Meanings of Modernity in Central Europe
An International Symposium

RCINY is a proud partner of this symposium, which addresses the framework for modernism in the region covered by the German and Austro-Hungarian empires and their successor states, from roughly 1890 to 1945.

The symposium is organized is organized by Rose-Carol Washton Long, Steven Mansbach, Matthew S. Witkovsky, and The New York Public Library, Slavic and Baltic Division, on the occasion of the exhibitions:

Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945 (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 12, 2007–January 13, 2008) &
Graphic Modernism from the Baltic to the Balkans, 1910-1935 (New York Public Library, October 5, 2007–January 27, 2008)

Among the panelists, Carmen Popescu will hold a lecture under the title 'Building Modernity in the Balkans: Geopolitics and Transculturation in Balkan Architecture 1878-1945' on Saturday, November 10.

See full program at www.icrny.org/modernity.pdf.