European Funding for the Arts and Humanities

• Framework 7• Marie Curie • Erasmus Mundus• Horizon 2020• European Research Council Grants• HERA Cultural Encounters

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Fashioning the Early Modern: Creativity and Innovation in Europe,

1500-1800

Research Questions

• How and why did certain goods become fashionable in Early Modern Europe while others failed?

• What were the mechanisms through which ideas about fashion were communicated across linguistic, social and geographic borders?

• How can we use knowledge of fashion innovations from the past to inform creative practices today?

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Project Associates/Partners

• Paul Ormerod, Volterra Consulting (Economist)

• Nordiske Museet, Stockholm• Royal Armories, Stockholm• National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen

Project PIs

• Evelyn Welch, Queen Mary, University of London• Lesley Miller, Victoria and Albert Museum,

London• Peter McNeil, Institute for Fashion Studies,

University of Stockholm• Marie-Louise Nosch and Maj Ringaard, Centre for

Textile Research, University of Copenhagen• Paula Hohti, Collegium for Advanced Studies,

Helsinki

Activities and Methodologies

• Early Career Training Sessions in Museum collections• Workshops and conferences for Academics, Designers

& Trademark lawyers• Participation in major international conferences

(CIETA, Copenhagen) • Research data collection in archives in Italy, England,

France, Sweden and Denmark• Social Network Analysis of the spread of fashionable

goods• Mapping of surviving materials in museums collections

Outputs

• Monographs and peer-reviewed articles• Edited volume based on final conference• Edition of textile sample book, V&A• Website and web-trails; crowd-sourcing

information• Information that will be used by all museum

partners and research support for the redesign• Support for the redesign of Europe, 1600-1800

Galleries, V&A

Lessons learned

• Chose partners whom you can trust • Chose partners who will stretch your knowledge and

challenge your assumptions• Build Public Engagement/Impact and partnership into

your research questions – don’t add it on at the end• Meet before you submit your Expression of Interest

(not everything can be done via email)• Understand the different funding regimes in Europe• Understand the implications of currency fluctuations• Be realistic in what you promise; plan for serendipity