Apologies for crossposting; please could you circulate this to anyone
in your institutions/networks whom you think may be interested? thank
you.
Registration is now open for the following -
A Symposium Hosted by the University of Glasgow Graduate School of
Arts and Humanities
23-24 September 2008
In conjunction with an art exhibition at Glasgow University Memorial
Chapel celebrating the 100th birthday of Glasgow Jewish artist Hannah
Frank, the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities and the Department
of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow will
host a two-day symposium on art, religion, and identity. Questions
about the role of identity in art abound, and these questions only
increase when the artist is associated with a particular social group,
be it religious, gendered, or ethnic, through their own
self-presentation or the efforts of outside scholars or critics. To
what extent does association with a social group influence the
production of art? To what extent does an awareness of such
associations influence the viewer's experience of art?
Keynote Speakers
Professor Melissa Raphael-Levine (University of Gloucestershire): 'Can
Seeing a Jewish Woman's Face be Like Seeing the
Face of God?: The Impossibility of the Female Jewish Sublime in 20th
Century Jewish Art'
Professor Shulamit Reinharz (Brandeis University): 'A Century of
Jewish Women Artists: Patterns and Products'
Professor Laura Levitt (Temple University): 'Seeing Jewish: An American
Jewish Feminist Perspective'
Special Plenary Lecture
Dr Richard Holloway
Chair of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. Former Bishop
of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. "Creative Disloyalty".
A reception will be held in the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood,
Edinburgh, on the evening of 23 September in honour of Hannah Frank.
This event will be open to conference delegates and transport from
Glasgow is available.
Registration is open now and costs £30 - download the programme and
registation form at http://hannahfrank.org.uk/pages/papers.htm
For more information, please contact the Conference Team at
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This event is supported by the Ben Uri Gallery: The London Jewish Museum of Art.
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Fiona Frank
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www.hannahfrank.org.uk
(the website of my artist aunt who studied at the Glasgow School of
Art in the 1920s and has a centenary exhibition at Glasgow University
which opened on her 100th birthday, 23rd August 2008, and runs to 11th
October)
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