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Call for Papers | DISTANCE LOOKS BACK

July 6, 2018Call for Papers

A Thematic Conference of the European Architectural History Network, held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning 10-13 July 2019 Convened by Andrew Leach and Lee Stickells Distance is both conceptual and actual. It is overcome or exploited in all manner of ways that have consequences for the history of architecture. It is fostered in the critical attitude. And collapsed when history is invoked in the present. It shapes the relationship of Europe to its Antipodes, as well as of Europe […]

Job | Professor Art History & Curatorship, Director Centre for Art History and Art Theory

June 25, 2018JobsJobs

ANU is looking for a new professorial position in Art History and Curatorship. Deadline 13th July 2018. Website: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/522451/professor-art-history-curatorship-director-centre-for-art-history-and-art-theory Classification: Academic Level E1, Salary package: $171,386 to $181,646 plus 17% Superannuation Term: Full-time, Continuing Position overview The Director will be a leading scholar with recognised expertise in Art History and Curatorship and is expected to promote excellence in research, teaching, and lead professional activities. The position will provide research leadership in the Centre and School, connect to the studio disciplines and pursue strategic engagement across the University, nationally and with international research partners, building on the Centre and School’s reputation. […]

Job | Photography Lecturer ANU School of Art & Design

June 25, 2018Jobs

Deadline: 13th July 2018 Website: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/522259/photography-lecturer-anu-school-of-art-design Classification: Academic Level B or C Salary package: B – $96,087 – $109,181 plus 17% super C – $$115,729 – $128,825 plus 17% super Term: Full-time, Continuing Position overview The position will contribute to teaching and research supervision within this dynamic institution. The ANU School of Art & Design fosters an environment to support individual and collaborative research and the position will undertake education development and delivery of coursework in the Bachelor and Master program in the Visual Arts, which are taught alongside the Design and Art History and Theory programs, as well as […]

Job | Painting Lecturer ANU School of Art & Design at ANU

June 25, 2018Jobs

Deadline: 13th July 2018 Website: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/524777/painting-lecturer-anu-school-of-art-design Classification: Academic Level B or C Salary Package: Academic Level B $96,087 to $109,181 plus 17% superannuation Academic Level C $115,729 to $128,825 plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Continuing Position overview The position will involve the coordination of Painting at the ANU School of Art & Design and contributing to teaching and research supervision within this dynamic institution. The programs taught at the ANU School of Art & Design offer a combination of engaged hands-on production and leading-edge digital practice, unique in the Australian tertiary sector. The successful candidate will contribute to the research […]

Support Art History at VUW

June 18, 2018Advocacy

Support Art History at VUW Art History at Victoria University of Wellington is under threat. As the result of a recent Change Proposal, the department is facing the imminent loss of a Senior Lecturer, along with its Administrator – with further staff cuts threatened in a year’s time. In order to maintain the collective excellence of the department we must strongly resist such cuts. Submissions are open on all aspects of this proposal. In order to make explicitly clear the vital role played by this department in the arts landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand, we encourage you to make a […]

From Melancholy to Euphoria and More: Visual Representations of Emotions in Persian Illustrated Manuscripts

June 18, 2018Events

The Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation presents: A Free Lecture by Dr Stefano Carboni, director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia: From Melancholy to Euphoria and More: Visual Representation of Emotions in Persian Illustrated Manuscripts 6pm-7pm Wednesday 27 June at the University of Melbourne The common perception about Persian miniature painting – better described as book illustration because almost invariably it has a textual, literary or oral context – is that it is elegant, colourful, rather formal in composition, and overall restrained in the way the characters are emotionally involved in a particular moment of the story. Persian […]

Queen’s Birthday Honours

June 14, 2018Member News, News

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand is delighted to report that two significant members of the art and art history community were recognised on the prestigious Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Both recipients have had an enormous and significant impact on their respective fields and the awards are an indication of the esteem in which members of the art-related professions are held in this country and internationally. Emeritus Professor Virginia Spate received the Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for eminent service to higher education, particularly to art history and theory and to the advanced […]

Update: Elam Fine Arts Library – University of Auckland

June 14, 2018Advocacy, News

I recently wrote to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland regarding the proposal to shut down their Elam Fine Arts Library. You can view my letter here: https://aaanz.info/letter-from-aaanz-on-the-elam-fine-arts-library/ The response I received from the Vice-Chancellor, Stuart McCutcheon, argued that the University’s review and restructure process “does not provide for submissions from external parties.” In my view this unsatisfactory response shows how short-sighted the University administration is, particularly given the historic and contemporary significance of the Library to the local and broader art communities. A sense of the institution’s current priorities can be gained from the significant amounts of money […]

AAANZ Conference 2018 – Call for Panels extended to COB June 25 2018

June 12, 2018AAANZ Conference

Submission Process Submit panel proposals via the google form here: https://goo.gl/forms/TijiQiVZY4M7u1fB3. Please include: name and email address of the session convenor(s); institutional affiliation; session title; a brief abstract (250 word limit) that describes the session and how it fits with the conference theme. The deadline for session proposals has been extended to COB Monday 25 June 2018. Session convenors are required to be active members of AAANZ at the time of the conference and will be asked to renew or register for membership upon acceptance of their panel proposal. Session convenors will be notified of the acceptance of their proposed session on […]

Call For Panels – AAANZ Conference 2018 – due 12 June 2018

June 4, 2018AAANZ Conference

A Message from Marnie Badham, co-convenor of the AAANZ conference for 2018: On behalf of the 2018 AAANZ conference committee, my co-convenor Professor Daniel Palmer and myself, I would like to invite you to submit a panel proposal for our upcoming conference Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art, December 5-8, at the School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. The conference will open critical dialogue on the histories of art by examining the social contexts of aesthetics and politics. Bringing together art historians, theorists, curators, critics, and artists from across the region, we will offer a four-day program of panels and papers, publication […]