Now published: Exil London. Metropole, Moderne und künstlerische Emigration
Burcu Dogramaci’s Exil London. Metropole, Moderne und künstlerische Emigration (Wallstein Verlag 2024) is the result of research in the context of the METROMOD project.
Author: Burcu Dogramaci
Series #1: From Galicia to London Exile: the art historian Rosa Schapire and the actress Elisabeth Bergner
The art historian Rosa Schapire (1874–1954) and the actress Elisabeth Bergner (1897–1986) were connected by a shared history: they or their families originally came from the Eastern European region of Galicia. At the turn of the twentieth century, the kingdom belonged to Austria-Hungary; today, the historic landscape lies in Poland and Ukraine, with its former … Continued
Keynote at the conference "Crossing Borders" on 24 September 2021 in Copenhagen
A keynote by Burcu Dogramaci on “Beyond boundaries: Migration as a challenge to art history” at the conference “Crossing Borders”, hosted by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen
Transmetropolitan references in the Metromod Archive: Ala Story in London and New York
Two entries in METROMOD’s Archive are dedicated to Ala Story, who was a transatlantic mediator of British Art between London and New York.
Transnational research for the METROMOD Archive: on the traces of Jussuf Abbo
Exile research means facing the challenge of the global dispersion of works, archival records, estates. Thus, the knowledge for the archives of METROMOD, which we will publish in September, is based primarily on repeated research trips in the METROMOD cities.
Lecture at the conference "Fährten. Mensch-Tier-Verhältnisse in Reflexionen des Exils" on 24 October 2020 at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Burcu Dogramaci spoke at the annual conference of the Society for Exile Research, 22-24 October 2020, entitled “Fährten. Mensch-Tier-Verhältnisse in Reflexionen des Exils” [Tracks. Human-Animal Relations in Reflections of Exile] which took place in Vienna (online).
Lecture at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin
Burcu Dogramaci gave a lecture at the conference Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, which took place on 25 and 26 September 2020 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin.
Lecture at Innovation and Acculturation
Burcu Dogramaci gave a lecture at the conference “Innovation and Acculturation: The Émigré Art Historians and Britain” on 5-6 November 2019 at Queen Mary, University of London. The conference was organized by Hans Christian Hönes and Emilie Oleron Evans.
Lecture Series MODERN TIMES
Modern Times: New Perspectives on Modern Art and the Canon of Art History Georg-Knorr-Saal, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, 14.05.-04.06.2019 Tuesdays, 7pm
Sites of Interchange in London
Burcu Dogramaci gave a lecture at the conference “Sites of Interchange : Modernism, Politics, and Culture in Britain and Germany, 1919-1951” on 2/3 November 2018 at the Courtauld Institute in London. The conference is organized by Robin Schuldenfrei and Lucy Wasensteiner.