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Call for Papers | Art and Feminism: Twenty-First Century Perspectives | ANZJA

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ANZ Journal of Art Call for Papers  | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Art Issue 2, 2015 Editors: Dr Jacqueline Millner, University of Sydney; Dr Georgina Cole, National Art School; and Dr Catriona Moore, University of Sydney Deadline 30th January 2015 Art and Feminism: Twenty-first century perspectives Feminism is re-emerging as a key critical strategy in art practice, art theory and curating. This is partly due to growing acknowledgement of continuing gender imbalance in institutional representation, despite rhetoric to the contrary, and to a new generation of theorists and practitioners awakening to the rich legacy of feminist theory and practice. But it is also a response to the foundational significance of feminist insights to the most topical issues of our times, including the ethics of the relationship between the subject and the state, environmental justice and sustainability, Indigenous rights,…

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Registrations now open for AAANZ 2014 ‘GEOCritical’ (Launceston, December 2014)

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Registrations for the 2014 AAANZ conference GEOcritical, being held in Launceston, Tasmania 5-7 December with an optional day in Hobart 8 December, are now open! Registration covers the full program, including all keynote lectures, lunches, entry to all evening events and the occasional bar token as well. Registrants should read the Hobart Optional Day document before finalising their plans. To register with TryBooking follow this link: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=96970Early bird registration closes on 7 November 2014, so make sure to finalise your plans soon. Bookings for the postgrad masterclasses are still open – details here. A full program is available here (word doc). Keynote Speakers Jeff Malpas, Distinguished Professor, University of TasmaniaMarian Pastor Roces, Curator and Critic, PhilippinesAmanda Ravetz, Anthropologist and Artist, Manchester School of Art, UKThe conference is hosted by the Tasmanian College of the Arts (TCotA) and the School of Architecture and Design (University of Tasmania) and the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston. The program…

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AAANZ Prizes 2014 | Deadline 26th September

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Deadline for 2014 AAANZ Prizes extended to Friday 26 September Did you write a book in 2013? Or a catalogue? Was your PhD conferred? Nominations for AAANZ Book and PhD prizes are now open. Book Prize The annual Book and Journal Prizes are awarded at the conference and are keenly awaited by delegates and the publishing sector. We are the only body in Australasia to focus on art-historical studies, including museum catalogues and monographs. The categories cover catalogues, anthologies, work by an Indigenous Australian or New Zealand Maori, and artist lead projects. Last year’s prizes attracted over 50 entries, head to http://aaanz.info/prizes/ to check out previous winners and download an entry form. PhD Prize 2013 saw the introduction of the PhD category to our Prizes, with 2014 marking only the second time this prize will be awarded. Generously sponsored by…

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CFP | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art – Open Issue

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To be published July 2015. Articles must be suitable for a scholarly-refereed journal. Articles from 5,000 to 7,000 words in length including endnotes should be submitted to Editorial Assistant at journal@aaanz.info Deadline: 31st October 2014 Editors: Dr Donna West Brett and Dr Jacqueline Millner See the Journal submission guidelines (pdf link) for details. Submissions not conforming to the guidelines will not be considered. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art is published by the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand. The Journal is Australasia’s principal refereed art history journal. The Journal is dedicated to the study of art history and its various emanations including art practice, theory and exhibition. The editors seek research papers that engage with critical debates and frameworks across art historical and theoretical enquiry within local and global contexts, plus review essays evaluating publications and exhibitions.

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Entries for the AAANZ Book and PhD prizes now open

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2014 AAANZ Book and PhD Prizes AAANZ calls for entries into the 2014 AAANZ Prizes. The deadline for entries is Friday 29 August 2014.  Entry forms and further information can be found at http://aaanz.info/prizes/ or requested from admin@aaanz.info. All entrants must be members of AAANZ. Join here: http://aaanz.info/membership/ Book and catalogue prizes The AAANZ Book Prize has grown from a single prize to a field of eight awards: Best book ($500 sponsored by the University of Sydney) Best anthology ($500 sponsored by the University of Sydney) Best large exhibition catalogue ($500 sponsored by the University of Melbourne) Best small exhibition catalogue ($100 sponsored by the University of Western  Australia) Best scholarly article in the ANZ Journal of Art ($500 sponsored by the University of  Sydney) Best essay/catalogue/book by either an Indigenous Australian or New Zealand    Maori (NZD$500 supported by Christchurch Art Gallery) Best artist-led essay/catalogue/book (NZD$500 sponsored by Massey University) University Art Museums catalogue ($1000 sponsored…

