Fwd: Reminder for SHERA's 2.5 hour session at CAA

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From: Alison Hilton <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, May 1, 2015 at 3:21 PM
Subject: Reminder for SHERA's 2.5 hour session at CAA
To: [email protected], Tamara Jhashi <[email protected]>


Dear Colleagues,

Please consider sending a paper proposal for the SHERA session at CAA
(February 3-6, 2016 in Washington, DC).  The deadline is May 8, and there
is room for additional submissions.  I have copied the call for papers
below, and I would like to add that the session is framed broadly so that
we can explore a variety of situations in which regional and local artistic
identities develop within our multi-national region.  Do not hesitate to
contact me if you have any questions about a potential topic.

Alison Hilton



Exploring Native Traditions in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia


Alison Hilton, Georgetown University. Email [email protected]

A cultural crossroads throughout history, this region and its arts
assimilated and reacted to a succession of invading and dominating cultures
from Greek, Roman, and Byzantine to Mongol, Ottoman, and Soviet.
Interactions between local traditions and external artistic sources varied
greatly with time, place, and social circumstances. Within a broad
historical and geographical framework, the session seeks to balance the
significance of international contacts, including professional training in
urban centers, and the experiences of artists who worked primarily in their
native regions.   Artists expressed regional identities through distinctive
themes and motifs in every art form; some made use of traditional
techniques and designs, or represented provincial spaces, distinct
ethnicities and social customs.  Papers may focus on individual artists or
on broader institutional contexts that affected evolving concepts of
regionalism and nationalism. The discussions might also address
contemporary tensions surrounding regional and national identity.

-- 
Dr. Alison Hilton
Wright Family Professor of Art History
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20057
(202) 687-6940



-- 
Tamara Jhashi, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Provost
Associate Professor of Art History
Oakland University
Rochester, MI  48309
248.370.3102
248.821.4766

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