ANN: Collections and Impermanence: Transfer, Exchange and Disposal (Online/Society for the History of Collecting, 10 & 17 Nov 2022)
The Society for the History of Collecting is pleased to invite you to its PhD and Early Career Researcher Workshop – open to all. Online, Thursday 10th November (5.30-7.45pm GMT; 6.30-8.45pm CET; 12:45-2:45pm EDT;…
CFP: The Mutability of Collections: Transformation, Contextualisation and Re-Interpretation (Seminar on Collecting & Display, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 7-8 July 2023)
We invite proposals for papers reflecting on the ways in which the contents of collections are not permanent but may be subject to numerous mutations. Objects in collections are added, exchanged or disposed of, translated and…
CFP: Significant Findings: Object- And Archives-Based Assessments of US Art (Colonial-1945) (CAA Conference, NYC, 15-18 Feb 2023)
Today scholars on art created in the US from the colonial era through 1945, grapple with new theoretical and ontological inquiries—especially as we reckon anew with the nation’s history of imperialism, racism, colonization, and societal and…
CFP: Interdisciplinary dialogues. Non-ferrous Metal Objects in Western Europe (Art & History Museums Brussels, Oct 2022)
The Center of Excellence for Decorative Arts of the Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels, in collaboration with the Archeology Center of the University of Liège, invites proposals for a seminar,…
ANN: Non-dits et mouvements des collections (Munich, Institut français / LMU, 26 Apr-12 Jul 2022)
Kaulbachstr. 13, 80539 München, 26.04.–12.07.2022 Veranstaltungsreihe:Was hinter der Kunst steht? Non-dits et mouvements des collections. Alors que les questions liées à l’origine et la provenance des objets incitent à penser les collections et…
CFP: Behind the Scenes of Object-Based Art Histories (Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association)
Vernon Press invites book chapter proposals to be included in a forthcoming edited collection on “Behind the Scenes of Object-Based Art Histories,” edited by Carl Schmitz and Tracee Ng. “I guess what I’m…
ANN: “Loss and Recuperation at Schloss Friedenstein Gotha” – Seminar on Provenance Research at the Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste (online, 28. März 2022; in German)
Das Deutsche Zentrum Kulturgutverluste lädt in Kooperation mit CARMAH (Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage) zur Veranstaltungsreihe „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ ein.
CONF: Sammler:innen, Sammlung, Netz. Tagung zu Netzimplikationen von Sammlungspraxis und Sammlungsforschung (Wolfenbüttel, 30 Mar – 1 Apr 2022)
Eine Sammlung trägt Objekte zusammen, verknüpft sie und spiegelt strukturell und funktional die Grundeigenschaft des Netzes. Mit Blick auf die Sammlungspraxis sind allenthalben Vernetzungsgeschehen zu beobachten. Gegenwärtig werden Objekte mit Hilfe moderner Technologien in…
CFP: Stedelijk Studies, Issue 12: Diaspora and Collections
The “Diaspora” has come to describe mass movements of displaced peoples, or the scattering of a people away from their geographical “origin”. Yet diasporic movements are not sequestered within the flow of people:…