Call for papers: Christianity in South Asia, New Delhi, Feb. 2-4, 2011

Call for papers: Christianity in South Asia

2nd-4th Feb. 2011, New Delhi

The history of Christianity in India as well as South Asia in general, has long been the domain of a few “religious” experts. This historiography largely focused on the origin and nature of mission societies, the personnel that were involved and the numbers that had converted. Such histories were far more centered upon the mission body, rather than the host societies to which they were sent. Moreover, they tended to portray conversion as a rupture or a radical break from local culture, rather than as a process shaped or steered by local factors. Such a historiography often portrayed Christians and Christianity as belonging to a self-contained world, largely out of touch with local cultural contexts.

More recently, the writing of Christian history in India has sought to keep up with the broader trends of historical writing. The focus has shifted away from the European metropole to regional cultures – from the mission body to the community of converts, and connections thereof and therefrom.  Along with this new orientation came a greater emphasis on continuities rather than change, heterogeneity in practice rather than monolithic perceptions of the faith community.  Scholars are also examining the internal hierarchies, constraints and systems of control in which mission societies operated.  This has led to new insights into the role of gender in missionary movements and the stories of converts.  Such shifts have enabled the study of Christianity to be more inter-disciplinary, rather than strictly historical.

The Conference seeks to bring together scholars and researchers who have worked on such themes to take stock of the present state of research, as well as to explore new areas/themes of historical writing so the much neglected study of Christianity in India may be broadened. We hope that contributors will not only bring in new themes and areas of research to the conference, but will also contribute to new ways of looking at old themes. A multi-disciplinary approach will be most welcome.

In the past, the Catholic and Protestant histories of Christianity in India were clearly demarcated. The conference seeks to bridge that gap by accepting papers about all denominations. As Christianity has had a long history in the sub-continent, papers from all periods, including the contemporary will be accepted.

Contributions about other countries in South Asia are also welcome.

The conference will focus on the following themes. However, other themes may also be considered.

*   Biographies of Converts

*   Christianity and issues of identity–social and political

*   The experience of Christianity–social, spiritual and phenomenological

*   Localising Christianity–issues of agency and local interventions; ideas of “folk” or popular Christianity

*   Analysing missionary “knowledge production”=–grammars, translations, literary texts, letters, paintings, photographs, etc.

*   Women and gendered narratives in the Church

*   Dialogues and interactions among Christian missionaries, teachers, etc., the Indian intelligentsia and colonial ethnographers; comparisons of ethnographic material produced

*   Interactions between various missions including the problem of choice vis-a-vis denominations among potential converts *   Missionaries and peasant movements; Missionaries and projects for social reconstruction–industrial training, criminal tribes settlements, juvenile homes, peasant co-operatives, experimental farms etc

*   Missionary reflections of their life, work etc. from a post-colonial situation

We welcome abstracts for papers (300-400 words) in one of the areas listed above or related fields.

Abstracts must be sent by e-mail to Dr. Joy Pachuau before 1st July 2010 <at xty2011@gmail.com>. The organizing committee will select the papers to be presented by 1st August 2010. Completed papers of about 8000 words will be expected on or before 1st December 2010. The Conference will be held from 2nd to 4th Feb., 2011 at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Organisers:

Prof. Tanika Sarkar

Dr. Pius Malekandathil

Dr. Joy Pachuau

Centre for Historical Studies,

JNU, New Delhi

Dr. Paul Hancock

Dr. Mayjee Philip

Institute for Religion and

Society in Asia, Oxford

CFP: Constructing the Discipline: Art History in the UK (Glasgow, 25-27 Nov 10)

Constructing the Discipline: Art History in the UK

The third annual Glasgow Colloquium on Art Historiography will be held in the Institute for Art History of the University of Glasgow 25th – 27th November 2010. Papers lasting 20 minutes are invited on formative moments, movements, institutions and individuals in accordance with the mission statement of the Journal of Art Historiography.  The UK means England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Moments could include significant exhibitions or the creation of the DipAD, with its attendant requirements for art historical instruction. Movements could include the movement of scholars or exchange of ideas, the movement towards new art history and broadening of study to extend out of Europe. Institutions could include the foundation of art history departments or changes in the museum sector. Individuals could include significant scholars who have made an impact on the practice of the discipline.

Declarations of interest with a provisional topic should be sent to the organiser, Richard Woodfield, at r.woodfield@arthist.arts.gla.ac.uk, as soon as possible and no later than June 30th. Finalised papers should be submitted by 1st November and will be circulated to participants prior to the event. Those papers, or developed versions of them, will be eligible for publication in the Journal. The organiser will also actively solicit papers.

There will be a conference fee of £75 to cover the costs of a conference dinner, refreshments and administration. Contributors will be expected to make their own hotel bookings though rooms will be reserved in convenient hotels for booking purposes. The expected cost of a single hotel room would be no more than £45 per person per night. Cheap internal and international flights are available through both Glasgow and Edinburgh airports.

