“Americans Abroad, 1850-2000”
Studies in American Culture
The Frank R. Veale Symposium
Saturday, April 15, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hamilton Auditorium
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

During the years in which America moved from a fledgling nation to an influential world power, Americans’ interactions with the rest of the world, as casual tourists or resolute expatriates, resulted in a remarkably rich hybrid culture. The theme of the Second Annual Frank R. Veale Symposium, “Americans Abroad, 1850-2000”, complements the Academy’s current exhibition, Paris 1900: the “American School” at the Universal Exposition. Devoted to innovative, interdisciplinary approaches in the humanities, the Veale Symposium brings together advanced graduate students from a variety of institutions and fields to promote public and scholarly discourse.

The program begins with a keynote address by Diane P. Fisher, associate curator of the Montclair Museum and the organizer of Paris 1900. Six graduate students from across the nation will then present their research. The program culminates with a lecture by Richard Pells, Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of Not Like Us: How Europeans Have Loved, Hated and Transformed American Culture since World War II. The day concludes with a reception and tour of the exhibition.

The program also features a musical performance by students from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music. An optional luncheon with symposium participants is available at $10 per person.

The event is free with Museum admission and open to the public.
Professors with groups call (215) 972-2071.

This program is made possible by a major grant from the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation in memory of Frank R. Veale, a longtime Board member of the Academy, and by the generous co-sponsorship of the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University.

Presentations include:

• Discovering America Abroad: Pursuits in the Mastery of the Self through 19th Century Foreign Travel
  James Todd Uhlman, Rutgers University

• Tourist Photograph Albums in the Gilded Age
  Alison Nordström, Southeast Museum of Photography

• "The Most Beautiful City in the World": Integrating Modern Paris into the American Urban Vision
  Brian C. Clancy, Rutgers University

• "Of the Coming of John (and Jane)": Notes on African American Intellectuals in Europe, 1888-1938,
  Corey D.B. Walker, The College of William and Mary

• Exporting American Culture Abroad: the Office of War Information, Economic Cooperation Administration and Mutual Security Agency in Denmark, 1942-1953
  Amy C. Garrett, The University of Pennsylvania

• “In Search of Evidence”: The American Community of Mexico City
  Mary Alcocer, University of Kansas and Universidad de las Americas, Puebla