Arts of China Consortium(formerly Chinese and Japanese Art History WWW Virtual Library) CALLS FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION |
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Listings below are organized chronologically by submission deadline; calls with no deadlines are at the bottom of list.
Free University
Berlin, Germany
Conference planned for 2009
[from ACClist, 3/10/08]
Your attention please!
Who is working on aspects of contemporary Chinese art in the academic context?
In the context of an international conference, planned for the year 2009 at the Free University in Berlin, Germany, we are currently setting up a list of persons around the world, who are active in the academic research on contemporary Chinese art, with a special focus on graduate students writing their PhD in the field.
The aim of the conference is to reflect the international state of academic research on contemporary Chinese art and will therefore include a focus on methodological approaches. It is designed to provide a forum of vital exchange and to strengthen further international cooperation within this growing, yet largely undefined field.
We are very much looking forward to your answer and suggested topics in order to conceive the ideal call for paper. Further recommendations as well as suggestions for the conference are warmly welcome.
Please let us know your name, institutional affiliation, the title of your project, as well as a very brief outline of your thesis (2-3 sentences) until March 31st. 2008. Please send the information to: birgithopfener@gmx.de.
Contact:
Birgit Hopfener
Ph.D. candidate, Free University Berlin, East Asian Art History
Chair of the Institute for East-Asian Art History at FU Berlin: Prof. Jeong-Hee Lee-Kalisch
Insitute for Historical Studies
University of Texas at Austin
[from IHS, 12/6/07]
From the dawn of history, we humans have defined ourselves with borders and boundaries: markers in space, time, identity, aspiration, imagination, and as many other realms as our hopes and fears have conjured or devised. We are who we are because of the lines we draw; and we always have been.
Drawing inspiration from Texas’s location along America’s southern edge, we seek to understand how borders that are intended to separate peoples, places, and categories also function as sites of crossing and mixing. Many other communities are shaped both by the borders that define them and by border crossings that sometimes pass through and that sometimes sink deep roots. Borders are often places of contested ownership but they can also nurture the interaction and mixing of disparate cultures and peoples. They can serve as potent reminders of how much the human race holds in common and that much about this world cannot be delimited by lines drawn on maps. We are interested in global border dynamics, whether of the Pacific world, Old and New Europe, North and South, or settler and indigenous communities in Africa, to name but a few.
We also seek to understand borders as conceptual, ideological, and often porous divides that maintain systems of difference and inequality. Borders frame social and cultural spaces where different intellectual concepts, artistic styles, aesthetic movements, academic disciplines, or mass media genres encounter one another and negotiate their differences. Broadly imagined borders are functions of environments, religion, mobility, markets, citizenship, and warfare. Crossing borders can illuminate the construction of nations, communities, and intellectual categories and suggest how differing histories might be conceived.
We invite proposals for papers to be given at Institute workshops. Paper givers will present pre-circulated 15-page papers. The Institute will pay for the expenses of paper givers.
Please submit proposals as electronic attachments by April 15, 2008 to Julie Hardwick at historyinstitute@austin.utexas.edu. Proposals should include a one-page single-spaced abstract and a brief CV of major publications and awards.
13th International CHIME Conference
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
16-19 October 2008
[from H-ASIA, 1/8/08]
This conference aims to explore the complex and diverse intersections between music and ritual in Chinese and other East Asian contexts. It seeks to bring together international scholars working on East Asian musics from various disciplinary perspectives to discuss and explore the big picture of the relationship of music and ritual in this region, historically as well as in the present age. Ritual as understood here is any performed act separated from the flow of common, everyday experience and imbued with a special significance in that it is intended to and has the power to transform the states of being of its participants. Given the great upheavals and radical social and political transformations in China and other East Asian countries such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam during the 20th century, how have traditional and folk musics in these countries managed to retain their ritualistic nature? In what ways have they changed or adapted to changing times and historical circumstances? What ritual purpose or function do they serve now in this day and age marked by intense market capitalism and increasing globalization? How are state agents dealing with or coming to terms with the persistence of religious practices amidst such changes? How are meaningful forms of beliefs and rituals (re)produced in response to modern and postmodern life? This conference will revisit and reexamine the powerful roles of religious traditions and ritual practices and their convergences with music in East Asia
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers and (especially) panels addressing the theme of the conference (while referring to sufficiently specific research) are explicitly encouraged. The conference will deal with the following major sub-themes (in arbitrary order):
1) Ritual operas and theatre
2) Musical rites and cosmology
3) Music in rituals for the dead
4) The commodification and secularization of ritual music and dance
5) The transformative power of music
6) Music, gender, and ritual
7) Music, ritual and healing
8) Performance rites and practices
This four-day meeting will be the 13th edition of the annual conference of CHIME (the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research). Participation is open to anyone interested in East Asian music and ritual. CHIME members can participate for a reduced registration fee. The meeting will be hosted by the Bard College Music Program in cooperation with the Bard in China, Asian Studies, Anthropology and Religious Studies Programs.
Abstracts of around 300 words are now invited for twenty-minute presentations on the conference theme. Proposers may also submit panel sessions of a maximum of 120 minutes (including discussion) in this case, an abstract of around 300 words should detail the focus of the panel as a whole, with abstracts of 100-200 words for each contribution. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 April 2008. There are possibilities for early acceptance of papers for those who need to rely on this for grant applications (please indicate need for urgent reply when you submit your abstract).
Prof. Mercedes Dujunco
Bard College
Music Program
1 Campus Road
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
tel (845) 758-6822 x6294
fax (845) 758-7896
http://home.planet.nl/~chime/entries/meetings/upmeet.html
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
24-27 September 2008
[from H-ASIA, 3/5/08]
The University of Massachusetts Boston is pleased to host the 2008 meeting of the New England Association for Asian Studies on October 18, 2008. The conference organizers invite proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables that explore various issues relevant to all areas of Asia. Each panel will be accorded 2 hours and should consist of three presenters and a discussant, or four presenters and no discussant. Please limit individual presentations to 20 minutes and discussant comments to 10 minutes to allow sufficient time for discussion and questions.
To propose a panel or an individual paper, please complete the proposal form on the conference website and include an abstract of 250 words or less for each proposed paper. For roundtable proposals, fill out the form with information for each participant, and note in the comments field that you are proposing a roundtable. The deadline for proposals is April 15 -- a little early, so as to allow adequate time for participants to make their travel arrangements.
The conference website url is: http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/dept/modlang/neaas_conference08.html. Please send all inquiries to: neaas@umb.edu.
Sari Kawana, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese
Univ. of Massachusetts Boston
http://www.faculty.umb.edu/sari.kawana/
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
24-27 September 2008
[from SECAC, 2/11/08]
SECAC will meet in New Orleans this fall for the third time in its history, and the first after Hurricane Katrina. The University of New Orleans will be hosting the September 24-27 meeting (please note the earlier-than-usual date!).
Conference Program/Call for Papers
The deadline for submitting proposals to all session chairs is April 20, 2008. This deadline is non-negotiable. Proposals must be sent by e-mail directly to the chair(s) listed for each session. A paper proposal submission form is available on the SECAC website; it must include an abstract of the paper (no more than 200 words) and a current CV. Notices of acceptance or rejection of proposals will be sent via e-mail by session chairs on or before May 9, 2008. Your session chair will inform you of your time allocation (usually limited to a maximum of 20 minutes) as well as other critical information. If your participation in the conference is limited to a particular day and/or time, you must indicate that in your submission. While every effort will be made to accommodate your requirements, there are many factors that determine the final schedule, and it may not be possible to meet your individual needs. Also, any special audio-visual needs must be included in your paper proposal submissions. The conference director makes all final determinations about audio-visual needs based on budget restrictions. No slide projectors will be available.
The conference director is Lawrence Jenkens, (504) 280-6411.
[Sessions relating to Chinese and Japanese visual culture listed below.]
