CALL FOR PAPERS: The Women’s Art Collection: Artworks and Artists in Context

Event date (in-person and online): 15 March 2024

THE WOMEN’S ART COLLECTION (WAC) is the largest collection of art by women in Europe. Works in the Collection are displayed across Murray Edwards College, one of the two colleges for women at the University of Cambridge.

The conference will showcase research by academics, researchers, artists, curators and writers to deepen understandings of the artists, artworks and themes represented in The WAC. Papers should be situated in the context of feminist collecting and curating practices and of British art history of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. The conference is open to academics and graduate students in any discipline, as well as researchers, artists, curators and writers.