Information about the Journal:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/arthistoriography/

For further information contact Richard Woodfield, at r.woodfield@arthist.arts.gla.ac.uk.

CFP: Les espaces du sacréde la Renaissance àla Révolution(Troyes Oct 10)

Association Rencontre avec le Patrimoine religieux

Colloque international « Les espaces du sacré de la Renaissance à la Révolution »

Troyes,7 -8- 9octobre2010

L’organisation et l’aménagement des édifices du culte procèdent de la rencontre entre les nécessités des pratiques liturgiques, l’évolution des expressions de l’art et une certaine idée de perfection. Du xvie au xviiie siècle, ces trois critères sont profondément marqués à la fois par la transformation des arts et celle des pratiques religieuses. La redécouverte de l’Antiquité et la mise en ?uvre de la Réforme catholique conduisent, dans toute l’Europe, à la construction d’édifices de culte radicalement nouveaux et au réaménagement de toutes les églises anciennes, presque sans exception.

Les nouvelles orientations de la recherche en France et en Europe ont conduit à porter un regard nouveau sur cette période. Après avoir condamné le « vandalisme ecclésiastique » ou l’« art païen introduit dans le sanctuaire», les historiens ont montré l’originalité des ?uvres produites. Actuellement, les nouvelles orientations historiographiques portent sur la signification de ces ouvres, sur la façon dont elles constituent le reflet d’un espace vécu, d’un espace signifiant.

Le colloque se propose de dresser un bilan des grands axes de recherches en cours à travers l’étude de cinq thèmes clés qui permettent de parcourir l’ensemble de la période moderne dans le champ de l’Europe entière.

Espace(s) et liturgie : Comment les liturgies de l’après concile de Trente ont-elles conduit à imaginer des espaces sacrés radicalement nouveaux ?  Les programmes architecturaux des xvie, xviie et xviiie siècles répondent à de nouveaux impératifs. Il convient de les préciser à la fois par des exemples monographiques et des études transversales à l’échelle d’un type d’église, régulière ou séculière, ou à l’échelle d’un pays ou d’une région.

Mobilier liturgique : Ces mutations sont également marquées par un renouvellement complet du mobilier liturgique : l’autel, le baldaquin et la gloire, la chaire, l’orgue : autant d’éléments dont il convient de préciser la forme et l’usage. On mettra également en évidence la façon dont tous ces éléments entrent en consonance dans des systèmes complets à l’échelle d’un édifice ou d’une de ses parties, son ch?ur notamment.

Systèmes d’images : Les systèmes d’images constituent un autre élément fondamental. La place de l’image est elle aussi transformée. La sculpture et la peinture sont les premières à être désormais sollicitées pour créer, au sein de l’édifice un système d’images cohérent. Outre les éléments nouveaux, comme les retables, on mettra en valeur la permanence des expressions artistiques comme le vitrail, ou d’éléments fonctionnels, comme les jubés, assez tard dans la modernité.

Les créateurs : Les artistes auteurs de ces ?uvres feront l’objet de ce thème d?étude. Les plus grands créateurs participent alors à des chantiers d’architecture religieuse. La place de ces grands artistes, comme Jules Hardouin-Mansart, les frères Slodtz ou encore Victor Louis, pour ne citer que la France, mérite d’être étudiée ainsi que leur rapport spécifique à la commande religieuse.

Déclinaisons européennes : Enfin, ces grands axes, que l’on a souhaité brosser tout d’abord dans le cadre français, doivent être confrontés aux évolutions générales du monde chrétien. Chaque nation affirme en effet ses spécificités dans une déclinaison locale de l’architecture religieuse, catholique ou protestante. On privilégiera l’étude des espaces italiens, ibériques et américains, l’étude du Saint Empire et de l’Angleterre.

Contacts & renseignements :

Dr Mathieu Lours : matlours@club-internet.fr

Dr Olivier Geneste : inventaire.cfg36@yahoo.fr

devront être envoyées AVANT LE 30 AVRIL2010

Call for Papers: Networking Dürer. Art and communication in the era of media revolution

Museen der Stadt Nürnberg – Albrecht-Dürer-Haus / Grafische Sammlung Samstag, 4 December, 2010

Deadline: 14 June, 2010

Since 2002, the annual “Dürer Lectures” have become a well established, internationally renowned tradition. Generally, they have been dedicated to changing topics in order to explore the manifold links between the artist, Albrecht Dürer, his work and his influence. This year we would like to address our “Call for Papers” particularly to colleagues from fields bordering on art history and ask them to look at the Dürer topic from their perspectives.

The Dürer Lectures are organised by the City of Nuremberg Culture Department, Nuremberg Municipal Museums and the foundation Albrecht-Dürer-Haus-Stiftung-Nürnberg e.V.

In 2010, the lectures will be linked with the re-opening of the newly designed exhibition area in Albrecht Dürer’s House which will take the shape of a small gallery presenting original works from the Dürer era linked to the aura of the historical location.

