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...
30th March 2018
4 – 6 April 2019 Brighton The Association for Art History's Annual Conference presents current, international research and critical debate around art, art history and visual culture. Taking place over 3 days, the Annual Conference is an opportunity to engage... Read More...22nd December 2017
Day: Thursday 5 April Convenor Aron Vinegar (University of Oslo) Session Abstract ‘Look out!’ I read this headline for the Annual Conference as a provocation launched in extremis. In the spirit of such an interpretation, this session is an exploration... Read More...22nd December 2017
Day: Saturday 8 April Convenors Jack Hartnell (University of East Anglia) Kevin Lotery (Sarah Lawrence College, New York) Session Abstract This session considers the intersections between visualculture and the law. Art history has long investigated the role of the law,... Read More...22nd December 2017
Day: Friday 6 April Convenors Ben Quash (King’s College London) Ayla Lepine (University of Essex) Session Abstract When art enters religious territory, it can open new spaces of encounter that provoke, illuminate, challenge, and disturb. The attachments of religious conviction,... Read More...22nd December 2017
Day: Thursday 5 April Convenors: Deborah Swallow (Courtauld Institute of Art) Zehra Jumabhoy (Courtauld Institute of Art) Jahnavi Phalkey (King’s College London) Devika Singh (University of Cambridge) Session Abstract ‘Science in India’ (1982), at London’s Science Museum, was a collaborative... Read More...22nd December 2017
Day: Friday 6 April Convenors Lucy Steeds (Afterall, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London) Michelle Wong (Asia Art Archive) Sarah Turner (Paul Mellon Centre, London) Nada Raza (Tate Research Centre: Asia) Session Abstract What does it mean to... Read More...22nd December 2017
Day: Friday 6 April Convenors Olga Nikolaeva (University of Gothenburg) Christine Sjöberg (University of Gothenburg) Johnny Wingstedt (Dalarna University) Session Abstract When the body ‘looks out’ it does not only see, but it also perceives the visual by means of... Read More...22nd December 2017
Day: Saturday 7 April Convenors Mey-Yen Moriuchi (La Salle University) Lesley Shipley (Randolph College) Session Abstract Borders have played a critical role in the development and distribution of culture, often acting as frameworks that help or hinder our ability to... Read More...Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved