Resources in Art History for Graduate Students



 




SYMPOSIA OF INTEREST TO GRADUATE
STUDENTS





WOMEN, MEN, AND GENDER STUDIES



















THE ART OF GENDER IN EVERYDAY LIFE Vl




2-3 April 2009. Annual. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID. "The Conference Committee invites 
abstracts from university faculty and staff as well as from graduate and advanced undergraduate students." 
ABSTRACT POSTMARK DEADLINE: Monday, November 10, 2008. Please check the Website for more information.





GENDER AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE




9-10 January 2009. Annual. King's College, London Theme for 2008: Locating Gender. 
Deadline for proposals: 1 September 2008.





GENDER AND GENERATIONS: WOMEN AND LIFE CYCLES




5-7 September 2008 University of Glasgow, Scotland. 17th Annual Conference of the Women's History Network. 
"Concepts and experiences of the life-course have been critical to making sense of gender difference and women's lives in the 
past, and have traditionally been a central  concern of historians of women. Integral to pioneering work on the history of 
reproduction  and the family, work and leisure, and the body, science and medicine, analysis of the life  cycles
of women has nonetheless left many questions yet to be explored. This conference encourages comparison of women's life cycle 
experiences both across the widest possible range of times and places, and with the life cycle experiences of men. The focus 
will also be on inter-generational relations as an important, yet often neglected,  explanatory factor in
either continuity or change over time...Proposals were due 31 January 2008 to:






GENDER AND THE LANGUAGE OF LEGITIMACY




7-10 May 2009. Part of the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. "This session 
proposes to examine how the boundaries of language, legitimacy, and gender intersect.  How do men and/or women use 
gendered language to speak about themselves and others?  How do authors/chroniclers/historians use gender to speak about 
their characters or men and women from the past and pass judgment upon them?  How does gendered language cement or 
detract from authority or legitimacy?  Is the use of gendered language concerning legitimacy overt or subtle, and how
does it work?  Are the uses of gendered language in such cases significantÑi.e. do they have the power to change minds 
or actually helpÑor are they meaningless catch phrases?  Legitimacy here is meant to be broadly construed; it can mean 
anything from legitimacy of birth, of power or authority, right to rule (secular or ecclesiastical), an author's
justification for writing, etc.  Likewise, gender is not limited to one sex; I am looking for papers that speak about 
women, men, or about both women and men. If you are interested or have questions, please submit an abstract to (or 
contact) Colleen Slater by September 15th at ces55@cornell.edu."




GENDER AND SOCIETY




17-18 October 2008 The 33rd annual Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Valley State University, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan. " All fields of history as well as other disciplines are invited to submit proposals 
related to this year's theme: Gender and Society: Explorations, Discoveries, and Revelations in a Gendered 
World. We invite scholars from a wide range of fields and disciplines to exchange ideas and research on this 
topic. We also welcome panels on innovative ways of teaching this yearÕs theme to students at every level. 
...We welcome individual papers and arranged panels addressing this year's topic. We encourage comparative 
work across regions and chronological boundaries. The conference will be organized around themes that have 
dominated recent scholarship. Abstracts were due June 15, 2008. Please include your address, email, and 
phone number. Those interested in commenting on a session should send a CV and indicate areas of expertise. 
Papers must take no longer than 30 minutes in a 2-paper session or 20 minutes in a 3-paper session. Sessions 
will last 90 minutes...Please address all inquiries and abstracts to:






GENDERING MATERIAL CULTURE




7-10 May 2009. Part of the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. (co-sponsored by the 
Society for Medieval Feminist Studies & by the Medieval Feminist Art History Project). "This session considers the 
investigation of the relationship between gender and the material culture(s) of the Middle Ages. Papers could include a 
discussion of the production or the reception or interpretation of material objects --imagined or real-- and their 
impact upon or promotion by individuals, collectives, corporate entities, or nations. How does the gendering of the 
producers, the gendering of the objects, and/or a gendering of the reception yield meaning or provide some understanding 
of the Middle Ages? Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged. "Material culture" may include shoes, clothing, textiles, 
psalters, manuscripts, maps, furnishings and household goods, architectural items/structures, sculptures, jewelry, 
tapestries/woven items, instruments, ceramics, or others. Please submit 1-2 pg abstracts and cover materials to Alissandra 
Paschkowiak (apaschkowiak@wsc.ma.edu) by 15 September.