Architecture as Identity or Narrative
This session focuses on architecture as a conveyor of specific historical and socio-cultural meaning, ideas and values, and in particular, issues of identity and narrative, including the consideration of identity, as created by or derived through narrative. For purposes of this session, the nature of identity can be understood to be personal, regional, national, or global in scope. Interpretative papers based on critical analyses of historical or contemporary components of the built environment are encouraged. Submissions may include, but are not limited to, issues of historical narrative, perhaps related to identity, such as those found in the Renaissance and Baroque eras; problems of style, as conveyor of meaning/identity within the long nineteenth century; presence of/lack of narrative in Modernist works, and/or its ideological underpinnings; or contemporary dilemmas regarding globalization and identity. Topics may vary from the ancient world to the present and may include discussions of identity or narrative found in specific buildings; specific architects' works; regional architecture; planned communities, such as Seaside, Florida or Celebration, Florida; or the historic suburbs, as well as others. Irene Nero, Southeastern Louisiana University, (985) 549-2193. E-mail: inero@selu.edu or inero@earthlink.net.
The Artist's Artist: What’s in a Name?
The term "artist's artist" is both overused and under-analyzed; a compliment of sorts, the label can also be an inglorious one. It implies that an artist has earned the respect of peers, but remains relatively underappreciated by a larger audience. An "artist's artist" often fails to secure critical or economic success; when broader interest is piqued, it often takes the form of a belated retrospective or art historical study. What are the factors that might explain this gap? What are these qualities that other artists or art historians value when conferring this label? What important insights might a critical assessment of an artist's artist reveal about the politics of artistic and scholarly trends, the demands of the art market, the modern cult of personality, or the inter-dynamics of an artistic sub-culture? What are the personal ramifications of being identified as an artist's artist? Or, how does the promotion of such an individual impact the careers of curators, art historians, collectors or critics? What are the professional stakes of promoting ("discovering") an artist’s artist? These are just a few of the questions this panel hopes to address. Individual case studies and analyses of an artist's artist from different time periods are welcome, as are papers that address the broader personal, ideological, historical, contextual or international aspects of the title term. Susan Richmond, Georgia State University, (404) 413-5240.
Close Looking
"Look closely... Come closer. You will get a better view of this work; from afar it disappears." (Frenhofer, from Balzac’s Unknown Masterpiece) Taking up Frenhofer’s invitation to look closely, this session considers the kinds of experiences and insights that such a mode of attention can produce. In particular, we seek papers exploring these issues in relationship to the production and interpretation of modern and contemporary art, for it is often the case that close looking is held in opposition to the conceptual orientation of avant-garde art. Contributors might choose to address some of the following areas: depictions of people looking closely; how artists have tried to shorten the viewer's physical distance from the work of art; the relationship between scale and close looking; technologies of magnification and depictions of them; close looking as a critical procedure or methodology; the relationship between close looking and the close reading of literary studies; close looking in its temporal dimension, that is, as prolonged looking (and writing); close looking as a potentially immoderate or excessive practice; the performative and rhetorical aspects of close looking; close looking and epistemology—its benefits, limits and blind spots. Benjamin Harvey, Mississippi State University, (662) 325-2947, and Roger Rothman, Bucknell University, (570) 577-1611.
Artistic Rejuvenation
This session explores art as an instrument of rejuvenation, renewal, and regeneration. Artists often use their work as a tool for self-exploration or recounting a personal or collective history. This can take the form of memory art, for example, where a self-narrative is fashioned from biographical as well as imaginary events to generate an idealized version of the past and one’s place within it. In addition, art can act as a catalyst for or means of assessing change and growth. Artists may choose to use their art to reformulate their artistic identities or chart a new direction in their lives. Or they may feel compelled to respond to internal or external stimuli—an abusive past, illness, death, environmental or social disaster, a spiritual crisis—through their art, using the process of creation and the work itself to renew, recast, and rebuild themselves and their surroundings. This session invites papers on artists from any culture or time period who have used their work not just as a reflection of lived experience, but as a tool for change in the face of personal upheaval or social catastrophe. Pamela Sachant, North Georgia College and State University, (706) 864-1512.
Give and Take: Art, Visual and Material Culture as Gift
This session invites papers that address the function and meaning of art objects, broadly defined, that are strategically employed as objects of gift exchange. Topics might include, but are not limited to, the exchange or gifting of relics, prints, paintings, sculpture, luxury items, practices of tribute, the donation of architecture, and relationships to acquisition/ collecting, among other issues. Depictions of actual gift-giving or exchange in the narrative visual arts, as well as the practice of "gifts" of art to modern institutions are also areas to consider. Papers might consider the role of reciprocity and obligation between giver and recipient, among other potential areas of inquiry. Why and how are art objects brokered as gifts? How does the perceived value of the object affect its choice as a gift and its intended reception? How might ritual be part of gift exchange? How might theory or language reinforce the importance of object exchange? The session seeks an inclusive range of submissions open to any period that examines how various approaches to giving and receiving items forges a complex new identity for an object, and likewise complex relationships between giver and receiver within its specific context of exchange. Michelle Moseley-Christian, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (540) 231-8417.
"I Went to New Orleans and All I got was this Lousy Tee-Shirt": Memory, Pilgrimage and the Art of the Souvenir
Pilgrimage and pilgrim souvenirs have been a part of popular and religious culture for thousands of years and more recently have been the objects of scholarly enquiry. Souvenirs appear across diverse cultures and historical periods, yet function in a like manner, as visual cues for memory and as objects of mass-appeal ranging from pilgrim badges, prints and indulgences to snow-globes and tee-shirts. These items, often labeled "kitsch," can be a valuable source of information about travel and cultural production, and can act as a point of departure for a multitude of questions, such as: how the visual language of the souvenir engages the viewer in a remembered experience; how pilgrimage souvenirs brought back as gifts might function to create memories for those unable to travel; and how certain types of souvenirs might act as status symbols or objects of significant cultural or spiritual value for the owner. Papers addressing these or other related topics from any historical period or culture will be considered. Vibeke Olson, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, (910) 962-3749.
Deviance and Its Discontents
Session organizers seek papers that explore the theme of deviance. Deviancy is typically defined as a "state departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviors." Papers could explore the use of "normalcy" and its opposite in art, including deviancy as the avant-garde; the embrace of deviancy by artistic constituencies; art as a means of addressing deviance; the reception of artistic "deviancy" by social and political groups; and changing standards for deviancy as expressed in art. Papers representing all periods and geographic areas are welcomed. Diane J. Reilly, Indiana University, (812) 855-5247, and Holly R. Silvers, Indiana University.
Exploring the Grotesque
This session investigates the concept of the grotesque as it has appeared in a variety of art periods and media. The grotesque is both horrific and hilarious, comical and disgusting, but always forces the audience to confront an anomaly that refuses to be categorized and named. The concept of the grotesque changes drastically over time and depending on the social context. The grotesque can be seen as representing evil that should be suppressed by society or alternately as a necessary release from the authoritarian nature of the social order. The grotesque provides an underlying link between ancient and contemporary culture, and this session seeks papers that will provide a broad range of approaches to this multifarious topic and therefore unite separate art historical specialists in one session. In addition, papers that adopt interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged, because theories of the grotesque have been explored in literature as well as fine art. Karen Stock, Winthrop University, (803) 323-2659.
Traditional Art in Modern Form: Concoctions of the Old and the New
The continuation of various world cultures often coincides with an assimilation of new ingredients to rejuvenate old traditions. Due to economical, social, political, or international influences, a traditional form of folk art may absorb contemporary ideas and change in the use of art materials, media, themes, etc. In the past, the producers of traditional folk art have, in numerous cases, remained anonymous. Nowadays, anonymity is not always the case anymore. The individual artists of both traditional folk art and fine art may work between long-established practices and more recent stylistic trends. While some contemporary folk artists pursue free expression, some fine artists also seek inspiration from traditional art to enrich their modern methods. This session looks for proposals that involve the evolution of particular folk art traditions, or individual artists whose works reflect a fusion of traditional and contemporary styles, methods, and/or concepts. Crystal Yang, University of North Dakota, (701) 777-2902, and Betty J. Crouther, University of Mississippi.
