Author Archives: Katrina Grant

Online Conference | Glass: Vision, Reflection, Imagination

November 14, 2022Conference

Glass: Vision, Reflection, Imagination International conference Date: 15 – 17 November 2022 Website and registration: https://glassvisionreflectionimagination.com/ This year – 2022 – is the United Nations International year of Glass, which has prompted events all over the world. In Australia, there have been exhibitions, festivals, and educational activities – including the upcoming online conference, GLASS: Vision, Reflection, Imagination, co-convened by the Australian Institute for Art History at the University of Melbourne and GLAAS Inc at Melbourne Polytechnic, Prahran. Bringing together over 40 artists, academics and museum professionals from across Australasia and South-East Asia (Region 16 of IYOG2022), this online conference explores and challenges our […]

Power Institute Public Programs 2022 now launched

March 18, 2022Events

Registration is now open for the Power Institute Public Programs 2022 The Power Institute is delighted to launch our public programs schedule for 2022. Registration for all our talks, lectures and roundtables is now open! Our program this year is divided into three discrete series, and our speakers include MCKENZIE WARK on queer raves, THY PHU on socialist futurity in Vietnam, LISA NAKAMURA on the new metaverse and women of colour, TINA CAMPT, CHRISTOPHER PINNEY and many others. We also have a new series, “Ways of Being”, that will delve into the knowledge systems of four different Aboriginal communities. All […]

Winners of the 2021 AWAPAs announced

December 10, 2021AWAPA

Congratulations to the winners and highly commended of the AWAPAs for 2021. A page with details of all the nominees and the judges comments on the winners will be posted soon. Winners and Highly Commended BEST ANTHOLOGY $500 sponsored by the Australian Institute of Art History, University of Melbourne Judges Associate Professor Robert Gaston and Dr Sheridan Palmer Highly Commended She Persists: Perspective on Women in Art & Design, Annika Aitken, Isobel Crombie, Megan Patty, Maria Quirk and Myles Russell-Cook (eds.) 2021 Best Anthology The Australian Art Field: Practices, Policies, Institutions, Tony Bennett, Deborah Stevenson, Fred Myers, Tamara Winikoff (eds.) […]

Job | Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney

December 8, 2021Jobs

Full time, continuing position, located at Camperdown Campus Join a dynamic team of scholars committed to Film Studies and contribute to the advancement of new areas of research and teaching Base Salary $110,856 – $131,639 + 17% superannuation About the opportunity The Film Studies Program in the Department of Art History is seeking a Lecturer in Film Studies who specialises in Asian Cinema to join its dynamic and diverse team. Expertise may include one or more national and transnational cinemas, whether focused on contemporary cinemas or film histories, or its various scholarly subfields such as global cinema studies, auteur cinema […]

Job | Senior Curator The University of Queensland

November 22, 2021Jobs

UQ Art Museum HEW 8 Fixed-term position until January 2024 Applications Close 10th January 2022 (R-01022) More information: https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcareers/job/St-Lucia-Campus/Senior-Curator_R-01022-1 More than a senior curator, this role will be involved across the program design, stimulating institutional debate, and contributing to teaching and learning. This newly created role will be an important contributor to our evolution as a cultural institution, and is well-aligned to key priorities from the UQ Reconciliation Action Plan, including: embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curriculum and inclusive teaching practices in programs; developing UQ’s research systems to ensure ethical and culturally appropriate research and engagement with Aboriginal and […]

Website for AAANZ 2021 ‘IMPACT’ now live

November 8, 2021AAANZ ConferenceConference

AAANZ21 Website Now Live! We’re pleased to announce that the website for the AAANZ’s first ever fully online conference is now ready for you to explore! This website contains the full conference program, including session times, and all speaker paper abstracts and bios. On the days of the conference, 8-10 December, this site will also be where those who have registered can access all the conference’s live Zoom panels, keynotes and other events. If you haven’t yet registered, you can do so here. If you have, we encourage you to have a browse, and start planning your own path through our rich […]

Deadlines extended – AIAH fellowships and Research in Focus Prize

November 5, 2021Funding, Prizes

Due to the ongoing challenges of 2021, we have extended the deadlines for the AIAH Art History Research Grants and the Research in Focus Prize. The AIAH Art History Research Grants are now due Thursday 11 November More information: https://aaanz.info/aiah-art-history-research-grants-2021/ Entries for the Research in Focus Prize are now due Thursday 18 November More information: https://aaanz.info/prizes/research-in-focus-prize-2021/

New Emerging Scholars Program: The Necessity of Australian Art History Now

October 22, 2021News

As part of the 2021 AAANZ Conference, IMPACT, we are pleased to announce a new and exciting research intensive for postgraduate and early career scholars working in the field of Australian art history. Participants will have the opportunity to receive focused feedback on their own work from an invited audience comprised of their fellow workshop participants, alongside a panel of esteemed leaders in the field of Australian art history: Ann Stephen (co-author of The Necessity of Australian Art), Ian McLean and Greg Lehman. Applications close on 7 November. For more information and to apply: https://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2021-conference-impact/Emerging-Scholars-Program/

Grounded in Place: Dialogues Between First Nations Artists from Australia, Taiwan and Aotearoa

October 5, 2021News

Register here 7-9 October 2021 This online symposium is a conversation between 15 First Nations artists, curators, and filmmakers, along with non-Indigenous scholars and museum professionals from Australia, Taiwan, Aotearoa, and the Philippines. It offers a space where First Nations creative practitioners who have not met, can gather, share ideas and insights, and develop connections. We hope these conversations will inspire new ideas and generate opportunities for future dialogue and exchange. This sharing of knowledge will also help build networks and foster cultural understanding and cooperation between our countries. The theme explores our relationship to the “land” from the standpoint […]

Entries now open for the 2021 Research in Focus Prize for PhDs and ECRs

September 23, 2021PrizesResearch in Focus

The AAANZ is pleased to offer an opportunity for current and recently-completed PhD students to share their research and to be considered for the $1000 prize supported by Taylor and Francis. This prize ran in 2020 and the winner and shortlist can be viewed here: Research in Focus Winner and Highly Commended 2020 The prize will be announced along with the AWAPAs in December 2021. About the Prize Would you like the opportunity to reach fellow researchers in art history, curatorship and art practice? Want to present your exciting research in a timely fashion and raise your profile? Due to […]