CALL FOR PAPERS
The RFGVC Seminar Series aims to present new, interdisciplinary research on German visual culture, broadly speaking, from the late nineteenth century to the present day. This includes visual culture from German-speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) as well as the presence, reception of, and interaction with German art across the globe. We also welcome decolonising approaches to German art, especially with respect to the problematic idea of ‘primitivism’ and the response of artists to colonised territories. While the focus of the series is on modern and contemporary visual culture and modernist arts more generally, we also welcome topics that cover earlier periods if connections to modernism are articulated, for instance, through reception theory or medieval revivalism.

We aim to host one seminar per month (January to June, on Wednesdays, 5–6PM London time), which will include two papers per session, lasting fifteen to twenty minutes each, with extra time at the end for Q&A from the audience. Seminars will be held over Zoom. We particularly welcome submissions from MA students, PhD candidates, and early career researchers who wish to share their latest research in a supportive and informal environment.

We are now accepting 250-word proposal submissions. Please email your submission and a short biography (max. 100 words) to GermanVisualCulturegmail.com by 8th December 2023.

ABOUT RFGVC
Research Forum for German Visual Culture (RFGVC) was launched in February 2011 at the Talbot Rice Gallery by Professor Christian Weikop, University of Edinburgh. Prof. Weikop’s series for Peter Lang on German Visual Culture forms the publication channel for RFGVC. The seminar series is convened by Anne Grasselli (University of Edinburgh) and Alyson Lai (University of York). For more information, please visit our Twitter @ForumGerman or email us at GermanVisualCulturegmail.com.