Open Session: Non-Western Art
This session invites papers that address the study of Non-Western art. Research from Africa, India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, the Pacific and the Americas will be considered. Proposals are welcome to discuss issues of religion, iconography, ritual art, architecture and other topics. Paula L. Winn, Virginia Commonwealth University, (804) 828-2784. E-mail: plwinn2@vcu.edu or paulawinn@comcast.net.
The "Non-West" in Art History Curricula: Issues and Directions
It has been approximately two decades since art history undergraduate education in the United States and attendant textbooks began including sections on Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania into the "story of art" on a wide scale, following the rise of interdisciplinary post-colonial studies and increasing globalization via the World Wide Web. The gradual institutionalization of required courses on historical art beyond Europe into art history programming represents a committed effort to clarify the arbitrary and imperialist aspects of the Western canon as well as accelerate emergent scholarship into expanded subject areas. Yet, this development has also illuminated certain theoretical and practical problems implicating the uncritical assimilation of various objects and traditions of study into incompatible structures that perpetuate its collective marginalization.
This session seeks papers documenting or theorizing any related teaching experiences and approaches. Topics of focus might be: formats or methodologies for foundational "world art" studies generally or in specific subject areas; reviews of textbooks; student reception in terms of demographics; faculty issues related to revised programming; and/or how consideration of expanded material may bear on fundamental revisions of art historical pedagogy. Five diverse papers will be presented, followed by audience-presenter discussion. Jody B. Cutler, University of Central Florida, (407) 823-0461.
The Eloquent Object
Objects are communicators of education, social and cultural capital, wealth and taste. They help define and establish the owner’s social status, and when surplus wealth allows people to use hitherto unobtainable objects to imitate the cultural and social patterns of elite groups they may become a source of anxiety. This panel will explore the role of objects in any time or period. Papers may concern actual objects or representations of them, a particular object that gains renown or a class of objects, the relationship of a particular owner and object or the circulation of an object or objects. Papers should consider the object as a physical presence and its reception by an audience. Suzanne E. Wright, University of Tennessee, (865) 974-3407.
Definitive Strangers: A Visual History of Madness
This session is concerned with visual representations of madness as understood from within their specific cultural contexts. These contexts include but are not limited to madness as defined by religious absence or possession, a deficiency of reason, antisocial behavior, biological pathology, and pseudo-scientific study. Submissions pertaining to art from the classical to the contemporary periods, and of all media and cultures are welcome. Greta Murphy, Northern Arizona University,(928) 523-3753.
Survey Objects, Contemporary Issues
In addition to its valuable historical context, each surviving object of the art history survey continues to have a contemporary existence. Architectural sites have weathered shifting national boundaries and hegemony, as well as environmental crises. Paintings and sculptures have generally been removed from their original sites, consequently suffering physical changes and amassing complex provenances, and have entered into museum settings where their installations and exhibition histories reflect their modern value. This pedagogical session will focus on the current issues that impact canonical art historical objects and their introduction into the curriculum as a way of increasing the relevance of these works for contemporary students. Topics may include, but are not limited to, issues of cultural property, restoration and conservation, and authenticity. Denise M. Budd, Columbia University, (973) 686-0178.
Women's Art, Women's Vision
Inspired by the 2008 Women;s History Month theme, "Women's Art: Women's Vision," this session focuses on women as visual artists. With the recent creation of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum and two major retrospective exhibitions of feminist art, WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution and Claming Space: Some American Feminist Originators, well-deserved attention has been directed to the activities of women artists from the late twentieth century. In the interest of furthering such an important discussion, this session is broadly conceived to include individual artists, group contributions, and collaborative efforts which are feminist in nature, can be investigated through feminist inquiry, or use some other method of exploring women's experiences as artists. Papers that address women artists from any historical period and working in any artistic medium are encouraged. Andrew Hottle, Rowan University,( 856) 256-4639.
Attitudes: The Art of Poses, Tableau Vivant, Performance, Ceremony
Scholars are invited to consider the theme of the physicality of visual imagery of transient forms, such the construction of tableu vivant, communal procession, religious spectacle, or state ceremony. Placed in the borderland of image, stage, word and music, they relied on the emotional and physical participation of the audience. The displays required a powerful visual archetype, while themselves being perpetuated by prints, newspaper illustrations, posters or a moving image. What values legitimated the choice of visual archetypes? How were the issues of identity, self, subjectivity or social class addressed, explored or indeed contested in the progress of the staged imagery? The session aims at providing an opportunity to consider a broad range of ideas and approaches to the issues of reception and of active (to the point of physical) collaboration between the artist and the audience. Agnieszka Whelan, Old Dominion University, (757) 627-9747.
Bodies and Buildings, Psyches and Spaces
Representations of interiors and issues of interiority have been prevalent in recent scholarship on nineteenth-century art. This focus on lived spaces, and their physical and social dimensions, relates to the increasing separation of home and office in the second half of the nineteenth century, with the rise of industrialization and the growth of the modern city. Issues of gender, class, and race intersect as a result of this closer consideration of the relationships of the body and psyche to architectural forms and social spaces.
This session proposes that such topics, although underdeveloped in the scholarship, are highly relevant to twentieth-century and especially contemporary art. Artists have used spatial tactics to represent and interrogate the eroding separation between public and private spheres. During this period glass architecture has visually fused interior and exterior while television and the internet have also brought the world into the home, historical moments when issues of privacy and publicity are increasingly urgent and their divisions progressively blurred. This session will address ways that the physical interior and psychological interiority have been preserved, threatened, and redefined in the last century. Papers on art and architecture from 1900 to the present will be considered. Katherine Smith, Agnes Scott College, (404) 373-8296.
Troubled Waters: Disaster and Catastrophe and Its Aftermath as Seen in Art
In the wake of Katrina, this session addresses the subject of catastrophe as seen in art. Catastrophe will be viewed in its broadest sense—related to natural disasters or human error (or both), connected to the ravages and destruction of war or to such topics as apocalypse, economic failure, and the psychological outlook associated with societies in decline. Presenters are encouraged to focus both on disasters and such subjects as relief and reconstruction, memorials, remains, preservation, and the possibilities of fresh beginnings framed in the broader social and historical context. Efram L. Burke, Curry College, (617) 333-2269.
Open Session: History of Photography
Papers are invited that address the history of photography, wet or digital, in any area or period. Preference may be given to those submissions that consider photographs as conflicted products of complex social practices, from clear positions of theory. Mark M. Graham, Auburn University, (334) 844-3377.
Open Session: Graduate Student Papers in Art History
This session is open to graduate student who wish to present research material in any field or period. Session chair TBA. Please send proposals to Lawrence Jenkens, University of New Orleans, (504) 280-6411.
Open Session: Art History Research for New Faculty
This session welcomes papers from art historians who have entered the profession during the past several years. It is open to any subject from the history of art and to all critical approaches. Dorothy Joiner, LaGrange College, (706) 880-8329.
Off the Island and Into the Stream: Academia and the Local Community
This session deals with the relationship of university art departments, art galleries or museums with the community in which they are located. From large metropolitan areas to small towns, these academic centers are major players in, and contributors to, the arts in a myriad of ways. Through exhibitions of national and internationally renown artists, exhibition opportunities for regional artists, innovative outreach programs for schools, residency programs that provide public access to artists at work, artist's workshops, and visiting lecturers, these academic centers creatively support, develop and foster culture in their surrounding communities. Papers should outline specific innovative programs at their institutions that address these initiatives including past successes as well as failures, current projects, future plans, and the impact of these programs on the institution’s educational mission. Also, the papers need to address how their initiatives are unique and of benefit to their regional community. Sam Yates, University of Tennessee, (865) 564-3280.
Campus Art Galleries and Museums: What Should Their Educational Purposes Be and What Communities Should They Serve?
