EVENTOS PASSADOS

The European Union potentially represents a new type of global power. Classic nation states sharply distinguished between internal power, based on law and politics, and external power, deriving from wealth and military force.

The Renaissance is often characterised as an era of sumptuous luxury, with rich velvets, shining pearls, and gold ornaments. Fashion was extreme - yards of lace-trimmed ruffs, exaggerated padded shoulders, and elaborately underpropped skirts. But what did those who were not elite enough to afford such luxuries do to achieve fashionable styles?

Online info session for teachers - Fake (F)or Real: a History of forgery and falsification

Temporary exhibition at the House of European History running until 31st of January 2022.

In recent years, examinations of forgery have proliferated across various academic fields and disciplines, so much so that it is now possible to speak of something like “forgery studies” as a coherent enterprise. This talk will use the new insights of forgery studies to examine the complexities of criticism itself, and the paradoxes it often entails.