AAANZ 2024 Conference
Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 December 2024, Australian National University, Canberra
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of AAANZ, this year’s conference will encourage participants to explore the past, present, and possible futures of art history and arts practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
The call for sessions for the 2024 AAANZ Conference ‘Past, Present, Possible Futures’ is now open.
Proposal due date: Sunday 12 May 2024 Sunday 26 May
Enquiries and questions to the conference committee conf@aaanz.info
Conference Theme | Past, Present, Possible Futures
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of AAANZ, this year’s conference will encourage participants to explore the past, present, and possible futures of art history, curating, and creative practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The 2024 AAANZ conference aims to spotlight the significance of art historical research being undertaken in our region today. We also encourage participants to reflect upon the histories of the discipline (including histories of AAANZ itself), as well as considering future challenges and possibilities for art history and creative research. Where has art history come from? Where is it today? Where is it going?
Panel participants and formats
We welcome proposals from historians of art, design & visual culture; curators; artist-researchers; and GLAM sector professionals. Proposals should clearly outline how the panel will engage with the conference themes. We particularly welcome proposals from First Nations delegates and researchers, early-career researchers, and practice-led researchers.
All panels will be allocated 90 minutes and must allow at least 30 minutes for audience questions and discussion. A standard research panel comprises three speakers, each delivering a research paper of maximum 20 minutes, along with a short introduction by the convenor(s).
Alternative panel formats are also possible, which might include roundtable discussions, performances, short talks, workshops, etc. If you are proposing an alternative format, please describe this carefully in the online application form.
We are also open to proposals for special/plenary sessions, particularly ones that focus on the history of AAANZ and/or the contributions of significant scholars in the field.
All conference participants (speakers and panel conveners) will need to be current financial AAANZ members.
What do you need to apply?
The online application form asks you to provide:
- Panel Convenor(s) (2 maximum) contact details and affiliations.
- A panel proposal (no more than 250 words) that describes the theme and topics your panel will address and a description of the panel format
- Details of any confirmed participants (if applicable)
- If you are proposing a non-standard panel, a description of the proposed format
What Happens Next?
The conference committee will aim to notify all panel proposers of the outcome of their submission in mid-May.
In late May the committee will publish all successful panel proposals. Individuals will then be invited to submit paper proposals directly to panel convenors.
Panel convenors will be required to confirm their full panel participants by early July.