Because they are attached to institutions of higher learning, should campus art galleries and museums have different educational concerns and responsibilities from other art galleries and museums? The governance system for managing university art galleries and museums is not standardized across the country. Art departments control some campus galleries; others are completely independent. Often, a university art museum is a larger unit that is completely separated from the same university's art department. Is this type of separation altogether beneficial within a higher education setting? Should university art galleries and museums principally serve the needs of academic programs or broader community interests? Should they be expected to accommodate student and faculty shows as well as outside exhibitions? To what extent should they feel obligated to exhibit local artists’ works from the community? Considering tight budget constraints of our times, to what extent are the roles of curators and art history faculty duplicated within university art museums and art departments? Are some functions overlapped? What new challenges do university art galleries and museums confront in an age of digital media? This session addresses long-standing and newer issues particular to university art galleries and museums as well as possible ways to face them. Arthur F. Jones, University of North Dakota, (701) 777-2907.
Deluge, Destruction, Desolation: Nature as Destroyer
Working from the premise that landscape art employs metaphors of destruction as well as creation, this session seeks to explore the catastrophic powers of nature in both historical art studies and contemporary studio practices. How might catastrophe be visualized literally and metaphorically? How do digital and mass-communication representations of natural calamity compare and contrast with those utilizing traditional media? How might architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design also contribute to a coming-to-grips-with, if not the actual understanding, of natural catastrophe? All proposals contributing to this “forum” are welcome. Geraldine W. Kiefer, Shenandoah University, (540) 545-7323.
Life after Academia: What Next?
This session will address the issue of retirement and the special challenges that artists and scholars face when they walk away from the financial, technical and emotional support network of academia. How can we find funding once we have retired and how can we stay productive and connected in our fields? Will we be able to afford conference and travel fees? Can we avoid losing contact with colleagues? How difficult is it for artists and scholars to set up a studio or home office or to change gears completely? Should we stay on in our college town or make a big more? Should we opt for the urban area or flee to the countryside? What kinds of problems have retired academics faced as they’ve moved on to build new lives after retirement? What are the emotional challenges we face when moving on from a satisfying career? When do we know its time to make the move? What are we giving up and what are we gaining when we finally make the break? Von Allen, Brigham Young University, (801) 422-4429.
Cinema, Video, Performance, and the Fine Arts
This session will explore theoretical and historical affinities between film as fine art, video art, performance art, and the visual arts. These time based forms are part of a new media arts environment in which their integration may be redefining art, if not the mass media environment, as they promote a significant and intriguing disintegration between categories and boundaries. The inclusion of contemporary, as well as historical examples, is encouraged. Norman Magden, School of Art, University of Tennessee, (865) 974-2527.
ID: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Sculpture
This session invites papers that examine self-portraiture in contemporary sculpture. In choosing to represent oneself as sculpture, how does an artist engage with the identification of self as it is situated socially and perhaps institutionally—one’s "I.D."—and/or with regard to the psychoanalytic dimensions of the "id" (and possibly the ego or super-ego as well)? The panel seeks to question how contemporary sculpture engages with the notion of public identification as well as with more personal, psychological, and perhaps unconscious physical drives. Other questions that may be raised are: How do contemporary artists convey personal identity in sculptural form? As artists abandon an easily identifiable mirroring of one’s outward appearance, how and why is such sculpture interpreted in self-representational terms? How is the artist's sense of subjectivity and self-consciousness revealed in the resulting work? The co- chairs encourage submissions from artists, theorists, and art historians who reconsider and evaluate the literal and figurative boundaries of the human form and artist's identity in sculpture. Shannon Egan, Gettysburg College, (717) 337-6125, and Anthony Cervino, Dickinson College.
Artists as Professionals: Beyond the Establishment
This session will seek to look at different modes of achieving professional identity adopted by artists operating outside the elite sphere of art academies or other artistic establishments. Papers will be considered on artists or thematic issues ranging from the 18th to 21st century. Topics deal with anti-academic positions, alternative strategies (from William Hogarth to Thomas Kinkade), or changes brought about by the advent of new markets or media. Connections between diverse individuals or competing positions are welcome, but so will be specific case studies that deserve attention. A workable re-definition of what constitutes professional identity (financial success, privileged status) can be expected from this session. Robert Mode, Vanderbilt University, (615) 322-2831.
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
2-4 October 2008
[from CAA, 2/7/08]
The Visible Memories Conference at Syracuse University invites papers for competitive selection. The conference will explore the intersections between visual culture and memory studies with particular focus on the ways in which memories are manifested and experienced in visible, material, or spatial form.
Examples of relevant/desirable research topics include: local sites of memory; memorials & archives; environmentalism & representations of nature; regional, national, or global tourism; photography or cinema; digital media; and art installations. We welcome other research topics in similarly innovative areas.
Guidelines: Submit a paper abstract electronically (500 word max.). Include a separate cover page with paper title; author name and affiliation; and contact information. Address submissions to Dr. Anne T. Demo.
Deadline: May 1, 2008.
Info: http://publicmemories.syr.edu/
University of Colorado, Boulder
12-14 September 2008
[from WCAAS, 12/19/07]
Papers for the WCAAS are currently being accepted. Send panel or individual paper proposals to:
Program Committee
Center for Asian Studies
Campus Box 279
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0279.
Proposals may be submitted electronically in PDF file format to cas@colorado.edu. Proposals should be received by May 1, 2008.
Partial support will be available for graduate students traveling to the conference to present papers. Indicate graduate student status and whether or not you would like to be considered for an award when submitting your proposal.
2008 Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
24-26
October 2008
[from H-ASIA, 2/13/08]
The theme of this year’s conference in the year of the Beijing Olympics is Competition in Asia. The ambitions of East and South Asian societies have become ever more apparent in recent years, especially so in the realms of national security, economy, history, and popular culture (from music and anime to sport). All proposals related to Asia and Asian Studies are welcomed, but we especially encourage submissions related to the conference theme Competition in Asia.
To propose a panel or an individual paper, please send a completed proposal form along with a one-page abstract for each proposed paper by May 1, 2008 to Masako Nakagawa, MAR/AAS 2008 Program Chair as indicated below. Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax, e-mail (as an attachment), or from the MAR/AAS website. Acceptance notices will be sent to you by June 1, 2008. Please refer to the MAR/AAS website for further details.
In order to submit a proposal for the 2008 meeting, you must be a 2008 MAR/AAS member or submit a membership application to:
Dr. Diane Freedman
Executive Secretary , MAR/AAS
Department of Social Science W2-40
Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19130.
Annual membership is $10.00. To obtain MAR/AAS membership information, go to www.maraas.org or contact Dr. Diane Freedman, (215) 751-8547.
The deadline for conference pre-registration for presenters will June 20, 2008. Pre-registration by this date is necessary if you wish your name to appear in the program. The fees for pre-registration will be ($50.00 for current members, $60 for non-members, $30 for current member students, and $35 for non-member students). When non-members pay the pre-registration fee ($60), the membership fee for 2008-2009 will be complimentary. Information regarding registration, travel and lodging, and conference events will be available at the MAR/AAS website.
We welcome participation from faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, independent scholars, and professionals, and especially encourage panels with innovative combinations of individuals and fields. Limited funds to support travel to the meeting by South/South East Asian specialists only will be available for the 2008 meeting.
Stone Summer Theory Institute
School of the Art Institute, Chicago
14-19 July 2008
[from Stone Summer Theory Institute and CAA, 2/11/08]
The Stone Summer Theory Institute is week-long school in contemporary art theory. It is held in Chicago, in July, at the School of the Art Institute. It will result in a series of books involving over 300 scholars.
Public events include evening lectures and roundtable discussions. Materials are also available for teachers, and school groups are welcome.
Faculty include W. J. T. Mitchell, Jacqueline Lichtenstein, and Marie-José Mondzain. The event is co-organized by James Elkins and Gottfried Boehm. The faculty will lead 27 hours of seminars that are closed to the public; 15 spaces are available for Fellows; the deadline for applications is May 5.
Full tuition remission, travel, and accommodation grants are available. Faculty and advanced graduate students are invited to apply; please follow the instructions on the website.
