The Colour Revolution: evening lecture

You are invited to the inaugural lecture of Professor Regina Lee Blaszczyk, Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society in the School of History, University of Leeds

The Colour Revolution
The lecture will trace the relationship of colour and commerce, from haute couture to interior design, describing the often unrecognized role of colourists in consumer culture.  The winner of a Sustainable Fashion: Next Generation student competition will be announced at the lecture.

Thursday 5 December 2013, 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Leeds University Business School, Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02

Followed by a wine reception from 7.00pm

All welcome.

To book a place for this lecture, please email Fiona Blair: [email protected]

This lecture is part of the launch of our new pan-European collaborative research project, The Enterprise of Culture.  It is also possible to book for the afternoon sessions. See here for information about the full programme.

Regina Lee Blaszczyk is Professor of Business History and Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society in the School of History at the University of Leeds.  She is the author or editor of seven books, including Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning and The Color Revolution, which received the 2013 Sally Hacker Prize for Exceptional Scholarship from the Society from the History of Technology.  The Color Revolution has been reviewed in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Atlantic Magazine, Women's Wear Daily, and the Wall Street Journal. Regina is also the Project Leader of The Enterprise of Culture: international structures and connections in the fashion industry since 1945, funded by a €1m grant from the HERA II (Humanities in the European Research Area II) Joint Research Programme.

See here for more information about Regina Lee Blaszczyk's book, The Color Revolution (MIT Press).