[apologies for the repost - please mind the corrected contact address]

CFP: Sexuality and Gender: Shifting identities in Early Modern Europe
(CAA, February 9-12, 2011)

CALL FOR PAPERS

CAA 99th Annual Conference
New York, US
February 9-12, 2011

Deadline: May 3, 2010

Sexuality and Gender: Shifting identities in Early Modern Europe

This session considers problems of sexuality, gender, and
historiography with relation to art in Early Modern Europe during the
period 1400-1700. While desire and sexuality have often been
overlooked by art historians, the very preoccupation with sexuality in
the visual culture of Early Modern Europe betrays a shift in the
perceptions of gender identity. We invite papers that unmask the
ideology of representation of sexuality/homosexuality by clarifying
the notion of gender. Our panel explores specific works, artists,
contexts, where sexuality has been overseen, as well as the attitude
of modern art historians towards artists, art works, or a particular
period. Methodological approaches related to psychoanalysis and
gender studies would be particularly suited to our aim of
deconstructing our current view of early modern sexuality and provide
a richer understanding of its changing appearances.

Please send an abstract of one to two double-spaced pages; CV with
office and home mail addresses, email address and phone and fax
numbers; letter explaining speaker's interest, expertise in the topic,
and CAA membership status, by email to:

Dr. Angeliki Pollali
e-mail: apollaliacg.edu
DEREE-The American College of Greece

Dr. Berthold Hub
e-mail: berthold.hubunivie.ac.at
UNIVERSITAT WIEN

Deadline: May 3, 2010

For more information on the conference, see:
www.collegeart.org/pdf/2011callforparticipation.pdf