2008 Postgraduate Research Summer School in Chinese Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol, UK
14-18 July 2008
[from H-ASIA, 3/20/08]
Funded by the European Union and in collaboration with the Worldwide University Network (WUN), China in the World: Postgraduate Research Summer School provides research training in Chinese studies for PhD students and junior researchers from EU member and associated states, China and the USA.
The theme of the 2008 Summer School is China, Europe and the World. It aims to enhance research approaches and techniques of postgraduate research students and junior researchers. The main topics include:
Eligibility of participants: Applicants should be either studying for a PhD or an equivalent research degree, or junior researchers holding at least a BA in Humanities or Social Sciences with more than four years of research experience in contemporary Chinese studies and relevant disciplines. It is essential for participants to have good command of both English, which is the language of instruction of the Summer School, and Chinese.
Applications are invited from:
Postgraduates, post-docs and junior researchers at other institutions may be considered.
Fully funded places will be allocated according to a quota based on European and non-European categories. There are a small number of self-funded places to be offered to research students and junior scholars who have the nationality of an EU or associated state but who are not selected for funded places.
Full details of how to apply and an application form as well as contact details are available at the following web site:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/ceas/chinaintheworld/default.shtml.
The deadline for applications is 6 May 2008.
Los Angeles, CA
25-28 February 2009
[from CAA, 4/18/08]
Enjoy a winter break in sunny California. The 97th CAA Annual Conference will be held February 25–28, 2009, in downtown Los Angeles. All sessions, the Book and Trade Fair, and the Career Fair take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center; the headquarters hotel is the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
The downtown Los Angeles area boasts many cultural sites, including the Frank Gehry–designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, which also houses REDCAT, an art gallery programmed by CalArts. Also found in the area are the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and its satellite space, Geffen Contemporary; the Japanese American National Museum; and a district of cutting-edge contemporary-art galleries in Chinatown. Among other important art museums nearby are the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the J. Paul Getty Museum; the Norton Simon Museum; the Skirball Cultural Center; the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center; and the Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
2009 Call for Participation
Listing more than 120 sessions, the 2009 Call for Participation arrives in the mailboxes of all CAA individual and institutional members in early March; it can also be downloaded now. This publication describes many of next year’s panels and presentations. [Those relating to Chinese and Japanese visual culture include:
CAA and session chairs invite your participation: please follow the instructions in the booklet to submit a proposal for a paper or presentation. This publication also includes a call for Poster Session proposals and describes the Open Forms sessions, a recently added conference feature.
In addition to attending and participating in the wide-ranging panels on art history, studio art, contemporary issues, and professional and educational practices, 2009 conference attendees can look forward to four days of ARTspace programming, events at museums and galleries in the greater Los Angeles area, and postconference trips to nearby museums and art centers. Convocation, program sessions, the Career Fair, and other events are held at the Los Angeles Convention Center; the headquarters hotel is the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites.
Deadline for proposals of papers: May 9, 2008.
J. W. Goethe University
Frankfurt, Germany
15 November 2008
[from H-ASIA, 2/12/08]
The Goethe University in Frankfurt will launch the Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies (IZO) in 2008. With a total of nine chairs related to East Asia, the Centre will rank among the largest in Europe. The chairs, dedicated to regional studies, humanities and social sciences, will offer access to a broad knowledge base on current developments in East Asia and their historical background.
"Cultural Power Asia" will be the inaugural conference of the Centre. The Centre aims to actively support young scholars. With this call for papers, social sciences and look especially forward to the active participation of PhD. students, young scholars and post-docs. Three most outstanding papers will be selected and awarded a grant, covering travel and accommodation costs for the conference.
Topics for Submission
Prompted by the growing economic and political importance of cultural products, the production, use and impact of culture has become an increasingly important topic
In economics, the production of culture has been a focus of research, evident for example in the pricing of "stars" or new forms of organizations; in sociology and politology, terms like "nation branding" or "construction of culture" point to the effects and the utilization of culture. All these topics are closely related to the dynamics of cultural development and cultural identity and have been extensively discussed within the humanities--the discourse on "invented traditions" being a pertinent example. At the same time, the role of Asian cultural products for current political, social, and economic developments is quite notable: High growth rates and relatively low production costs make cultural industries one of the most fascinating industrial sectors. With nation building, on the one hand and highly significant to the current societal and political processes, such as the ongoing debate on further East Asian integration, as well as growing interregional tensions due to assumed or aspired national autarkies. Contributions to the conference can be devoted to theoretical issues or empirical studies addressing the topics above within the East Asian context. A convincing application of relevant theories of the respective disciplines will have special value.
Best Paper Selection
Both papers and abstracts can be submitted for consideration (see below). However, in order to be considered for the 'Best Paper' selection, it is necessary to submit a full paper, as abstracts will not be considered in this selection process.
Submission Guidelines for Papers
The three best papers selected will be awarded a grant covering travel and accommodation fees for the conference. Additionally, these papers will be eligible for publication. Deadline: May 15, 2008.
Please submit papers as an email attachment in MS-Word format to K.Fiedler@em.uni-frankfurt.de. Papers will be peer-reviewed and authors notified by June 15, 2008.
Papers must be written in English and conform to the submission guidelines. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the IZO, there are no restrictions on presenting a paper you may have presented elsewhere. Original papers are encouraged, however. (Please indicate clearly if your paper has already been presented at, or is scheduled for another conference.) Papers should be no more than 40,000 characters. The title page should show complete Submission Guidelines for Papers.
The title page should show complete addresses and phone numbers of all authors and specify who will present the paper. Appropriate discipline area (e.g. social science, cultural studies, philosophy, history etc.) should also be listed on the title page.
Papers to be presented will be selected through a peer-review procedure. Please format your paper accordingly, i.e. only the title page should reveal the author's name and affiliations. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
Submission Guidelines for Abstracts
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Please submit abstracts as an e-mail attachment in MS-Word format to: K.Fiedler@em.uni-frankfurt.de. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and authors notified by June 15, 2008
Abstracts must be written in English and conform to the submission guidelines. Early submissions are encouraged, especially for panels and symposia
Proposals for panels and other sessions should include a clear description of the objective of the session, and clear commitments from the participants. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the IZO, there are no restrictions on presenting a paper you may have presented elsewhere. Original abstracts are encouraged, as well as abstracts to be presented or already presented at other conferences. (Please indicate clearly if your paper has already been presented at, or is scheduled for another conference).
Abstracts should be no more than 2,800 characters: The title page should show complete addresses and phone numbers of all authors and specify who will present the paper. Appropriate discipline area (e.g. social science, cultural studies, philosophy, history etc.) should also be listed on the title page. The second page should include the abstract with the title. Abstracts of papers to be presented will be selected through a peer-review procedure. Please format your paper accordingly, i.e., only the title page should reveal the author's name and affiliations.
Conference Registration
Information on the conference as well as registration procedures will be posted on the website.
For questions regarding papers and submissions or questions and comments regarding conference registration, please contact Katrin Fiedler.
New York Conference on Asian Studies
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
26-27 September 2008
[from H-ASIA, 2/15/08]
As hosts of the 2008 NYCAS, the Asian Studies Program at Hamilton College invites panel and paper proposals to explore the theme of "Cultural Connections, Convergences, and Collisions Past and Present" along with any other aspects of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, West Asian, Asian American, and Asian diasporic studies.
In an effort to explore these and other related questions that seek to re-"orient" the field of Asian studies broadly construed toward compelling new questions, the 2008 New York Conference on Asian Studies invites multiple, fluid, and innovative readings of this theme, including, but not limited to:
Scholars based in New York as well as other states and countries are welcome to participate. Graduate students are especially encouraged to submit proposals.
