Call for Papers

College Art Association (CAA) 97th Annual Conference
Los Angeles, Feb. 25-28, 2009

Art and the Memory of Revolution, 1789-1939

This panel explores the relation between art, popular imagery, and the
global histories of political dissent. In particular, it sets out to
chronicle instances in which images were used to (re)write the histories
of revolution, from painting to broadsheets to early film. Contributions
are welcome that: investigate the partisan relationships between image
and event, not only as tool of revolutionary activity, but especially as
acts of the retroactive shaping of political terrain; question the
status and form of imagery during and after revolution; and/or offer
provocative new approaches to the iconic aspects of political and
national memory. While no limitations are placed on geographical
location or revolutionary event, artistic medium, "popular" or
"official" histories, an insistence on a timeframe stretching
roughly from the French, Haitian and American Revolutions to World War
II is preferred in hope of foregrounding how the period's imagination
transformed, and was transformed by, extremes of political praxis.

Please send proposals for 20-minute papers by MAY 9, 2008, to the
address below, or via email:

Andre Dombrowski, Smith College, Department of Art, Hillyer Hall,
Northampton, MA 01063, adombrowsmith.edu

Detailed information on the sessions and application procedures can be
found at:
http://conference.collegeart.org/2009/
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/CallforParticipation2009.pdf