1st International Visual Studies Conference.

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         1st International Visual
         Studies Conference.
         Visual Studies in the 21st
         Century 

         CALL FOR PAPERS &
         PARTICIPATION 

         Dates: 15th and 16th
         February, 2004
         Venue: ARCO International
         Contemporary Art Fair, IFEMA,
         MADRID 

         http://www.visualstudies.net


  The 1st International Visual Studies

  Conference will be held during
  ARCO'04, organised by the Amigos de
  ARCO Association, in collaboration
  with the Centro Párraga de
  Murcia.The Conference is being
  directed by José Luis Brea,
  Professor of Contemporary Art Theory
  at Spain's Universidad de Castilla-
  La Mancha (UCLM). 

  The Conference's will feature a
  series of Plenary Lectures presented

  by some of the most important
  academics and historians who have
  been doing internationally
  recognised work on Visual Studies
  and Visual Culture. A group of
  specialists will also present a set
  of preliminary papers on some
  crucial issues in the nascent field
  of Visual Studies, organising the
  debates into different panel
  discussion areas. 

  Attendance and participation are

  open to professors, advanced level
  students, researchers, and those
  member of the art and university
  community who are interested in
  attending or presenting a paper. An
  Advisory Committee is responsible
  for accepting papers and organising
  these presentations into different
  areas. 

  Plenary Lectures

  The conference will feature the
  intervention of the most prestigious
  writers and academics who, at an

  international level, have for some
  time been exploring all of these
  issues: 

  • Norman Bryson 
  • Hal Foster 
  • Susan Buck-Morss 
  • W.J.T. Mitchell 
  • Nicholas Mirzoeff 
  • Keith Moxey. 

  Areas for papers:

  • PANEL I: "NEW ART HISTORY" / A
  EPISTEMOLOGY FOR VISUAL STUDIES 
  • PANEL II: ART POLICIES AND VISUAL

  CULTURE 
  • PANEL III: VISUALITY / TECHNOLOGY
  / KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY 
  • PANEL IV: VISUAL CULTURE /
  ARTISTIC PRACTICES 
  • PANEL V: VISUALITY AND IDENTITY 
  • PANEL VI: VISUAL STUDIES and THE
  UNIVERSITY 

  Attendance:

  The conference is open to
  professors, advanced level students,
  researchers, and those members of
  the art and university communities

  who are interested in participating.

  Participation:


  Papers may be presented at the
  Conference by professors, advanced
  level students, researchers, and
  other members of the artistic and
  university communities.
  Presentations should fall within one
  of the areas into which the
  Conference's working panels have
  been divided. 

  Those interested should send an
  abstract (approx. 1000 words) by e-

  mail to org at estudiosvisuales.net.
  The deadline for receiving abstracts
  is 1st December 2003.

  The Conference's Advisory Committee
  will confirm acceptance or rejection
  of papers by 15 January 2004.

  Presenters will not be remunerated.
  Attendance fees will be waived for
  all participants in the Conference
  presenting a paper accepted by the

  Advisory Committee. Presenters are
  responsible for their own travel and
  accommodation expenses, and the
  Conference's organisers will not be
  able to provide services in these
  areas. 

  The Conference's organisers will co-
  ordinate the publication of what
  they consider the highlights of
  those papers presented. The authors
  of these papers will be paid the
  appropriate royalties. 


  More info: http://
  www.visualstudies.net