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AAANZ President’s Report │December 2024

Member News

This has been a very special year for the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand as we celebrate our fiftieth anniversary. This significant milestone has provided the opportunity to reflect upon our beginnings and look to future achievements. After an auspicious beginning with funding of $7,000 from the Visual Arts Board, there were several points over the years when the Association’s fortunes floundered. In the face of dire circumstances it was the resolve, determination and commitment of past presidents, executive committees, conference organising committees and journal editorial committees that ensured AAANZ came through. Their tenacity was fuelled by an […]

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Terry Smith appointed Slade Professor 2025-26

Events, News

Terry Smith has been appointed Slade Professor of Fine Arts, University of Cambridge, 2025-2026. During Lent Term, January 27 to March 19, 2026, he will present a lecture series entitled IMAGE AS IDEA: SEEING, SHOWING, THINKING IN THE HISTORY OF ART The Slade Professorship of Fine Art at Cambridge was founded in 1869 as the result of a bequest from the art collector Felix Slade (1788-1868). At the same time, similar chairs were founded in the Universities of Oxford and London. Holders of the Chair usually deliver eight public lectures and four classes for students in the department of the […]

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Applications Open │ Australia-Japan Foundation Visiting Professor of Australian Studies 2025-26 and 2026-27

Jobs

Australia-Japan Foundation Visiting Professorship opportunity for senior HASS academics The AJF Visiting Professor of Australian Studies is intended to enhance Australia-Japan relationships via a funded, 10-month visiting position at the University of Tokyo. Applications are now open for two terms: 2025-26 and 2026-27. The International Australian Studies Association will be facilitating the Australian side of the application and interview process. More information can be found here Full Position Description is available here Please direct any enquiries to Professor Kate Darian-Smith (k.darian-smith@unimelb.edu.au), Chair of the Selection Committee on behalf of InASA, copying in InASA admin (a.szymanski@uq.edu.au). The closing date for applications […]

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Australian Volunteers Abroad │ Art Gallery Curator Mentor │Solomon Islands

Opportunity, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning

Australian Volunteers Abroad is looking for an Art Gallery Curator Mentor who can live and volunteer for 6 months in the Solomon Islands. As a volunteer, you will share knowledge and skills on acquiring, collecting and cataloging artworks as well as ensuring their overall care. To be considered for this role, you’ll need a bachelor’s degree in art history, fine arts, or a related field and have experience working in an Art Gallery ideally including digital cataloging. This assignment seeks to Identify gaps in the Art Gallery systems and processes and support the team to update them. Full details here

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AAANZ calls for Toitu te Tiriti (Honour the Treaty)

Advocacy

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand stands in solidarity with Māori people and supporters in Aotearoa to voice opposition to the New Zealand’s government controversial Treaty Principles Bill. This bill sets out to introduce changes to the Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) signed by British officials and 500 Māori chiefs on the 6 February 1840. This important founding document enshrines rangatiratanga, (Māori self-determination) ensuring Māori people have the right to govern themselves. Through the Treaty Aotearoa is recognised as a world leader in supporting Indigenous rights. The Treaty Principles Bill will undermine the Te Tiriti and […]

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WINNERS│HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2024 AWAPAS

AWAPA, Prizes

Congratulations to the winners and highly commended of the AWAPAs for 2024 BEST BOOK The AAANZ Best Book prize is a premier award of the association which sets the highest criteria in our discipline: significant and original art historical scholarship and a benchmark in academic publishing. With this in mind, the judges looked for new historical research that positioned its argument within current art historical scholarship. After careful consideration, the judges recommend that the prize not be awarded this year. Judges: Associate Professor Catherine de Lorenzo and Professor Ian McLean BEST ANTHOLOGY Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Art History, University of Melbourne The […]

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Statement of associations of humanities and social sciences academics across Aotearoa New Zealand on the disbanding of humanities and social sciences panels of Marsden Fund

Advocacy

Press release Thursday 5 December 2024 Professional associations representing fields in the humanities and social sciences across Aotearoa New Zealand are appalled and saddened at the decision announced on 4 December 2024 by the Hon. Judith Collins, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology concerning a ‘refocus’ of Marsden funding. From 2025, the panels supporting humanities and social sciences research are to be disbanded. This means that the only significant and focused government funding for wide ranging research will no longer be available to budding and established academics in these fields. All successful nations fund research in the humanities and social […]

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Call For Papers | Queries #2 | Deadline 1 January

Call for Papers

Queries #2: Call For Papers Queries is a twice-yearly online journal home to academic writing old and new, by or about Australian artists identifying as gay, lesbian or queer. Queries #1 is available for download  here Queries #2 is seeking any of the following: reviews of current exhibitions; extracts of recent postgraduate exegeses; recent essays on queer theory or art history; r eprints of old catalogue essays from the 1990s and 2000s; profiles on (or interviews with) contemporary artists. Deadline 1st January 2025  queriesjournal@gmail.com  

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2024 AAANZ Pre-Conference Online Event | Wednesday 27 November

AAANZ Conference, Events

2024 AAANZ Pre-Conference Online Event | Past, Present, Possible Futures DATE  Wed, 27 Nov, 10:15am – 4pm AEDT FREE EVENT | REGISTER HERE Event description Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (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. In advance of the main conference program, scheduled to take place at the Australian National University from Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 December, this online-only pre-conference event is intended to provide those who are unable to […]

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AAANZ 2024 conference | Registration closes Wednesday 27 November

AAANZ Conference

AAANZ 2024 CONFERENCE | PAST, PRESENT, POSSIBLE FUTURES Australian National University, Canberra, Wednesday 4 – Friday 6 December 2024 Registration closes this Wednesday 27 November, costs are $580 for non-member full rate, $410 for member full rate, and $190 concession. Registration is complimentary for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pasifika conference convenors and presenters. Registration closes Wednesday 27 November. 

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