GENDERING REPRESENTATION




7-10 May 2009. Part of the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. "This session will 
investigate the gendering of the practice of representation in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on the 
performance of gender through representation. We welcome papers that engage with representation in a variety of 
formats, including visual, spatial, literary/textual, or historical representations. Contributions may deal with either 
the production and/or reception of representations, or consider representation from either individual or 
collective/corporate perspectives. Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged. Please submit a one- to two-page 
abstract and coversheet  to Jennifer Borland (Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art, Oklahoma State 
University)  (jennifer.borland@okstate.edu) by September 15.




HISTORY OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS OF 
BRITAIN AND IRELAND




Held 22-23 August 2008. National University of Ireland, Galway. Please contact Dr Carmen M. Mangion at
c.mangion@history.bbk.ac.uk or Dr Caroline Bowden at c.bowden@rhul.ac.uk with any contributions, comments or 
queries.





NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES 
ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE




12-15 November 2009. in Atlanta, Georgia. The proposal submission deadline is February 1, 2009.





PAN-FEMINISM: THE DISPERSAL OF A CRITICAL ATTITUDE




25-28 February 2009 Part of the College Art Association meeting in Los Angeles. "This panel 
extends the discussion on feminist perspectives to non women-centered topics, begun at CAA in Boston in 2006. 
Participants will examine instances in which the theoretical models used in various feminist discourses have 
been applied or may be legitimately applied to non-women centered topics. Panel organizers invite papers 
that investigate or perform the dispersal of feminist critical thinking and practices. Questions to consider 
include: How are the lessons of feminism dispersed into questions posed by queer studies, post-colonialism, 
transgenderation, communications/media studies, or by the very questioning of notions of culture and race? 
Does the feminist objective to proliferate feminism paradoxically challenge the centrality of the feminist 
subject? Gender studies successfully generalized the lessons of feminism into the study of the social  
construction of gender, which led to the subsequent study of the "engendering" of men. But these remain 
gender-centric pursuits, and the lessons/principles of feminism apply to fields and subjects (agents) more 
diverse than traditional gendered investigations alone can describe or analyze. In what ways is feminism 
being dispersed, for good or ill? Proposals for 20-minute papers were due May 9, 2008 to co-chairs:

Janet T. Marquardt, Eastern Illinois University          jtmarquardt@eiu.edu
Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Rutgers University           jdven@andromeda.rutgers.edu






POSTFEMINISM AND THE FUTURES[S][sic] OF 
FEMINIST FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES




Feb. 26-March 1, 2009 40th Anniversary Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association
(NeMLA). Hyatt Regency-Boston, Massachusetts. "Please send 250-500 word abstracts (with a brief CV) by September 15,
2008, to Marcelline Block, mblock@princeton.edu(.)"




SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN HISTORIANS




4-6 June 2009. Deadline for proposals was August 1, 2008. Check the Web site for more information.




WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN HISTORIANS




April 30-May 3, 2009. April 30-May 3, 2009. "The WAWH program committee welcomes proposals for 
panels or single papers on any historical subject, time period, or region. Papers do not need to emphasize 
women's or gender history.  All periods of history are welcome as well as non-U.S. subjects. Panels, workshops, 
or roundtables on issues in the historical profession are also encouraged. Paper and panel submissions 
must be postmarked by October 15, 2008. Please see the WAWH website for submission details and prize 
information.




WOMEN IN THE MEDIEVAL 
MEDITERRANEAN




7-10 MAY 2009 Session to be held at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 
Michigan. Sponsored by the Byzantine Studies Association of North America, Inc. "Recent studies of the 
medieval MediterraneanÑboth focused historical research as well as investigations of cross-cultural 
phenomena--have resulted in fresh, dynamic ways of understanding the region as a center for exchange of 
ideas, economic goods and artistic practices. The goal of this session is to delve deeper into the daily 
lives of women who lived at the intersections of the Byzantine, western and Islamic worlds. As functionaries 
in medieval court life, women played a vital role as ambassadors, authors, and as patronesses of art. By  
investigating their social and religious practices along with their artistic patronage, this session aims 
to discuss the hybrid character of womenÕs experiences in the 'societies in between.'

