The Faculty
of Arts and Design, West University of Timisoara, welcomes proposals for the
2019 Conference in the field of the history and theory of arts, which will be
held in Timisoara in April 10-11. The conference is dedicated to ”Art, memory
and identity” and is open to scholars and PhD candidates in history and theory
of art, anthropology of art, philosophy, and visual artists.
During the
history, social, religious and political programs and ideologies benefited from
the capacity of arts to convey important messages directly to the minds and
hearts of the people. From commissioned portraits of powerful people to
memorials and triumph arches, visual arts participated in remembering the past,
in spreading values and ideas, in creating lineages and identities. In the
contemporary world, artists often demonstrate the aspiration to participate
into the society (re)construction, and their voices become more and more
critical of the well established institutions, state-sanctioned collective memory
or official versions of the past.
The Conference aims to explore the
connections between art, memory and identity, to examine how artists deal, deliberately
or not, with the collective past and present. From papers that investigate how
social memory impacts on artistic creation to works focusing on how art contributes
to (re)shaping a common identity, theoretical perspectives and applied research
are equally welcome. While contributions on any type of artwork will be
considered, public art is a focus of the conference.
The
Conference languages are English and Romanian.
DEADLINE
Please send
a short presentation and an abstract of no more than 300 words to andreea.lazea@e-uvt.ro and secretariat.arte@e-uvt.ro. The
deadline for proposal submission is February
1, 2019. Authors
invited to attend the conference will be notified by 20th of February.
EXPENSES
There is no conference
fee.
Limited financial assistance is available for travel costs reimbursement.
The request for travel support must be submitted with the proposal.
Accommodation will be provided subject to availability.
