2011)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America

Montreal, Quebec Canada

24-26 March, 2011

The Netherlands and Global Visual Culture, 1400-1700

Much of the art and visual culture of the early modern period was
produced and circulated in a context of cross-cultural encounters
and exchanges. This session explores a recent turn in art
historical scholarship to consider Netherlandish visual and
material culture within the framework of globalization. How can
globalization, a theory of the present, prompt us to reassess the
past and rethink familiar theoretical frameworks? We seek papers
that ask questions prompted by situating early modern Netherlandish
visual culture in its diverse material, geographical, and
historical configurations.

This session is sponsored by the Historians of Netherlandish Art,
and HNA members are especially encouraged to apply. Successful
applicants must be members of the Renaissance Society of America
to attend the conference, and are responsible for their own costs
of travel and participation.

Proposals (paper title and an abstract of 250 words) and a short
CV with complete contact information, academic affiliation and
professional level should be submitted by May 1, 2010 to the
session co-chairs:

Angela Vanhaelen: angela.vanhaelenmcgill.ca

Thomas D Kaufmann: kaufmannPrinceton.EDU