Submission Guidelines
ROUNDTABLE/OPEN FORUM: We especially encourage proposals for roundtable discussions devoted to research or pedogical themes of interest to broad spectra of the NYCAS membership. Such proposals could feature more speakers than a typical panel who would speak for shorter periods of time with the aim of encouraging dialogue between panelists and the audience. Themes might fall under several categories: conducting research in Asian archives; conducting research on comparative projects; "Intro to Asian Civ."; getting published; undergraduate research in the humanities returning from language study programs abroad; etc. Round-table discussions are a special feature of NYCAS at Hamilton. We invite participants to apply to participate in four panel discussions:
Please send a letter of your interests and prospective contribution as well as a copy of your current curriculum vitae to NYCAS 08 Conference Chair Steve Goldberg.
A COMPLETE PANEL consists of 3 or 4 papers. plus a chair. (A panelist may serve also as the chair.) All panel proposals should include: full title of panel; brief abstract of panel (less than 250 words); each panelist's (and chair's, if applicable) complete name, institutional affiliation, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address; and brief abstract of each paper(less than 250 words).
abstract of the paper (less than 250 words) and the participant's complete name, institutional affiliation, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.
Please visit the conference website at: http://www.hamilton.edu/NYCAS/.
Email all proposals to: 08NYCAS@hamilton.edu.
Deadline for proposals: May 15, 2008.
For information about traveling to Hamilton College, Clinton NY as well as accommodations in the area, please visit http://www.hamilton.edu/admission/visiting/accommodations.html.
2008 British Association for Chinese Annual Conference
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
4-5 September 2008
[from H-ASIA, 5/2/08]
The 2008 British Association for Chinese Annual Conference will be held atthe University of Leeds Thursday 4th - Friday 5th September 2008. The main theme is: "China: Nature and Humanity." "Humanity" refers to human activity in the broadest sense, and 'nature' refers to interaction with the environment at all levels: physical, psychological, philosophical, artistic, etc. We invite individual scholars and panel organisers from both humanities and social science disciplines, researching China from the contemporary world back to classical times to join with us in addressing this theme. As usual, BACS is willing to consider papers on other topics relevant to the interests of BACS and its members. BACS promotes scholarship on all disciplines relating to China, both traditional and modern, and including China proper, other Chinese-speaking areas and the diaspora. For further details see the BACS website under "annual conference" for detailed call for papers and booking form, or contact
president@bacsuk.org.uk, to whom abstracts should be sent by 16th May.
Doctoral Training in Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies: One-Day Workshop
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK
2 July 2008
[from H-ASIA, 4/28/08]
We invite PhD students from any UK-based university whose work addresses colonial and post-colonial studies to attend a doctoral training day at the University of Warwick on Wednesday 2 July 2008. The training day will be interdisciplinary, and subject areas may include (but are not limited to): anthropology, cultural studies, geography, history, literary studies and sociology. Travel expenses will be met and overnight accommodation will be arranged for all students who attend.
Places are limited; students will be selected on the basis of research excellence, though some priority will be given to students in their 2nd or 3rd year of study. Funding is provided by a grant from the collaborative research training provision of the AHRC, in partnership with Bristol University.
The workshop will consist of a series of themed panels, led by students and facilitated by academics, in the field of colonial and post-colonial studies. The workshop will provide a great opportunity for students to discuss and exchange their ideas and to learn about other doctoral research in their subject area.
Invited Academic Staff and their Research Interests
Jocelyn Alexander (Oxford): social, political, & agrarian change in southern Africa
Clare Anderson (Warwick): history of the body, punishment, rebellion, & cultural dynamics of voyaging in the Indian Ocean
David Arnold (Warwick): subaltern studies, history of environment, medicine & technology in South Asia
Gurminder Bhambra (Warwick): historical sociology, modernity, post-colonial theory
Joanna de Groot (York): gender, class, cultural & material change in Iran, history & theory
Rebecca Earle (Warwick): consumption, material culture, print, nationalism in Latin America
David Hardiman (Warwick): subaltern studies, history of medicine, tribal communities in South Asia
Sarah Hodges (Warwick): modern South Asia, science, technology & medicine, cultural studies
Zoe Laidlaw (Royal Holloway): political, social & intellectual history of Empire (Cape & New South Wales)
Neil Lazarus (Warwick): post-colonial literatures in English, especially Africa & the Caribbean
John McAleer (National Maritime Museum): colonial archives in the UK
Clare Midgley (Sheffield Hallam): gender, feminism and Empire
Pablo Mukherjee (Warwick): postcolonial theory & literatures; environmental/eco-theory & literatures
Steven Pierce (Manchester): law, politics, social theory in sub-Saharan Africa
Jon Wilson (KCL): history & anthropology, intellectual history in South Asia (Bangladesh)
If you would like to attend please e-mail the following information to Ms Sue Dibben by Friday 23rd May 2008. Places are limited, and some priority may be given to students in their second year of study or above.
Any questions should be directed to the workshop convenors, Clare Anderson and Sarah Hodges.
Japan Studies Association of Canada 2008 Annual Conference
Waterloo, ON
3-5 October 2008
[from ASDP-L, 1/14/08]
The Japan Studies Association of Canada is the largest organization in the country devoted to academic research and teaching related to Japan. The annual meeting attracts between 70 and 120 scholars and graduate students. The organizers of the 2008 conference welcome proposals from Canadian, Japanese and international academics working in any field of Japan Studies. Proposals for individual papers or full panels are encouraged. Conference organizers will commission a series of papers specifically related to the conference theme; they would be delighted to receive proposals from individuals interested in preparing an overview presentation related to Japanese innovation in any field.
Inquiries and Paper Proposals can be submitted to:
Dr. Ken Coates
2008 Japan Studies Association of Canada Conference
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON
N2L 3G1
Canada
tel (519) 888-4567 x32217
Proposal Deadline: 31 May 2008.
Waterloo, Ontario is located approximately one hour west of the Toronto International Airport and 1 ½ hours by car from Buffalo, New York. The Kitchener-Waterloo Regional Airport has regularly scheduled flight from Detroit, Michigan. Travel and accommodation subsidies may be available for conference presenters.
[from CAA, 11/11/07]
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)
Deadline: 1 June 2008
FATE in Review seeks thoughtful articles addressing foundations education in art (studio, design, art history) and reviews of newer books for the 2008-09 publication. Please e-mail Kevin Bell, Editor, Fort Lewis College, for more detailed information.
Zhejiang University, Copenhagen University, and University of Edinburgh International Symposium
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
China
24-26 October 2008
[from H-ASIA, 3/31/08]
The Institute of English Literature at Zhejiang University, Institute of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at Copenhagen University, and School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, cordially invite your active participation in an international symposium on Sinology and Sino-Foreign cultural relations and exchanges to be held in Hangzhou, October 24-26, 2008.
Abstracts for prospective papers on the following topics are welcome. Your initiative in organizing a session will also be appreciated.
1. Early records of and description about China in other countries
2. The emergence and development of overseas sinology or China studies
3. Western missionaries, diplomats, merchants, explorers and journalists who came to China in ancient and modern times
4. Visual images of China in the West
5. Chinese students, merchants, laborers, diplomats, and revolutionaries in Europe and America
6. China’s modernization in the global perspective
Keynote Speakers
Dr. James S. Edgren, Princeton University
Dr. Thomas H. Hahn, Cornell University
Prof. Qi Han, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Eduard Koegel, urban planner and architect, Berlin
Prof. Hua Meng, Peking University
Prof. Xiping Zhang, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Dr. Harriet T. Zurndorfer, University of Leiden
Abstract Guidelines
You are asked to limit your abstract to one double-spaced page, bearing your: NAME, ACADEMIC AFFLIATION, FULL ADDRESS, and CONTACT INFO. To be fully considered, abstracts must be received by June 1, 2008. You will be notified in early July of the Program Committee’s decision about your abstract. We are happy to add that we plan to publish a proceeding of the conference, and the selection of papers for publication will be made by and Editorial Board acting in conjunction with various referees. Please send your abstract and all conference communications by e-mail to: sinoforeign2008@sina.com.
Registration Fees
(Payable on site. Graduate students: 50%)
Foreign participants: £90, $150, E130
Domestic participants: RMB660
*The rate covers a half-day tour, tea/coffee, three lunches, two dinners and one banquet.
