Past Flair Symposia
Visions of the Future
November 1–3, 2012
Inspired by the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America.
Watch a video of Bruce Sterling's keynote address
Please note: Tom Vanderbilt was unable to attend due to Hurricane Sandy. Richard Cleary, Professor and Page Southerland Page Fellow of the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, participated on the "Motorways in the Twentieth Century and Today" panel in his place.
Shaping the History of Photography
September 30–October 2, 2010
In conjunction with the exhibition Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection.
Creating a Usable Past: Writers, Archives, & Institutions
November 13–15, 2008
In conjunction with the exhibition The Mystique of the Archive.
Postcard (PDF)
Poster (PDF)
Poster for Public Event (PDF)
Program (PDF)
The Sense of Our Time: Norman Mailer and America in Conflict
November 9–11, 2006
In conjunction with the exhibition Norman Mailer Takes On America.
Program (PDF)
The State and Fate of Modernism
February 19–21, 2004
In conjunction with the exhibition Make it New: The Rise of Modernism.
The Infinite Library: Old Worlds and New: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections in the 21st Century
November 3–4, 2000
Poster (PDF)
Libraries & Culture, Vol. 37, No. 1, Winter 2002
Writing the Lives of Women
November 6–7, 1998
In conjunction with the exhibition Imaging Women.
Poster (PDF)
Shouting in the Evening: British Theater 1956-1996
November 8–9, 1996
In conjunction with the exhibition Shouting in the Evening: British Theater 1956-1996.
Poster (PDF)
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