Call for Proposals:

Panel Title: International Exhibitions in East Asia

at 2009 CAA conference, Los Angeles, California, February 25-28, 2009

organizers:
Meiqin Wang, Assistant Professor
California State University Northridge, Department of Art, 18111 Nordhoff
Street, Northridge, CA, 91330-8300, email: mwangcsun.edu.

Inhye Kang, Ph D Candidate
668 Rue de Gaspe, #318
Montreal, QC, Canada
H3E 1H9

The phenomenon of international exhibitions can be traced back to the
nineteenth century when they were initiated to support imperialist and
nationalist cultures. Since the late twentieth century, however,
globalization has contributed to the birth of a number of new international
exhibitions in East Asia. Taking the formats of biennial or triennial, these
lately emerged international exhibitions are reconfiguring the relations
between East/West, Asian/Global, and Self/Other. From the perspective of
globalization and nationalism, this session concerns these exhibitions within
their individual political, cultural, and historical frameworks and in the
meantime calls for theoretical, historical and even psychoanalytic
investigations of them. We will ask: How is the idea of nation articulated or
re-defined through international exhibitions? How do these international
exhibitions mobilize new artistic expressions and cultural identities? How do
they transform the art scene of the Asian world?

Proposals should be sent by May 9, 2008, to:

Meiqin Wang, Assistant Professor
California State University Northridge, Department of Art, 18111 Nordhoff
Street, Northridge, CA, 91330-8300, email: mwangcsun.edu. [NOTE : email
submissions are preferred]

Please see the CAA\'s \"Call for Participation\"
(http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/CallforParticipation2009.pdf)
for eligibility and submission guidelines.

Detailed information on all the 120 Sessions on Art History at the
CAA 2009 and their respective call for papers can be found at:
http://conference.collegeart.org/2009/
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/CallforParticipation2008.pdf

Deadline for CFPs of all sessions is May 9, 2008.