Organizers
Prof. Hong Shen, Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Denise Gimpel, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Prof. Paul J. Bailey, University of Edinburgh, UK
Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS)
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
3-4 October 2008
[from H-ASIA, 4/15/08]
The 35rd annual Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS), the regional organization for the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), will be held at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas on October 3rd and 4th, 2008. All fields of Asian Studies are invited to submit proposals for panels or individual papers. The theme of this year’s conference is "Asia Abroad: Diaspora and Transnational Movement of Influence and Culture"--proposals addressing this theme are encouraged, but not required.
Our keynote speaker will be Robert Buswell, the incoming president of the AAS, who is Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles and the Director of UCLA's Center for Buddhist Studies. Dr. Buswell is a specialist in Korean Buddhism and author of The Zen Monastic Experience: Buddhist Practice in Contemporary Korea (Princeton University Press, 1992) and Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen (University of Hawaii Press, 1991), among other books and articles.
If you are interested in presenting a paper or panel, please send an abstract by June 1, 2008.
INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSALS should include the full title and brief abstract of the paper (less than 250 words) and the participant's name, institutional affiliation, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.
COMPLETE PANEL PROPOSALS consist of 3 - 4 papers plus a chair. A panelist may serve also as the chair. All proposals should include: full title of panel; a brief description of overall panel (less than 250 words); a brief abstract for each paper (less than 250 words), along with that panelist's name, institutional affiliation, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.
Please address all inquiries about panels and abstracts to Dr. Nancy Stalker.
Please address inquiries about conference facilities and arrangements to Dr. Tracy Steele.
Visit the website at http://www.trinity.edu/org/swcas/Winter07.html.
Graduate Student Conference
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
10-11 October 2008
[from H-ASIA, 4/15/08]
The Arizona State University Center for Asian Research is pleased to host its first annual Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference entitled "Nationalism, Culture, and Identity: New Boundaries in Asia." This conference is an opportunity for graduate students from across the country to present their current research projects related to the topics of culture, nationalism, and identity. More broadly, the conference seeks to explore the meanings and applications of the term Asia. By juxtaposing these three areas of research, the conference looks to draw out original and intriguing questions pertaining to the study of Asia in general as well as specific locales.
Presentations should deal critically with the three themes in the context of the guiding question: Should Asia as conceived by scholars be redefined? If so, how?
Papers can address the themes of nationalism, culture, and identity from any number of disciplinary approaches including religious studies, history, literature, political science, and anthropology—ideally, combining two or more fields. Papers will be selected on their cross-disciplinary nature and significance to the field. Papers need not be limited to solely contemporary issues. Some topics students may consider presenting on include:
The deadline for submitting abstracts is July 1, 2008. Abstracts should be maximum 250 words, accompanied by a 100-word biography. Student's contact information including: full name, university affiliation, field(s), and a current e-mail address, should be at the top of every document submitted.
Any questions or concerns should be directed to any of the following conference organizing committee members:
Mugdha Yeolekar
Seth Clippard
William Nitzky
Samsul Maarif
VIIth Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)
Lund University
Sweden
6-10 August 2008
[from EACS Newsletter 39, December 2007]
Organizing committee: Nina Brand, Roger Greatrex, Marita Ljunqqvist, Lars Ragvald, Marina Svensson
The XVIIth Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) will be held at Lund University, Sweden, between 6-10 August 2008. The conference title is "China Centre Stage," reflecting the momentous event that will take place during August 2008 in China, namely the XXIXth Olympic Games. The conference also commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first meeting in Cambridge of the EACS forerunner, the Junior Sinologues.
The EACS conference sets out to offer a platform for the presentation and discussion of recent research and new ideas in the entire range of Chinese studies.
Scholars from Europe and beyond are invited to attend and contribute to making the conference an occasion of lively scholarly exchange and innovation in European and international Chinese Studies.
The following sections have been decided upon by the board of the EACS:
A. Linguistics & Languages
B. Religion & Philosophy
C. Art & Archaeology
D. Premodern Literature
E. Modern Literature
F. Premodern History
G. Modern History
H. Politics & International Relations
I. Contemporary Economy & Society
J. Law
K. Anthropology & Sociology
L. Gender
M. Environment & Ecology
N. Performing Arts & Media
O. Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
P. Other
Panel suggestions on specific topics related to the above sixteen sections are welcome, and should be marked PANEL as well as identifying the appropriate section.
Proposals for individual papers on all topics within Chinese Studies are also welcome. Papers can be identified as intended for one of the above sections, or they may be allocated to a section by the organisers. Individual papers will be grouped by the convenors into panels with cognate papers.
In addition to the sections, at this conference we offer the possibility of two roundtables:
a) Summer Schools (Ann HEIRMAN, Ghent & Sun LAM, Braga)
b) Libraries and Digital Resources (Matthias KAUN, Berlin & Hanno LECHER, Leiden)
Anyone who is interested in participating in one of the roundtables should register with its organisers before July 6. The e-mail addresses for the roundtable organisers will be published on the conference website.
The conference will be held in Lund University Congress Centre, situated in the heart of Lund; all the conference rooms are located no more than 200 meters from one another. The conference fee for the 2008 Conference will be 500 Swedish crowns (the equivalent of €50 ) for EACS members, 250 Swedish crowns for EACS student members, and 1,000 Swedish crowns for non-members of the EACS. Sufficient accommodation for all conference participants has already been reserved at hotels at a wide range of prices in Lund.
More detailed information, including the confererence address, will be available shortly on the following website: http://www.ace.lu.se.
Welcome to Lund in August 2008!
St. Olaf College and Carleton College
Northfield, MN
10-12 October 2008
[from MCAA , 4/17/08]
St. Olaf College and Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, will host the 57th MCAA from October 10 to 12, 2008. Most events will be on the St. Olaf College campus, and a shuttle will provide transportation to events at Carleton College, five minutes away. We invite submissions from all academic disciplines on topics examining Asia and its sub-regions.
Proposals for panels and individual papers are due July 31, 2008.
The early-registration deadline is September 15, 2008.
Registration and Check-in will be at Buntrock Commons on the St. Olaf College campus.
Highlights of the conference include the Keynote Address by the president of the Association for Asian Studies, Professor Robert Buswell, UCLA.
Education About Asia (EAA) is the peer-reviewed teaching journal of the Association for Asian Studies. Our readers include undergraduate instructors as well as high school and middle school teachers. Our articles are intended to provide educators, who are often not specialists, with basic understanding of Asia-related content. Manuscripts submitted for consideration are evaluated by qualified referees.
We are in the process of developing a special section in the winter 2008 issue entitled "Teaching About Asia Through Youth Culture." In this special section, it is hoped that articles will be published where authors develop manuscripts that will enable teachers and students to better understand how popular culture influences young people in Asia and perceptions of Asia among young people elsewhere. We are seeking manuscripts about all areas of Asia. Although we welcome manuscripts on various aspects of youth culture, we are particularly interested in the ways that digital communications, entertainment, and education are affecting Asian youth, intercultural contact, and globalization. Prospective authors should be aware that approximately fifty percent of our readers are secondary or middle school teachers and the rest teach at the undergraduate level.
We are most interested in manuscripts that are useful for survey-level courses. Prospective authors should consult the EAA guidelines before submitting a manuscript for this special section. Prospective authors are also encouraged to share possible manuscript ideas with me via email. The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts for this special section is August 20, 2008.
International Convention of Asia Scholars 6
Daejeon, Korea
6-9 August 2009
[courtesy of ICAS, 2/14/08]
ICAS 6 will be hosted by the Chungnam National University (CNU), the Center for Asian Regional Studies (CARS) and Daejeon Metropolitan City and will be held in the Daejeon Conventon and Visitor’s Bureau. The overarching theme is: Think Asia! More than 1,500 Asia Studies specialists are expected to come to Daejeon. This city is located in the heart of the Korean peninsula and successfully merges its long history of culture and tradition with leading research in science and technology.
