Anglo-American: Artistic Exchange between Britain and the USA
University of York, 23-25 July 2009

This three-day international conference will explore the significance of
Anglo-American cultural relations for the visual arts produced in
Britain and the United States since 1776, and will be the first
systematic attempt to consider the implications of a highly charged
relationship for the histories of both British and American art. It aims
to identify the important issues at the heart of the concept of
'Anglo-American' art and investigate the very idea of artistic
'exchange' across different cultures. At a moment when the utility of
national schools as an organising principle is being increasingly held
up to scrutiny in the scholarship on both American and British art, a
systematic examination of the detail of this often volatile relationship
and of the interests that have sought to define it is important and
timely.

The conference will be held at the University of York, UK, from 23-25
July 2009 in the historic King's Manor in the centre of York. Speakers,
including Wanda Corn (Stanford), Jennifer Greenhill (Illinois), Michael
Hatt (Warwick), David Lubin (Wake Forest), Alexander Nemerov (Yale),
Jennifer Roberts (Harvard), Cécile Whiting (California, Irvine), and Jo
Applin, David Peters Corbett and Sarah Monks (York).

For further details, including booking and payment information please
see the conference website:

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/histart/angloamerican.html

Please note that the number of spaces on this conference is limited and
we recommend you book as soon as possible.

David Peters Corbett
Sarah Monks
Philip Kerrigan
Organisers