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Art, Politics, and Social Justice in Times of Crisis (online, 22-23 Apr 21)
online / University of Memphis, TN, USA, Apr 22–23, 2021 Rebecca Howard
The Art History Program at the University of Memphis is pleased to be hosting its 1st biennial Art History Graduate Studies Symposium from April 22-23, 2021.
This year’s symposium examines the role of art in addressing issues related to politics and social justice in times of crisis in the global world from antiquity to the present day. Panels will focus on themes concerning: Protest and activism; inequities of class, race, gender, and sexuality; and colo- nialist histories. This symposium will highlight the emerging scholarship of art history graduate students across the globe. In addition, we will have a keynote lecture by African American Studies scholar, Dr. Grace D. Gipson, on April 22nd. The symposium will conclude with a roundtable dis- cussion by scholars in the fields of arts and social justice on April 23rd. Please note that all sym- posium events are listed in U.S. Central Time.
All conference events are free and open to the public, but require registration to obtain the Zoom link. Please visit the website to register: https://www.umarthistorysymposium.com/
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PROGRAM
(All times are in U.S. Central Time) THURSDAY, April 22
Keynote Address (7:00-8:00 p.m.)
Grace D. Gipson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Art of Storytelling: Black Imaginings of Trauma, Politics and Pop Culture
FRIDAY, April 23
PANEL 1: The Art of Protest and Activism (9:00 – 10:15 a.m.) Chair: Emily Coats
- Ewelina Chwiejda, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris
The challenge of unconditional hospitality: Socially-engaged artists responding to the "European refugee crisis"
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- Margaux Van Uytvanck, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Follow the money. Artists fighting for a more ethical art world - Eduardo De Maio, University of York
"Not Art for Art's sake, but art for the people": the impact of British social(ist) culture on Italian art at the turn of the twentieth century (1890-1914)
PANEL 2: Representations of Race in Art (10:30 – 11:45 a.m.) Chair: Bethany Jensen
- Marco Gabbas, Milan State University
Violence and Racial Pride in the Art of Emory Douglas - Joette James, Lindenwood University
Ku Klux Klan Imagery in the Art of Norman Lewis and Philip Guston: Meaning in Context - Blake Oetting, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts
Black Girl's Window and Los Angeles: A Spatial Entanglement
Break (11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
PANEL 3: Representations of Gender in Art (1:00 – 2:15 p.m.) Chair: Chandler Tait
Aline Hernández, Utrecht University
Images that Leap in the Dark. Feminicide Photography and Necropolitics of Gender in Contempo- rary Mexico.
Danielle Paswaters, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Abjecting Intersectionality: The Early Interdisciplinary Work of Ana Mendieta and Senga Nengudi Michelle Fikrig, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
A Black Feminine Lens: Nydia Blas's use of family photographs
PANEL 4: Countering Colonialist and Capitalist Histories (2:30 – 3:45 p.m.) Chair: Neecole Gregory
- Louise Yu-jui Yang, University of York
The Aestheticized Other in Cultural Assimilation: Images of Aborigine Under the Desire of the Untamed
- Jana Hallford, Lindenwood University
How Did Plains Culture Become the Default Image of First Nations Culture?
- Avery Glassman, University of Colorado Boulder
Alternative Ecologies: Social Practice Art and Rural America PANEL 5: The Museum Space in Times of Crisis (4:00 – 5:15 p.m.) Chair: Adriana Dunn
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- Anaïs Clara, University of Toulouse II Jean Jaurès
Remains and Restitutions: Human Bones and Cultural Objects in Ethnographic Museums in Europe
- Emma Ahmad, University of North Texas
Consuming Arab Art: Contextualizing Saloua Raouda Choucair's Retrospective at the Tate Modern - Philana Li, University of Texas, Austin
What does it mean to be Asian American? What is Asian American Art?
Break (5:15 – 6:00 p.m.) ROUNTABLE (6:00 – 7:30 p.m.)
Moderator: Earnestine Jenkins, Ph.D., Professor of Art History, Department of Art, University of Memphis
Michael Perez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis Derefe Chevannes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Mem- phis
Chantal Drake, M.A., Director of Development and Communications, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
Jody Stokes-Casey, Ph.D. Candidate, Art Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Reference:
CONF: Art, Politics, and Social Justice in Times of Crisis (online, 22-23 Apr 21). In: ArtHist.net, Apr 13, 2021 (accessed Feb 27, 2022), <https://arthist.net/archive/33818>.
