Imagined Cosmopolis: Internationalism and Cultural Exchange, 1870s-1920s - Hardcover

by Grace Brockington (Editor), Charlotte Ashby (Volume Editor), Grace Brockington (Volume Editor)

The period from the 1870s to the 1920s was marked by an interplay between nationalisms and internationalisms, culminating in the First World War, on the one hand, and the creation of the League of Nations, on the other. The arts were central to this debate, contributing both to the creation of national traditions and to the emergence of ideas, objects and networks that forged connections between nations or that enabled internationalists to imagine a different world order altogether. The essays presented here explore the ways in which the arts operated internationally during this crucial period of nation-making, and how they helped to challenge national conceptions of citizenship, society, homeland and native tongue. The collection arises from the AHRC-funded research network Internationalism and Cultural Exchange, 1870-1920 (ICE; 2009-2014) and its enquiry into the histories of cultural internationalism and their historiographical implications.

This collection has been edited by members of the ICE network convened by Grace Brockington and Sarah Victoria Turner.

Author Biography

Charlotte Ashby is an art and design historian who lectures at Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Oxford.
Grace Brockington is Senior Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Bristol.
Daniel Laqua is Associate Professor of European History at Northumbria University.
Sarah Victoria Turner is Deputy Director for Research at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London.