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Lisboa
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EU-INDIA
International conference
on Textile Trade and Cartography of India (16th –18th
c.)
15th and 16th September 2006
At IANTT
– Instituto dos Archivos Nacionais Torre Do Tombo,
Lisbon, Portugal
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DAY 1 : Friday 15th September - 8:45÷9:00AM
Registration
DAY 2 : Saturday 16th September 2006 - Starting
hour 9.00AM
Practical information (PDF
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Contact
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DAY 1 : Friday 15th September - 8.45÷9.00AM
Registration:
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1) Opening of the Conference by Dr. Silvestre
Lacerda, Managing Director of IANTT and Dr. Jan Parmentier
EurIndia Project coordinator at the University of Ghent,
Belgium.
Speech of Her Excellency the Ambassador of India,
Mme. Vijaya Latha Reddy.
2) History of Textile Trade India-Europe, 16th-18th
centuries. Chairman: Dr. Kees Zandvliet.
- “Cotton in Medieval
and Early Modern South-India”: Dr.
Eva De Clercq, Researcher of Indology Department at the
University of Ghent, Belgium.
- “The Dutch and the
English trade at the Coromandel Coast, 17th – 18th
c.”: Prof. Om Prakash, Co-Principal
Investigator and Teacher, School of Economics, Delhi University,
India.
- “ The Ostenders
and the Scandinavians trading in the Gulf of Bengal, 18th
c.”: Dr. Jan Parmentier, Assistant
Professor of Early Modern History Department at the University
of Ghent, Belgium.
Coffee Break
3) History of the Cartography of India, 16th –
18th centuries. Chairman: Dr Jan Parmentier.
- “Iberian Influence
on Dutch Cartography of South East Asia in the 16th century”:
Dr. Sjoerd De Meer, Curator of the Maritiem Museum in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- “VOC Cartography
of India, 17th – 18th c.”:
Dr. Kees Zandvliet, Head of the Dutch History Department
of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- “The Tranquebard
Initiative”: Dr Simon Rastén,
Research Assistant at the National Museum of Denmark.
- “English Mapping
of India, 17th – 18th c.”:
Dr. Andrew Cook, Map Archivist of the India Office Records
in The British Library, London, United Kingdom.
Lunch Break
4) Sources on Textile Trade and Cartography.
Chairman: Dr Stéphane Ipert.
- “Portuguese Archival
Collections related to India .”:
Dra. Maria de Jesus Mártires Lopes , Researcher
at the Tropical Research Institute of Portugal (IICT).
- “The Dutch and English
Collections on the Coromandel trade, 17th – 18th
c.”, recorded lecture from Stefan
Deconinck, Lecturer at Politic Sciences Department of
the Catholic University of Brussels, Belgium.
Coffee Break
- “Introduction to
maps related to India and preserved at CAOM”:
Mrs Martine Cornède, Head of the “Centre
des Archives d’Outre-Mer”, Aix-en-Provence,
France.
- “Jesuit missionaries
in Tibet as traders in Indian Textile and Clothing (1623-1640)”:
Prof. Hugues Didier, Professor at the University Jean
Moulin of Lyon, France.
- “Sources on India
preserved in the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur-France”:
Dr. Bruno Marty, Sources and Documentation Expert at Centre
de Conservation du Livre, Arles, France.
DAY 2 : Saturday 16th September 2006
- Starting hour 9.00AM:
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5) Conservation (restoration) of these sources.
Chairman: Prof. Om Prakash.
- “Conservation issues
of Paper, Maps and Books preserved in India”:
Dr. Stephane Ipert, Managing Director of “Centre
de Conservation du Livre” (CCL), Arles, France.
- “Portuguese and Indian
archives / a common heritage to be conserved : comparing
case studies”: Dra. Conceição
Casanova, Head of the Supporting Services and the Conservation
Programme at the Tropical Research Institute of Portugal
(IICT).
- “Conservation and
Restoration of Indian Textiles, 17th – 18th c.”:
Dr. Teresa Pacheco Pereira, Director of Conservation at
the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA), Lisbon, Portugal
and Dr. Carmo Serrano, Researcher at the Estaçao
Agronomica Nacional (EAN).
Coffee Break
6) Presentation : EurIndia Project Website; exhibitions.
Chairman: Dr. Bruno Marty.
- “Presentation of
EurIndia website”: Dr. Gianni Zanrei
and Roberto Bernazzani, Eurindia coordinators for Piacenza
University - CRATOS, Italy.
- “Presentation of
EurIndia Virtual Library”: Dr. Stephane
Ipert, EurIndia Lead partner, CCL, Arles, France.
- Visit of the EurIndia exhibition
in Instituto dos Archivos Nacionais Torre do Tombo.
- Visit of the EurIndia exhibition
in Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga.
Conference dinner: in the gardens
of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga at 8.00 pm (by invitation
only).
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