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‘Unruly Objects’ AAANZ Conference program available

AAANZ Conference

AAANZ 2025 Conference ‘Unruly Objects’, December 3-5th  We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to this year’s conference is hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies.The theme unruly objects looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | REGISTRATIONS CLOSE Wednesday 26 November

AAANZ Conference

2025 AAANZ CONFERENCE: UNRULY OBJECT | REGISTRATION Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth Hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies. The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION EXTENDED Sunday 2 November

AAANZ Conference

2025 AAANZ CONFERENCE: UNRULY OBJECT | EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION EXTENDED Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth Hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies. The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES Sunday 26 October

AAANZ Conference

2025 AAANZ CONFERENCE: UNRULY OBJECT | REGISTRATION Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth Hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies. The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or […]

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AAANZ 2025 CONFERENCE: UNRULY OBJECTS | ANNOUNCEMENT OF KEYNOTES

AAANZ Conference

The AAANZ 2025 conference committee are delighted to announce internationally and nationally acclaimed keynotes. Ken Arnold is Director of Medical Museion and Professor in the Department of Public Health at University of Copenhagen (also part of CBMR). This world-class university museum combines innovative public exhibitions and events with adventurous and collaborative research in medical humanities. Until 2022, he was also Head of Cultural Partnerships at Wellcome – the London-based charitable foundation focused on health research. Earlier, he helped lead the establishment of Wellcome Collection and directed its first decade of programming. He regularly writes and speaks on museums – today […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference: Unruly Objects | REGISTRATION and BURSARIES

AAANZ Conference

2025 AAANZ CONFERENCE: UNRULY OBJECT | REGISTRATION and BURSARIES Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth Hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies. The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or […]

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AAANZ 2025 conference: Unruly Objects | Early bird registration open

AAANZ Conference

2025 AAANZ CONFERENCE | UNRULY OBJECTS Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth Hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies. The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference | Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pasifika registration

AAANZ Conference

2025 AAANZ CONFERENCE | UNRULY OBJECTS Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth Hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies. The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference | Low income bursary | Applications close 13 October

AAANZ Conference

2025 AAANZ CONFERENCE | UNRULY OBJECTS Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth Hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies. The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming […]

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AAANZ 2025 Conference | First Nations Open Panel | Submissions due Friday 3 October

AAANZ Conference, Call for Panels, Call for Papers

Unruly Art in the Colony – Sovereign Art Histories: First Nations Open Panel Jess, one of the conference organizers for this years conference, themed Unruly Objects, at the University of Western Australia on Whadjuk Noongar boodja invites First Nations friends to particpate in an open panel for the conference Unruly Art in the Colony – Sovereign Art Histories. As a Palyku woman and Indigenous Studies academic, Jess would love for this edition to create a real space for First Nations art histories and stories, welcoming feedback and ideas from First Nations friends anytime. Jess can be reached on email  jessyca.hutchens@uwa.edu.au or phone 0476 591 […]

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