The Conference Committee would like to invite proposals for papers for the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) conference to be held at RMIT University, Melbourne, 5-7 December 2018.
The call for panel sessions is now closed. The conference committee has reviewed the proposals and more than 60 were accepted, including panels with a full speaker list and artist talks. Listed in the Call for Papers are the panel sessions that are open to paper proposals. The full conference program will be available at the end of September 2018.
The deadline for paper proposals is Monday 3 September 2018.
Please see the submission instructions below and follow the links for the Call for Papers – Abstracts and Guidelines and the Participation Proposal Form.
Download and share the Call for Papers Poster.
Panel Session Format
- Conference panel sessions are each timetabled at 90 minutes; consisting of three 20 minute papers plus 10 minutes of questions, discussion, and commentary per paper (except where noted otherwise in the session abstract).
- Session Convenors will manage their designated session, prior to and during the conference, with the aim of best addressing the conference theme Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art.
Submission Guidelines
- Speakers may present only one paper.
- Speakers may also convene one panel session.
- A paper that has been published or presented previously may not be delivered at the AAANZ Conference.
- Session abstracts are sorted in provisional thematic streams to help ease of readability; however, these streams are subject to change in the final programming of the conference.
- Acceptance in a session implies a commitment to present a 20-minute paper at that session in person and payment of the conference registration fee and AAANZ membership fee. AAANZ Membership benefits and costs are detailed here: https://aaanz.info/membership/. Registration (which includes daily catering) will cost the following:
| REGISTRATION opens in mid August |
EARLY BIRD closes 30 September |
LATE REGISTRATION closes 7 December |
| CONCESSION / STUDENT / RETIREE This category is open to those with valid student ID cards, health care cards or pension cards |
$100 | $150 |
| AAANZ MEMBER Please note all speakers and convenors must be current AAANZ members at the time of the conference to be included in the conference program. You will need to provide your current AAANZ membership number if paying the member price. Your membership number is on your receipt. Please contact the AAANZ Business Manager (admin@aaanz.info) if you cannot locate your membership number. Apply for membership at http://aaanz |
$300 | $450 |
| NON-MEMBER Non AAANZ members are encouraged to join the AAANZ for the cheaper conference rate and benefits such as access to the journal, the ANZJA. |
$400 | $550 |
Proposals for participation in panel sessions are to be sent by email directly to the Session Convenor whose contact details appear with the session abstract.
Paper Submission Process
- With the exception of the Open Sessions, please do not send your proposals to AAANZ.
- The deadline for proposals to Session Convenors is Monday 3 September 2018.
- To submit a proposal please complete the Participation Proposal Form and email to the relevant Session Convenor as an attachment in Word file (.doc or .docx).
- The information required to complete the Participation Proposal Form includes:
- Name and contact details
- Session and paper titles
- Proposed paper abstract (max. 250 words)
- Bio (max. 200 words)
Convenor Review Process
- Session Convenors review proposals and notify applicant of the acceptance of their proposal by Friday 7 September 2018.
- Final date for successful applicants to accept the invitation to participate and return Speaker Agreement Form to Session Convenor is Wednesday 12 September 2018.
- Session Convenors to submit successful speakers abstracts, bios and details and Speaker Agreement Forms via google form by Monday 17 September 2018.
Contact
Please address general enquiries to the conference producer, Amy Spiers, conf@aaanz.info.
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