CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Historical Prints - Fact and Fiction

November 12-13, 2010, Worcester, Massachusetts

Through the activities of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC), the American Antiquarian Society is making its visual collections better known and introducing these materials to scholars to suggest the possibilities of their use in academic research and teaching. Past conferences have examined the visual and material culture of New England to 1830; childhood as seen through text, images, and pedagogical materials; and visual culture for and of men.

CHAViC solicits proposals for its November 2010 conference to be held in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Topics might include presentations on the following:

The role of prints in the creation of historical myths

Political prints

Portraits and portrayals of public figures

Caricature in historical prints

Creation, publication, and distribution of historical imagery

Echoes of historical imagery in the twentieth century and after

Iconography/iconology of specific prints/subjects

Variations on a theme or subject

Audience for historic prints

Critical commentary and reception

Collectibility of historical prints

Public events

Military and maritime prints

Disasters

Please send a one-page proposal and a two-page résumé to gbarnhill[at]mwa.org by January 1, 2010.

Please note that AAS has short-term visiting academic research fellowships for the study of visual culture. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2010.

 

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