Deadlines
15 October 2008: Submission of Individual Abstracts
15 October 2008: Submission of Organized Panels: organized by a group of different (national) backgrounds.
15 November 2008: Submission of Institutional Panels: constituted and sponsored by an institution, association or a network.
Submission of abstracts and panels is possible as of 15 March 2008 at the ICAS website. Please note that all abstracts and presentations should be in English. Submission of abstracts for panels and papers can be made through ICAS 6 registration forms available at http://www.icassecretariat.org.
ICAS Book Prizes
For the third time the ICAS Book Prizes will be awarded in the categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, Best PhD and Colleagues’ Choice Award. Deadline: 31 August 2008.
ICAS Publications Series
A selection of the ICAS 6 papers will be included in edited volumes of the ICAS Publications Series at Amsterdam University Press.
Financial support
Financial support for travel and lodging will be made available to a selected number of PhD students and young academics.
Information
The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) is one of the largest biennial gatherings for Asia scholars to meet and discuss new developments in the fields of the Human and Natural Sciences. Since 1998, ICAS has brought more than 5,000 academics from 60 countries together at five conventions.
For more information on ICAS 6 and requirements for participation, please visit http://www.icassecretariat.org.
Chicago, IL
10-13 February 2010
[from CAA, 4/18/08]
CAA invites curators to submit proposals for an exhibition whose opening coincides with the 2010 Annual Conference in Chicago. The exhibition must be held in the conference city and on view during the conference dates. Deadline: September 1, 2008.
There are no limitations on the theme or media of work to be included in the exhibition, except that it must be a group show of contemporary art comprising about fifteen artists. CAA’s Exhibitions Committee reviews and evaluates proposals based on merit. CAA provides support for the exhibition with a grant of up to $10,000. An additional grant of $5,000 is available for an exhibition catalogue to be printed in sufficient numbers for distribution to all Annual Conference attendees. Preference is given to those proposals that include both an open call and some CAA members among the exhibiting artists.
Proposals must be submitted by e-mail and should include the following information:
Please send your proposal by e-mail to Emmanuel Lemakis, CAA director of programs.
Tallahassee, FL
17-18 October 2008
[from FSU, 5/5/08]
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Pamela Sheingorn (The Graduate Center, City University of New York)
The Art History faculty and graduate students of Florida State University will host their Twenty-Sixth Annual Symposium for Graduate Students in the History of Art on October 17 and 18, 2008. Graduate students in Art History from around the country are invited to present papers during a two-day series of meetings. Papers presented at the Symposium are considered for publication in Athanor, a nationally distributed periodical sponsored by the Department of Art History and the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance.
Symposium papers may come from any area of the history of art, architecture, and photography. Students working toward an MA or PhD degree may participate.
Deadline for one- to two-page double-spaced abstracts is September 2, 2008.
Please supply complete contact information (including e-mail address), an indication of the student's graduate level, and the title of the proposed talk. Paper sessions will take place on Friday afternoon, October 17 and all day Saturday, October 18, with presentation of the selected papers followed by critical discussion.
Abstracts should be mailed or faxed to:
Prof. Karen A. Bearor
Graduate Symposium Coordinator
Department of Art History
220-D Fine Arts Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1151
fax (850) 644-3259
[from H-ARTHIST, 2/24/03]
We are currently preparing to launch a networking group among art historians, graduate students, curators, critics, dealers/gallerists/auctioneers, and others who are specifically interested in post-1945 Japanese art. Our objective is to enrich the field of contemporary art proactively by such network and discussion platform that we will call PoNJA-GenKon.
If you are interested in becoming part of our initiative or simply want to know more about our prospects, please e-mail us at Post1945JA@aol.com.
As the first phase of this project, we would like to identify
who is working in this growing field. By contacting us at above address, you
will receive a brief e-mail questionnaire. We hope to set up a mailing list
shortly.
Reiko Tomii and Miwako Tezuka
[from H-ARTHIST, 2/19/03]
Cr is a Dutch interdisciplinary journal on the subject of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage (works of art, historic interiors, architecture, as well as books, photographic and archive materials). Cr was founded in 2000 after an initiative by four restorers' associations and has since been published four times a year. The journal is aimed at professionals working in museums, libraries and archives (conservation specialists, curators, art historians and others interested in the subject). Cr offers information on an academic level and makes developments in the field accessible to a wide audience. Articles are published in Dutch or English (with a summary in the other language). The editorial board consists of conservation specialists and experts on relevant fields of study. All contributions are peer-reviewed.
Cr is seeking contributions relating to:
- case studies of recent conservation projects,
- scientific,
technical and material research,
- historical techniques practised by artists
or in studios,
- art historical research as part of a conservation
project,
- new conservation materials and methods,
- policies and ethics
concerning conservation,
- etc.
Reports on recent conferences and reviews of recent publications in relevant fields of study are also very welcome.
The editors regret that they are not able to offer authors a fee for their contribution, as Cr is published by a non-profit organisation, which is still relying on subsidies.
For more information, please contact the editor, Catrien Deys.
Cr
P. O. Box
76709
NL 1070 KA
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
[from MCLC]
China Scolarship
Commercial Press
36 Wangfujing Dajie
Beijing, China 100710
fax: (86-10) 6901-3392
dongliu@public2.east.net.cn
Questions about the journal can also be sent to Alex Des Forges at mailto:desforgs@netspace.org
[from Asian Studies Newsletter, Fall 2004]
The purpose of this series is to produce early publication of important new materials in formats that are easily accessible and affordable.
Authors will include scholars whose writings fill gaps in scholarship on any part of Asia. The format of publications in the series will be determined by both content and the immediacy of the materials presented, and likely will include both print and electronic formats.
We anticipate that two or more titles will be published each year covering such areas as major new bibliographies, guides to specific Asian materials, historical studies of the field of Asian studies, data collections, and works on new or largely unexplored areas of Asian studies, such as photographs and other graphic images, electronic resources, Asian diasporas, guides to regional resources on Asia, and other topics that will be revealed in proposals by potential authors.
Proposals for publication in this new series should be sent (preferably in paper) to:
Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn
C. V. Starr East Asian Library
310 Kent Hall,
Mail Code 3901
Columbia University
1140 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY
10027.
Proposals should include a statement of the author's view of what
contribution the publication will make to Asian studies; a curriculum vitae; a
plan of the work; samples of the proposed text; and an indication of when the
manuscript might be completed. Queries and other correspondence can be sent to
rkb7@columbia.edu.
The AAS Editorial Board retains the right of acceptance or refusal of proposals.
This initiative by AAS presents an exciting opportunity for members to make significant contributions to Asian studies. Please consider taking advantage of the opportunity!
[from H-ASIA]
ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
A group of European scholars are launching a new academic journal in the field of East Asian studies. The journal is based at the Institut d'Asie Orientale, in Lyon, but it enjoys the support of nine other European research institutions. It will be published and distributed by Brill (Academic Publishers). The following text provides a summary of the goals of the journal.
Europe is home to a very large community of scholars working on East Asia whose research activities cover a broad spectrum of studies, in terms of countries, periods, and disciplines. There is, however, no internationally recognised journal in Europe encompassing within its covers the whole range of East Asian studies as there is in the United States. We believe that European East Asia scholars, by virtue of their own history, intellectual traditions, and specific relations with the region, offer a different perspective to that of American scholars and make an original contribution to East Asian studies. Until now, they have been able to reach international recognition principally through publications in American journals, for which most of them compete at an obvious linguistic disadvantage. A European journal will be better equipped to take into account this issue of language. It should be made clear here that we do not claim any kind of Euro-centred intellectual superiority, nor do we want to give the impression of an anti-American posture. On the contrary, we acknowledge the overwhelming contribution of American scholars to contemporary East Asian studies. The sole purpose of the initiators of this project is to create a new intellectual arena that will publish the best contributions of European scholarship on contemporary East Asia, without excluding contributions from other parts of the world. We believe in intellectual competition and stimulation. The journal will, therefore, welcome high-quality research, whatever its origin. The journal will be interdisciplinary in nature, dedicated to the publication