21st June 2018
Session Convenors Elizabeth Buhe, Fordham University Amy Rahn, Stony Brook University (SUNY) Session Abstract Eidetic imagery – vivid pictures seen ‘in the mind’s eye’ – has been a powerful and ongoing source of artistic inspiration. Yet, modernist privileging of disembodied... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenors Elizabeth Johnson, Birkbeck College Rebecca Wade, Leeds Museums and Galleries Session Abstract Recent advances in digital 3D technology have opened up new and exciting possibilities for both artists and art historians, from 3D printed artworks to the use... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenor Tilo Reifenstein, York St John University Session Abstract Jaś Elsner’s description of art-historical writing as ekphrasis plants the practice firmly in the purview of poetry, literature or fiction, though be it, in his words, ‘fiction with footnotes’. A... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenors Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth, Visiting Lecturer, V&A/RCA Anne Anderson, V&A Course Director and Tutor Rachel Gotlieb, Gardiner Museum, Toronto Session Abstract This session examines the current scholarly field of ceramics in the long 19th century. It seeks to explore alternative... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenors Annebella Pollen, University of Brighton Louise Purbrick, University of Brighton Session Abstract From Pussy Hats on Women’s Marches to all-black attire at awards ceremonies for the Time’s Up campaign, the use of dress as a form of ‘non-verbal... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenor Mirjam Brusius, German Historical Institute London/TORCH Oxford Session Abstract The vestiges of empire extend beyond standard conventions of physical control and coercion. Empire persists and proliferates in the present through material and visual representations and celebrations of the... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenors Alice Correia, University of Salford Anjalie Dalal-Clayton, University of the Arts, London Elizabeth Robles, University of Bristol Session Abstract To date, mainstream surveys of 20th-century British Art have been so narrowly focused as to narrate only a select... Read More...21st June 2018
Katherine Harloe, University of Reading Francesco Ventrella, University of Sussex This workshop will share ideas about what it means and what it takes to decolonise the curriculum today. Our aim is to start a conversation across disciplines, periods and area... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenor Victoria Horne, Northumbria University in Newcastle Session Abstract Throughout modern history the figure of the woman reader has been perceived as potentially subversive or dangerous, ‘a threat to domestic order’ (Long, 2004). She’s a thrillingly ambiguous figure whose... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenor: Trevor Horsewood, Association for Art History Session Abstract: This parallel session acts as a platform for a range of curated conversations around the current and emerging challenges and opportunities for art history in different learning contexts. It builds... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenors: Marsha Meskimmon, Loughborough University Hilary Robinson, Loughborough University Session Abstract: Critiques of the neoliberal university are ubiquitous. Research is instrumentalised towards the production of quantifiable outcomes for the economy. Academic learning environments are evaluated for effective delivery of... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenor Elize Mazadiego, KU Leuven Session Abstract Cartography is a defining feature in many conceptualist artworks, from Douglas Huebler’s maps that chart journeys with a felt pen on ordinary topographical road maps to Felipe Ehrenberg’s ‘Tube-O-Nauts Travels’ that document... Read More...21st June 2018
Session Convenors Timothy Stott, Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology Maibritt Borgen, Yale University Session Abstract Charts, plans, tables, graphs, and diagrams are foremost in the dissemination of scientific data and knowledge. These types of information design... Read More...12th June 2018
Session Convenors Neil MacDonald University of St Andrews Camilla Mørk Røstvik University of St Andrews Session Abstract Art practices that involve human blood have a long and controversial history. Blood has often been considered shocking, despite the ubiquity and frequently benign... Read More...12th June 2018
Session Convenors Natasha Ruiz-Gómez, University of Essex Mary Hunter, McGill University Session Abstract For hundreds of years, artists and physicians have influenced each other’s work; through collaborations, partnerships and ad hoc junctures, they have expanded the scope of each other’s... Read More...12th June 2018
Session Convenors Sue Breakell, University of Brighton Gavin Butt, University of Sussex Matthew Cornford, University of Brighton Naomi Salaman, University of Brighton Session Abstract Modern forms of art education have variously created world-making environments for staff and students to envisage,... Read More...12th June 2018
Session Convenors Zanna Gilbert Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles John Tain Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong Session Abstract This session examines the impact of xerography on the production and distribution of art and visual culture. Beginning in the 1960s, when... Read More...12th June 2018
Session Convenors Tijen Tunali, University of Tours, France Session Abstract For the last four decades, art has been integral to the neoliberal governance and policies for new urban planning: to aid social and economic outcomes, to boost the economic environment... Read More...12th June 2018
Session Convenors Donna West Brett, University of Sydney Sarah E James, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Olivia Tait, University College London Session Abstract In the wake of radical geopolitical transformations after 1945, numerous theorists of migration have debated the ways in... Read More...12th June 2018
Session Convenors: Roberto Filippello, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh Alessandro Bucci, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh Session Abstract: Since the ‘affective turn’ that occurred in the mid-1990s, the term ‘affect’ and its conceptualisations have... Read More...Copyright 2026. All Rights Reserved