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Call for Papers | AAANZ 2014 ‘GEOcritical’

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Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference 5-8 December 2014 Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania The Annual Conference of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand will be held in Launceston, Tasmania, 5-7 December 2014, with an optional day in Hobart, 8 December 2014. The conference will be based at the Inveresk Precinct, hosted by the University of Tasmania (Tasmanian College of the Arts and the School of Architecture and Design) and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. Sessions have been set for one and a half hours, with the expectation (although not the rule) being for three twenty-minute papers, each followed by ten minutes of questions, discussion, explication or commentary from a designated discussant. Session Convenors will tailor the session to best address the concerns set out in the session abstract and with acknowledgement of the…

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Save the Date | AAANZ 2014 Conference | December 5-8

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AAANZ Conference | 5-8 December 2014 | Tasmania The AAANZ 2014 Annual Conference will be hosted by the University of Tasmania (Tasmanian College of the Arts (TCotA, Launceston & Hobart) and the School of Architecture and Design) in partnership with the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston. The conference will focus on the intersections between architecture and art with a particular interest on how artists, architects, curators, writers and historians have and can navigate the social politics and histories of sites and landscapes. Keep an eye on AAANZ website and newsletter for more news coming soon. Website: aaanz.info

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AAANZ Conference 2013 | Full conference program released

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The 2013 AAANZ annual conference will take place in Melbourne, December 7-9. It is being hosted by the University of Melbourne (VCA and Art History), National Gallery of Victoria and RMIT. It will include sessions on the history of art and other visual arts disciplines, art theory, and practice-based research in art, design and architecture. The 2013 conference ‘Inter-discipline’ will be held across venues at the VCA, NGV and RMIT, December 7-9th 2013. Registration for the full conference is via this link http://www.trybooking.com/DMGQ Full program now available on the AAANZ website. Stay in touch via facebook and twitter – during the conference you can use the conference hashtag #aaanz2013 Keynotes Saturday 7th December | Paul Wood |  ‘World Art History’ and ‘Contemporary Art’: two strangers seeking an introduction The relationship between art history and art practice is mobile and unresolved. While the province of the former lay securely…

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Lecture | A Multitude of Images – David Joselit

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A Multitude of Images Professor David Joselit Individual tickets are available for David Joselit’s keynote lecture for the 2013 AAANZ conference. A multitude denotes a plurality of people or things. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it signifies ‘the character, quality, or condition of being many.’ The subject of this lecture will be the condition of being many with regard to images, for indeed it is possible to define modernism as a response to ‘a multitude of images.’ The lecture will range from early twentieth-century montage to recent practices of aggregating readymades among contemporary artists. Professor David Joselit is a leading scholar and critic who has written about pivotal moments in modern art ranging from the Dada movement of the early twentieth century to the emergence of globalization and new media over the past decade. Professor Joselit is currently Carnegie Professor…

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Masterclasses for Postgraduate Students with Paul Wood and David Joselit at 2013 AAANZ Conference

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Postgraduate students are invited to participate in exclusive Masterclasses led by the AAANZ 2013 conference Keynote Speakers, Professor David Joselit (Yale University), and Professor Paul Wood (Open University, London). David Joselit’s Masterclass focuses on Art in the Age of Big Data, C. 2013, and Irit Rogoff’s Masterclass will examine Conceptual Art and Conceptualism. Both Masterclasses will be held on Saturday 7 December at the Ian Potter Museum of Art. Supervisors who consider their students’ research/study is relevant to the Masterclass, are encouraged to invite their students to apply. Visit the link below for further information and application procedure. Applications close Friday 8 November. http://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2013-conference/inter-discipline-2013-master-classes/ PAUL WOOD MASTERCLASS |  Conceptual Art and Conceptualism The legacy of Conceptual art is both pervasive and yet contested. It has been called the hinge between the past and the present. For some it effectively initiates…

