Art History

CALL FOR PAPERS – MEMORIA: CONSTRUCTIONS & INTERPRETATIONS
The History of Art Students’ Association (HASA) invites undergraduates to participate in
its second annual History of Art conference March 6th-7th 2015. Through the conference, we aspire to have undergraduate art historians engage and explore their fields of interest in a supportive and challenging environment, whilst developing both academic and professional skills. The year’s theme will focus on the constructions and interpretations of memory. We “invite students to submit papers that explore diverse dimensions of this overarching theme, including but not limited to:
–    The construction of real and imagined worlds
–    Collective and singular memories”
–    Physical and psychological conceptions of memory
–    Problems of subjectivity
–    Representations and reappropriations of a past
PAPERS
We invite papers of 15-20 mins (approx. 2500 words) on an issue related to the theme. Papers should be presentable and come accompanied with visual aids (i.e. slide projections, PowerPoint, etc). Papers can be excerpts from larger works or separate pieces, but must have a strong thesis and be well evidenced with primary and secondary material. We ask for papers that show a high degree of independent thinking and may”discuss any period in the art historical timeline. We welcome papers that take religious and/or historical approaches just as much as those that explore the theme in a literal and/or a postmodern framework.

SUBMITTING A PAPER
Students interested in presenting at this year’s conference need to submit a proposal or abstract (approx. 500 words) to the organizers by email: [email protected] by
Friday February 6th 2015 by 5 PM. Please include UGRAD_HASA_PROPOSAL as your subject line. Everything should be in a single attachment as either a .pdf or .docx file.
In you’re proposal, you should make sure to include:
– Your name, University, course and year of study as of January 2014
– Your paper’s title (or working title) and your abstract
ACCEPTANCE, CONFERENCE PROGRAM & ACCOMODATION
By February 10th you will receive an email that will let you know if your proposal has been accepted. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis.
A full program will be available and emailed to the speakers once decisions have been finalized. It will also be posted on our website: http://hasaannualconference.tumblr.com/
Links to accommodation recommendations will be posted on our website.