International Symposium 27–28 October 2017
School of History of Art, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
In Collaboration With Art In Translation Journal and The Taiwan Academy
This symposium plans to open up the discussion in art of the Post-China era in relation to both the historical and contemporary contexts of changing geo-political and cultural identities of Asian locales - Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea in particular, and the relationship of these issues to visual production. In doing so we are patently interested in accounts that connect with the hybridity of artistic creation, critical conversations across boarders and postcolonial theory to critique – and reposition beyond – the use of visuality and cultural translations developed in the regions under Chinese-influence in a global context (including its autonomous regions and Asian counterparts). We strive to understand how Asian art history, aesthetics and practices conform, translate, defy and synthesize as they demarcate what it designates to be modern and contemporary in specific milieus.
This symposium invites contributions researching around arts from Asia between 1900 to the present. We are particularly interested in fresh and ongoing research and would like to invite international scholars, curators, artists and final year PhD. researchers to participate.
Papers will be considered for peer-reviewed publication, to be featured in Art and Translation (http://www.artintranslation.org) as a special issue in December 2018.
Possible Topics Include, But Are Not Limited To:
Art and Cultural Translation Across Taiwan/Hong Kong/ Korea/Japan/China
Synthesis, Legitimization and Hybridity
Rebuilding National Narrative through Visual Art
Geo-Identities of Trans-national Art
Sovereignty and Invisibility
Rethinking Landscape and Cultural Ambience
Local Colours in Global Context
Alternative Art Historiographies
Submission Guidelines
Material submitted must be in English. Please submit the following by Tuesday 30 May 2017 to [log in to unmask] (use the subject line: Art and Translation Symposium):
1. An abstract of up to 500 words
2. An one-page curriculum vitae with e-mail, postal contact information and any institutional affiliations
Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered. Any queries please contact Dr. Chia-Ling Yang ([log in to unmask]) or Dr. Li-Heng Hsu ([log in to unmask]). Papers will be selected by the organising committee, and notification of acceptance will be made via email by 20 June 2017. Invited full papers should be completed by 30 June 2018, to be featured in Art and Translation (special issue December 2018).
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