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Volunteers needed for 2013 AAANZ conference

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The AAANZ conference committee is calling for volunteers to help with running the 2013 AAANZ conference INTER-DISCIPLINE to be held at the VCA on December 7-9, 2013. You can see more detail about the conference here. Volunteers are a vital part of the conference and in return are offered free registration, including the keynote lectures and the conference party on Sunday 8th December. Students in the fields of Architecture, Design Art, Art History and Theory, Curatorship and/or Museum Studies are particularly encouraged to apply. Volunteering offers you an opportunity to hear about the latest research in your area as well as to meet a range of researchers, artists and academics. What you will be asked to do: Sit at the conference desk for  a number of allocated timeslots and help with registration, answer queries and give directions Provide technical assistance at sessions…

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Reminder | AAANZ call for papers closes this Friday 30th August

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The call for papers for this year’s AAANZ conference ‘Inter-discipline’ (Melbourne, December 7-9) closes this Friday 30th August. Please see the CFP page for details, or download the call for papers as a PDF here AAANZ_Call_For_Papers (updated) Please note a few sessions have been updated since the original CFP was posted. There is an open session if you have a paper that fits the theme of the conference but doesn’t fit with any of the sessions. There is a list of Early Modern art history sessions here.

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Postgraduate Masterclasses with Irit Rogoff and David Joselit at the AAANZ conference

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Postgraduate students are invited to participate in Masterclasses to be held as part of the AAANZ 2013 conference with Keynote Speakers, Professor David Joselit (Yale University), and Professor Irit Rogoff (Goldsmiths University, London). Both Masterclasses will be held on Saturday 7th December at the Ian Potter Museum of Art. David Joselit | Art in the Age of Big Data Information has always been political, but with the rise of Big Data in intelligence operations, activists like Edward Snowden and groups like Wikileaks have made it clear that political sovereignty now means control over vast reserves of data—an asset that companies like Walmart and Google have long understood.  Since the late 1960s, with the advent of  conceptual art as truly global style, art has also allied itself to information.  Under these new conditions we must ask  ourselves, “What is art in the age…

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AAANZ 2013 PhD Graduate Prize | Entries invited

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A new competition for recent PhD Graduates to be judged on Saturday 7 December 2013, prior to the Annual AAANZ conference in Melbourne.   The outstanding presentation will receive $1000 sponsored by Taylor and Francis the new publisher of the AAANZ journal. Eligibility • Candidates who have been awarded a PhD in 2012 • Candidates must be members of AAANZ Submission Candidates should submit their thesis abstract and, if appropriate, excerpts from their markers’ reports (2–3 page maximum). In addition, they will present their work to a judging panel in December, following the guidelines for the 3-minute thesis competition (details below). Rules 1) A single, static PowerPoint slide is permitted 2) No additional electronic media 3) No additional props 4) Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum – competitors exceeding 3 minutes will bedisqualified 5) The decision of the adjudicating…

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Early Modern Art History sessions at 2013 AAANZ Conference

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Subscribers to the EVCS may be interested in following sessions at the forthcoming AAANZ Conference, to be held in Melbourne from the 7th to the 9th of December. The sessions below are particularly relevant to anyone working on early modern European art history. For the full call-for-papers and details on submitting a proposal see http://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2013-conference/inter-discipline-2013-call-for-papers/ Art, science and German travellers: inter-disciplinary and transnational exchanges in nineteenth-century Australia and New Zealand Dr Kathleen Davidson  | University of Sydney | k.davidson@ozemail.com.au Dr Ruth Pullin |Fellow, State Library of Victoria 2013 | ruth.pullin@gmail.com German-speaking émigrés and visitors were a significant presence in Australian and New Zealand arts and sciences throughout the nineteenth century. From the embrace of Romanticism to their favorable reception of Darwin’s theory of evolution, German travellers arrived in the Antipodes with a sophisticated understanding of the arts and sciences and…

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