{"id":10672,"date":"2023-06-23T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T05:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siefar.org\/?p=10672"},"modified":"2023-06-23T06:22:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T05:22:39","slug":"challenging-empire-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancien.siefar.org\/en\/challenging-empire-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging Empire: Women, Art, and the Global Early Modern World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Venues:\u00a0The\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Alabama,\u00a0Tuscaloosa,\u00a0AL,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Birmingham\u00a0Museum\u00a0of\u00a0Art, Birmingham, AL<\/p>\n

The symposium “Challenging Empire: Women, Art, and the Global Early Modern World”, part of the project\u00a0Global Makers: Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts of Europe and Asia\u00a0<\/i>(www.globalmakers.ua.edu<\/a>), is intended to extend and expand knowledge of cultural production by and for early modern women \u2013 particularly those associated with the courts \u2013 on a global scale. While numerous conferences, symposia, and resulting publications in the past several decades\u00a0have\u00a0addressed\u00a0women\u00a0as\u00a0producers,\u00a0consumers,\u00a0and\u00a0subjects\u00a0of\u00a0European\u00a0art\u00a0during\u00a0the early modern period (c. 1400-1750), less consideration has been given to women’s roles in the courts \u2013 particularly as informed by the steadily increasing cross-cultural interactions (i.e. between Europe and Asia, the Americas, Africa, etc.) that characterized the period. This symposium aims to address this lacuna whilst simultaneously de-centering the traditional Euro- centric model of study in the analysis of women’s cultural production, presentation, and consumption surrounding courts and empires (institutions associated with ruling power). The goal is to encourage\u00a0a\u00a0more\u00a0equitable\u00a0view\u00a0of\u00a0early modern women’s experiences of and with art globally, across traditionally held national and continental boundaries.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0invite\u00a0paper\u00a0submissions\u00a0from\u00a0scholars\u00a0(including\u00a0advanced\u00a0graduate\u00a0students)\u00a0whose\u00a0work addresses topics including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0early\u00a0modern (court)\u00a0women’s\u00a0roles\u00a0in:<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0transcultural\u00a0artistic\u00a0production,\u00a0movement,\u00a0and\/or\u00a0collecting\u00a0across\u00a0geographic and\/or temporal spaces (across or between Asia, Europe, Africa, and the\u00a0Americas);<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0moments\u00a0of\u00a0cultural\u00a0exchange,\u00a0intersection,\u00a0and\/or\u00a0reciprocity.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0those\u00a0that,\u00a0in\u00a0relation\u00a0to\u00a0early\u00a0modern\u00a0women’s\u00a0roles\u00a0in\u00a0artistic\u00a0production:<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0problematize and\/or challenge long-held notions surrounding early modern gender,\u00a0“court”,\u00a0and\u00a0“empire”\u00a0as\u00a0hegemonic\u00a0and\u00a0culturally\u00a0conditioned\u00a0concepts; encourage consideration of cultural differences in the definition, production, or reception of visual and material culture;<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0address\u00a0issues\u00a0of\u00a0colonialism,\u00a0imperialism,\u00a0and\/or\u00a0patriarchy;<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0approach\u00a0concepts\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0body,\u00a0exoticism,\u00a0and\/or\u00a0gender\u00a0performance\u00a0across\u00a0cultures;<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0address\u00a0the\u00a0movement\u00a0of people,\u00a0ideas,\u00a0and\/or\u00a0objects;<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0incorporate emerging methods in the study of early modern (esp. court) women and art on a global scale (including digital humanities tools such as mapping and\/or social network analysis).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While identifying the “early modern” as the period from c.1400 to 1750, we recognize this datation as a Euro-centric, historiographic concept; therefore, we encourage papers addressing the central themes of the symposium, but with dates that may deviate slightly, especially those problematizing\u00a0epochal\u00a0differences\u00a0in\u00a0varied\u00a0geographical\u00a0and\u00a0cultural\u00a0contexts\u00a0in\u00a0Asia,\u00a0Europe, Africa, the Americas and beyond.<\/p>\n

Following the conference, a selection of papers will be chosen by the organizers for inclusion in a proposed edited volume. A limited number of travel subsidies will also be available for advanced\u00a0graduate\u00a0student\u00a0presenters.\u00a0This\u00a0symposium\u00a0is\u00a0made\u00a0possible\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0generous\u00a0support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama, and the Alabama Digital Humanities Center.<\/p>\n

To submit a proposal, please send the following by email to the symposium organizers by\u00a0Friday,\u00a0September\u00a01,\u00a02023:<\/p>\n

In\u00a0one\u00a0PDF:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Paper\u00a0title<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Paper\u00a0abstract\u00a0(250-word\u00a0maximum)<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0CV\u00a0with\u00a0your\u00a0full\u00a0name,\u00a0institutional\u00a0affiliation\u00a0(if\u00a0applicable),\u00a0title,\u00a0and email\u00a0address<\/p>\n

Dr.\u00a0Tanja\u00a0L.\u00a0Jones,\u00a0The\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Alabama,\u00a0tljones10@ua.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Doris Sung, The University of Alabama,\u00a0dhsung@ua.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Rebecca\u00a0Teague,\u00a0PhD\u00a0student,\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0California,\u00a0Riverside,\u00a0rteag001@ucr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Deadline\u00a0for\u00a0submissions:\u00a0September\u00a01,\u00a02023<\/p>\n

Acceptance\u00a0notification:\u00a0September\u00a015,\u00a02023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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