Hanover and England – A garden and personal union?
German and British garden culture between 1714 and today

Symposium in cooperation with the Technische Universität Dresden

When George I, Elector of Hanover, was enthroned in England in 1714 he
established a personal union that existed until 1837 leaving many
cultural and political marks. Its 300th anniversary will be celebrated
in the conference "Hanover and England: a garden and personal union?
German and British garden culture between 1714 and today". The symposium
will not only focus on questions of garden history but also consider
furthermore the contemporary background on which ideas on art,
agriculture, commerce, technology, literature and politics were
exchanged.

In view of the encyclopaedic interest of the late 18th century it is
self-evident to invite several academic disciplines to describe and to
discuss the cultural transfer between Great Britain and Hanover. The
transfer of horticultural and artistic ideas very often flourished in
the 19th century at different places. This gives reason to focus the
conference on two key parts: the Hanoverian-British exchange between
1714 and 1837 (the period of the actual personal union) and the
Anglo-German relations that open perspectives even into the present age.

Funded by:
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur

Registration form:
http://www.cgl.uni-hannover.de

The Symposium will be conducted in English.


PROGRAMME

Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Part 1: Hanover and England. The period of the personal union (1714
until 1837)

Welcome/Introduction
10.00
Klaus Hulek, Vice-President for Research, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Simon McDonald, British Ambassador to Germany
Stefan Schostok, Lord Mayor of Hannover
Dr. Annette Schwandner, Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony

10.30
Prof. Dr. Marcus Köhler, Hochschule Neubrandenburg, TU Dresden
and Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität Hannover


I Historical Introduction
Chair Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Aschoff, Leibniz Universität Hannover

11.00
Prof. Dr. Arndt Reitemeier, Universität Göttingen (Institut für
Historische Landesforschung)
"The personal union (introductory paper)"


II 'Arts, Architecture and Environment'
11.30
Dr. Wolf Burchard, Royal Collection
"Art in Britain during the reign of George I and George II"

12.00
Dr. David Jacques, Stoke-on-Trent
"The Early Georgians and the controversy of garden styles"


III Agricultural Economy and Landscape Design

12.30
Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Küster, Leibniz Universität Hannover
"Reform in the time of the personal union"

13.00 Discussion

13.15 Lunch break


IV Botany
Chair Prof. Dr. Gert Gröning, Universität der Künste Berlin

14.15
Dr. Sophie von Schwerin, Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
"For pleasure and science - on the connection between the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew and the Berggarten in Herrenhausen"

14.45
Clarissa Campbell Orr, M.A., Anglia Ruskin University
"Mary Delany and Queen Charlotte: The botanizing court"

15.15
Dr. John R. Edmondson, Hon. Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew
"Foreign herbs surpriz'd in English ground: the life and work of Georg
D. Ehret (1708-1770)"


V Water Art/Technology

15.45
Dr. Bernd Adam, Hannover
"The Great Fountain and English innovations in Hanover"

16.15 Discussion

16.30 Coffee Break


VI Iconography and Garden Art
Chair Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität Hannover

17.00
Dr. habil. Michael Niedermeier, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der
Wissenschaften
"The German Kinship. Politics and Dynasty in the early 'English' garden"

17.30
Dr. Carsten Neumann, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
"The house Bothmer in Klütz – An English-Dutch manor in Mecklenburg"

18.00 Discussion

18.15 Break


Evening Lecture
In cooperation with the German Association for Garden Art and Landscape
Culture (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gartenkunst und Landschaftskultur,
DGGL)

19.00
Prof. Dr. James Hitchmough, University of Sheffield
"Landscape Architecture in early C21st Britain; issues and challenges"


Thursday, February 27, 2014
Part 2: Germany and England. Reflexion and Reception from 1837 until
today

I Herrenhausen, Kensington and Hampton Court: History and Maintenance

9.00
Guided tour through the Herrenhausen Gardens by Ronald Clark and staff
members

11.15 Coffee Break


II Garden Preservation
Chair Dr. Sabine Albersmeier, Leibniz Universität Hannover

11.45
Dr. Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, tlg-Landscape London
"The unaffected Englishness of Queen Caroline’s gardens at Kensington
Palace"

12.15
Dr. Jonathan Finch, University of York
"Hunting and the Georgian Landscape - exercising privilege"


III Reception of Gardens

12.45
Prof. Dr. Gert Gröning, Universität der Künste Berlin
"Bio-aesthetic planning – a conjecture about an imperialistic garden
cultural relation between the German Empire and independant India via
the English Empire"

13.15 Discussion

13.30 Lunch Break


IV Literature and Garden Travel
Chair Sarah Michaelis, Leibniz Universität Hannover

14.30
Prof. Dr. Sigrid Thielking, Leibniz Universität Hannover
"On the construct 'English Gardens' – perception and myth within garden
literature"

15.00
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn Leibniz Universität Hannover
"Travels and knowledge: German apprenticeship in English gardens. The
example of Hans Jancke"


V Agricultural Economy und Landscape Design

15.30
Prof. Dr. Hubertus Fischer, Leibniz Universität Hannover
"House Söder as ornamental farm"

16.00 Discussion


VI Closing Remarks
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Prof. Dr. Marcus, Köhler Hochschule Neubrandenburg, TU Dresden