Call for Papers -- CAA 2015

CAA 103rd Annual Conference, New York, New York, February 11-14, 2015
Deadline: May 9, 2014

Call for Papers:

Reconsidering Art and Politics: Toward New Narratives of Russian and
Eastern European Art

Session sponsored by the Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian,
and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA)

Panel co-chairs: Galina Mardilovich, independent scholar; and Maria
Taroutina, Yale-NUS College

>From Ivan III's Russo-Byzantine "Renaissance" to Stalin's Socialist Realism
and the Pussy Riot performances, much of Russian, Eastern European, and
Soviet art history has been narrated in relation to various institutions of
power. This relationship has often been reduced to one of binary
opposition: perceived complicity on the one hand, and militant defiance on
the other. We invite papers that challenge these interpretations and
highlight the complexity of artistic responses produced at the nexus of
aesthetics and politics. Did propagandistic or ideological art possess
important subversive qualities? Conversely, did ostensibly apolitical art
engage with contemporary politics, imperialist ambitions, or questions of
nationalism and religion? Were the divisions between official and
unofficial art more fluid than currently understood? And last, can a
reevaluation of these distinct categories generate new methodologies and
narratives of Russian and Eastern European art?

Please send paper title, abstract (300-500 words), curriculum vitae and
letter of interest to both Galina Mardilovich ([email protected])
and Maria Taroutina ([email protected]) by May 9, 2014.

Please note that potential candidates need not be members of CAA or SHERA
in order to submit their abstracts; however, if accepted, they will need to
join both by the time of the conference.

www.shera-art.org The Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and
Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA) is an association of academics,
librarians, museum workers, independent scholars, students, and other
individuals who share an interest in the art and visual culture of Russia,
the nations of the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe. The
Society seeks to improve research circumstances for scholars, connect
members to necessary resources, provide a forum for ongoing conversations
on areas of mutual interest, and foster contacts among members. SHERA runs
a website, electronic listserv, and Facebook page, and organizes sessions
at scholarly conferences such as CAA and ASEEES.


Maria Taroutina
Assistant Professor of Art History
Yale-NUS College, #07-11B
Singapore, 138614
Tel: + 65 6601 3421
[email protected]

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