MCLC: modern and postmodern arts--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Stalling, Jonathan C. <stalling at ou.edu>
Subject: modern and postmodern arts--cfp
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ASAP/6: A Symposium of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the
Present

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 27-29 June 2014
Modern and Postmodern Arts: China and the World

The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP) proudly
announces its first symposium in Asia, to be held 27-29 June 2014. ASAP is
an international, nonprofit association dedicated to discovering and
articulating the aesthetic, cultural, ethical, and political identities of
the contemporary arts.

Proposals are now being accepted for individual papers, panels, and
roundtables. The deadline for submissions is November 5, 2013. Email
submissions to ASAP6 at outlook.com.

ASAP/6: Modern and Postmodern Arts: China and the World is hosted by
Shanghai Jiao Tong University in collaboration with ASAP. The host
organizer is Professor Wang Ning of Tsinghua/Shanghai Jiao Tong
Universities.

Keynote Speakers

WJT Mitchell, Professor of English and Art History, University of Chicago.
Editor of Critical Inquiry and author of What Do Pictures Want? (2005)
among many other titles.

Liu Kang, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of China Research
Center, Duke University, and Dean of the Institute of Arts and Humanities
at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Author of eight books, including Marxism
and Aesthetics (2000/2012).

How to Apply?

To be considered for the symposium, please submit a 300-word abstract for
an individual paper. Submit a 700-word abstract for a panel of three
participants or roundtable of four participants to ASAP6 at outlook.com.
Provide email addresses and brief CV statements for each speaker. For more
information see www.artsofthepresent.org <http://www.artsofthepresent.org/>

The deadline for submissions is November 5, 2013.

Conference Theme

In celebration of ASAP’s first Asian event, our conference theme focuses
on recent artistic relations between China and the world. Although we will
happily accept outstanding proposals on any subject, you might
particularly consider such topics as:

·       Modernity, postmodernity, and contemporaneity from a global
perspective

·       Hybridity and multiplicity. What does this paradigm still have to
teach us about artistic expression and production in Asia and elsewhere?

·       From empire to globalization: the long history of transnational
culture in China

·       The Pacific Rim and the Asian diaspora; cross-cultural writers,
artists, musicians, and “creative workers”

·       The international circulation of national culture: literature,
cinema, visual arts

·       Architecture and urbanism, Asia and beyond: mega-cities,
neighborhoods, ghettos, enclaves, suburbs, exurbs, edgelands.

·       Public art and public spaces, Asia and beyond.

·       New electronic genres: Postisms, Tweets (Weibo), cellphone novels,
Flarf and more

The program committee will consider papers on these or any other topic
relating to the contemporary arts. In keeping with our mission, we are
especially interested in proposals with an international and inter-media
focus. The program committee will give preference to panels and
roundtables that feature papers by scholars and artists working in several
disciplines.


Expenses & Travel

All participants must buy their own round-trip ticket to Shanghai. If you
are accepted to speak at the symposium, Shanghai Jiao Tong University will
issue a formal letter of invitation to facilitate your visa application;
however, it is your responsibility to apply for a travel visa to China in
time to attend the symposium. Speakers’ housing and meals will, for the
duration of the symposium, be generously provided for by Shanghai Jiao
Tong University.

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Matthew Hart
English and Comparative Literature
Columbia University

Founding Co-Editor
Literature Now Book Series
Columbia University Press
http://www.cup.columbia.edu/series/229

Associate Editor
Contemporary Literature
http://www.contemporaryliterature.org/