Open Session : National Network for the Study and Promotion of Latino Canadian Art and Latin American Art in Canada

Open Session : National Network for the Study and Promotion of Latino Canadian Art and Latin American Art in Canada

This open session welcomes proposals that seek to foster and disseminate knowledge in Canada of all aspects of Latino Canadian art and Latin American art, from pre-Columbian and colonial periods to modern and contemporary art. The objective of this session is to bring together collaborators and proposals for the creation of a national network for the study and promotion of Latino Canadian art and Latin American art in Canada. We accept proposals in French and English/Nous acceptons les propositions en français et en anglais. 

Chairs / Présidentes :

Alena Robin | Western University

Analays Alvarez Hernandez| University of Ottawa

Conference regulations / Règles de participation : 

• Submissions have to be sent to the session chairs Analays Alvarez Hernandez               
<analays.alvarez@gmail.com> and Alena Robin <arobin82@uwo.ca> by May 31, 2019, at the latest.

• Submissions must include: the name and email address of the applicant;
the applicant’s institutional affiliation and rank; the paper title; an
abstract (300 words maximum); and a brief bio (150 words maximum)

• PLEASE, USE THE CALL FOR PAPERS FORM ATTACHED

• Proposals are invited from permanent and contractual faculty, independent scholars and artists, and graduate students in terminal degree programs (examples: PhD, MFA, MDes, etc.) who are engaged in the visual arts (studio practice, art history, visual culture, material culture, museum studies, art conservation, etc.). MA students are not permitted to give papers at the conference.

• Proposals may be submitted by current members or non-members of UAAC.

• Non-members must become members of UAAC and pay registration fees in
order to present a paper at the conference. Membership dues and
registration fees must be received by September 15, 2019.