chance on personal development and education.

In the Netherlands both Movements have had great influence on the
evolution of the modern care and welfare society, as well as on
education and urban development. Although reflection on and the
arrangement of the caring society is an object of far-reaching political
transformation at present, elements of the idealistic principles of both
movements become manifest again in the Europe-wide debate on the
encouragement of culture- and art education and informal learning.

During the conference programme both Movements will be discussed along
different lines of approach. Present developments will also be covered.
The invited speakers come from The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium),
but also from other countries in and outside Europe, such as America and
Japan. Along with lectures and debates there will be room for
contributions of participants and for excursions.

The programme offers an ideal opportunity to become better informed
about some important aspects of the origins of present-day community art
and community education. It is also a chance to revaluate modern
policies and to explore which lessons can be drawn from the past.
Everyone who is active in or interested in community arts and community
education, either as a researcher, lecturer or as a practitioner, should
therefore not miss this conference.

The Organising Committee consists of the following persons: Prof. Ruud
van der Veen, Columbia University, New York; Prof. Wim de Pauw, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel; Dr. Kees Hammink; Dr. Barry Hake, former lecturer
Leiden University; Mr. Henri Braakenburg.

Founders of the History of the Arts & Crafts Movement and History of the
Settlement Movement conferences are Prof. Haruhiko Fujita, Osaka
University and the Reverend Luke Geoghegan, warden of Toynbee Hall,
London. 

NB: Please forward this message to your colleagues and friends and
others who might be interested in this conference! 

Conference Programme on
http://www.leidsevolkshuis.nl/cms/index.php?id=84,239,0,0,1,0 

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