Columbia, 28.3.2003)
Date: 2/187/03

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Capitals by Design: Architecture, the Arts, & Public Spectacle in St.
Petersburg & Washington, D.C., 1703-2003

Location: District of Columbia, United States
Conference Date: 2003-03-28

This interdisciplinary and international symposium will mark the
300th anniversary of the foundation of St. Petersburg and the 200th
anniversary of the first stages of planning and building Washington
D.C. Sessions will focus on the relationships of city planning and
architectural styles to the functions and forms of government; the
roles of official and unofficial cultures in the formation of civic
identities; public and political spectacles in the capitals; and the
emergence of distinctive artistic tendencies in the modern era.
Keynote speaker is Dmitrii Shvidkovskii. Other speakers include:
Blair Ruble (Kennan Institute); James Cracraft (University of
Illinois-Chicago); Howard Gillette (Rutgers University); Ewa Berard
(CNRS, Paris); Karen Kettering (Hillwood Museum & Gardens); Richard
Stites (Georgetown University); Pamela Scott (National Building
Museum); Alison Hilton (Georgetown University); James Miller (George
Washington University); Alla Rosenfeld (The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli
Art Museum, Rutgers University)

Contact information:
Christine Zapotocky Kelleher
Program & Outreach Officer
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University

Phone: 202.687.6080

Email: guceresgeorgetown.edu

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