“Networking” – this is only a modern word for a long established practice which helped Albrecht Dürer’s works to be integrated into the dense communication system of European Humanism, so that they became a world event in art history which has fascinated and enthused people until this day. Dürer, through his early active involvement with the medium of books and his life-long activity as editor, illustrator and finally also author, was also familiar with distribution channels and sales markets. He consistently made good use of this knowledge for the world-wide distribution of his graphic works.

Apart from book printing and graphic prints, Dürer was also intensely involved with a further medium which expanded rapidly after 1500: letter writing. Letters gave people a chance to stay in touch, beyond all class barriers, they communicated news from science and cultural life or enabled important personal contacts across the entire European continent. They were often meant for later publication right from the beginning, and were often of a very high literary quality.

All this, of course, led to the desire to be in the presence of the personality of the correspondents, not only via their letters, but also through their portraits. This gave rise to two special genres of art, because they were small and handy: graphic prints of portraits and portrait medals which were easy to send by post.

Dürer’s masterly engraved portraits of Pirckheimer, Erasmus and Melanchthon are proof of this, as are his designs for the two medals depicting the artist himself – the last authentic portraits of his lifetime.

The individual lectures should not be longer than 30 minutes each, and, as well as meeting academic standards, should also be suitable for a wider public. After the lectures, the programme provides for 15 minutes discussion.

We are able to pay a fee of 200 Euros per lecture. We will also bear any travel and hotel expenses. Later publication in a conference volume is envisaged.

We are calling for abstracts (approximately 400 words) from the fields of cultural science, history and communication studies, on the following topics:

• - media revolution(s)
• - culture of correspondence in the Dürer era
• postal services
• Dürer’s links to his Humanist contemporaries
• books and their letters of dedication
• graphic portraits in the Dürer era
• medal portraits
• communication studies.

We will also be happy to consider any other interesting suggestions.

Please send your proposals to the following address by 14 June, 2010: thomas.schauerte@stadt.nuernberg.de

or by post to:

museen der stadt nürnberg

Albrecht-Dürer-Haus / Grafische Sammlung

Äußere Sulzbacher Str. 60

D-90491 Nürnberg

CFP: Rebus | Journal of Art History & Theory

We are currently looking for 5000 to 7000 word essay contributions from postgraduate students and recently graduated PhDs on any aspect of photography from the disciplines of art history, art criticism, visual culture, film  and media studies, and aesthetics for the Summer 2010 issue.

re•bus is the postgraduate journal of the Department of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex launched in Spring 2008.  Founded and edited by postgraduate students of the department, the journal publishes peer reviewed papers that present new research and fresh perspectives on art and its histories as well as related aspects of cultural theory.

Call for Sessions: AAH Annual Conference 2011

37th AAH Annual Conference
31 March – 2 April 2011
University of Warwick, Coventry

Conference Convenor: Dr Louise Bourdua

Call for Sessions

Warwick 2011 invites the widest submissions to the 37th AAH Annual Conference. The 2011 Annual Conference is designed to showcase the diversity and richness of art history in the UK and elsewhere:

we are looking for an extensive chronological range from ancient to contemporary (with a healthy dose in the middle). We want sessions that are geographically inclusive of Western Europe and the Americas, the Middle East and Asia. We also want to ensure that we have a full range of methodologies on offer ranging from object-based studies, socio-historical analyses, theoretical discourses, visual culture of the moving image, exhibition cultures and display. We would particularly welcome anthropological and archaeological approaches to the History of Art. The sessions should finally reflect the composition of our wide constituency – independent or academic researchers (including students) and museum curators.

Call for Sessions – deadline 23 April 2010

Session proposals should be no longer than 250 words. They should include a title and abstract, the name(s) and contact details of the session convenor(s).
Session abstracts and a call for papers will be published in the June and October Bulletin in 2010.

Email: l.bourdua@warwick.ac.uk (please include AAH 2011 in your subject line).

Post: Louise Bourdua (AAH 2011), Department of History or Art, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England, UK

Revista Idearte nº 6 – Call for Papers 2010

Idearte é uma revista online com o compromisso de divulgação de trabalhos teóricos no âmbito da História da Arte, da análise em Artes Visuais e representação artística numa diversidade de perspectivas teóricas e metodológicas, publicando artigos com temas desde a Antiguidade até à arte contemporânea.

Actualmente, estamos a receber propostas de artigos para o sexto volume da Idearte – Revista de Teorias e Ciências da Arte para ser publicada em Novembro de 2010. Serão considerados artigos teóricos e científicos sobre qualquer tema da história da arte, museologia, conservação, desde a Antiguidade até ao presente.

Data limite para entrega: 30 de Setembro de 2010

Todos os textos deverão ser enviados para: mail@idearte.org

Os colaboradores deverão incluir o seu nome, morada, nº de telefone e endereço de e-mail. Os artigos deverão ser enviados electronicamente por e-mail como formato Word e com as imagens e respectivas legendas em anexo. O texto não deverá exceder o máximo de trinta páginas em Times New Roman, tamanho 12 com espaçamento duplo.

Call for Papers