"Seasoned as well as young scholars are invited to submit proposals for  
20 minute presentations. Papers dealing with issues of exchange in the  artistic, literary, economic or 
religious aspects of women's lives are especially welcome. Possible lines of inquiry include questions of  
materiality, the female body, maternity, transformation, aging, and patronage.

DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS: 15 September 2008
Paper proposals should consist of the following:
- Abstract of proposed paper (300 words maximum)
- Completed Abstract Cover Sheet (available at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper
ALL PROPOSALS AND INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
Andrea Olsen
History of Art Department
268 Mergenthaler Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
469-288-1253
andrea.olsen@jhu.edu







WOMEN'S AND GENDER HISTORY SYMPOSIUM




Held 6-8 MARCH 2008. The Ninth Annual Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History, University of Illinois 
at Urbana-Champaign. "To celebrate and encourage further work in the field of women's and gender history, we invite 
submissions from graduate students from any institution and discipline.  The Symposium organizers welcome individual 
papers on any topic in the field of women's and gender history; papers submitted as a panel will be judged 
individually. Preference will be given to scholars who did not present at last year's Symposium.
For more information, please contact Programming Committee Chairs, Carmen Thompson or Jacob Baum at 
gendersymp@gmail.com 










Publication Opportunities






CRITICAL MATRIX: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture




"Volume 18: Collaboration. Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture
invites original submissions for its forthcoming issue dedicated to collaboration. As the rhetoric of 
collaboration permeates contemporary discourseÑfrom political and economic globalization to "relational
aesthetics"--what is the potential for new feminist practices and what are the historical lessons of feminism 
about the limits and possibilities of collaborative practices?" SEE the Web site for more information.
Submissions of 15-25 pages in length and according to the Chicago Manual of Style were due to matrix@princeton.edu 
by June 15, 2008. Annual?




FEMINISM, FASHION AND FLAIR: CONFRONTING HEGEMONY WITH STYLE




"We [SIC] are soliciting academic papers for an anthology on feminism and fashion. Fashion is a powerful 
way we express our politics, personalities, and preferences for who and how we love. Yet fashion can also 
repress freedom and sexual expression. Fashion encourages profound creativity, rebellion, and defiant 
self-definition while simultaneously controlling and disciplining the body. Fashion signals resistance to 
sexual mores and it can also promote a problematic consumer culture. Fashion creates collective identity, 
but also constrains individual voice. In other words, fashion contains the paradoxical potential for 
pleasure and subjugation, expression and conformity. This book explores the productive tensions generated 
by fashion and style. We are interested in essays that take up questions of gender with special attention 
to race, class, sexuality, age, and ethnicity. This collection blends theory and pop culture analysis in 
exciting ways, focusing on contemporary trends and controversies. 

"Deadline for abstracts was August 15, 2008. Format for abstracts: Word document, double-spaced, 
between 300 and 500 words. Include contact information and short bio. Send to: (FashionBook1@yahoo.com).


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MEDIEVAL FEMINIST FORUM




"We invite submissions for a special issue (volume 44 number 2) to address the past, present, and future 
of feminist approaches to medieval art and visual culture. Some contributors may wish to highlight the ways 
in which feminist perspectives have enriched the understanding of medieval art or to identify the 
contributions that studies of visual materials have made to feminist work in medieval studies. Others may 
prefer to identify dead ends to which feminism has led medieval art history or to critique ways in which 
feminist scholarship on medieval visual culture has been co-opted in a post-feminist age. We also welcome 
essays on current research that utilize feminist approaches and essays that seek to chart a path forward 
for feminist work on medieval art.







n. pardoxa




"n.paradoxa invites feminist scholars working on contemporary art by women 
to contribute to future issues of its bi-annual publication." See Web site for more information.








(above left) Paula Modersohn-Becker.

 Self-Portrait with amber necklace. 1906.

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland.











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