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Other Conferences Savannah College of Art and Design's Third Biennial Art History Symposium The goal of this symposium is to encourage representation by a variety of media and scholarship regarding cultural and geographical areas in Africa and the African Diaspora. Further details, registration, and hotel information are on this site: e-mail: arthsymposium@scad.edu Symposium Co-Chairs: Jane W. Rehl, Ph.D. and Andrew M. Nedd, Ph.D., Art History, SCAD Symposium Adviser: Laurie Ann Farrell, Executive Director, Exhibitions, SCAD Keynote Address: Independent curator and internationally renowned art critic, lecturer, novelist and essayist Simon Njami will deliver the keynote address Friday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m., at SCAD's Arnold Hall, 1810 Bull St. This talk is free and open to the public. Njami has served as artistic director of the Bamako photography biennale since 2001, and he was co-curator of the first African pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. He has curated numerous exhibitions of African art and photography, including Africa Remix and the first African Art Fair, held in Johannesburg in 2008 Special Exhibitions of Contemporary African Art are planned for four SCAD galleries and the Artistsí Panel, Session VI of the symposium on February 27th will include among others: Youssef Nabil, Thomas Barry, Cedric Nunn, and Penny Siopis.
Art and Social Justice / ‘the Art of Social Justice’ Call for Papers (Download complete CFP here) Durban University of Technology (www.dut.ac.za and Art for Humanity www.afh.org.za invite you to a three day international conference on Art and Social Justice Conference Dates: 21 – 24 March 2010 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 Oct 2009 Please submit abstracts of no more than 300-400 words on line at asjconference@dut.ac.za using ‘Art and Social Justice Conference, abstract submission’ as a subject headline. All conference details can be obtained from; http://asjconference.dut.ac.za/default.aspx
Bamako Symposium on the Arts: A call is made to arts professionals, researchers and interested others for contributions addressing one or more of the symposium strands: Arts Education Practice, Studio Practice, Curatorial/Museum/Community Arts Practice, Arts History/Criticism, Arts Administration/Management/Marketing Practice, and Open Session. The symposium entails paper presentations and practical activities such as workshops sessions, mini-projects, and artistic interventions that would result to an exhibition or public performance. With the practical acts and theoretical presentations we aim to promote critical dialogues on the best practices around the world on how the arts as resource feed civilizations in hope that we will generate new initiatives to boost human capital development in Mali in the 21st century. Thus, the symposium asks: How are the arts worldwide feeding civilizations? What are the implications for tapping the abundant local resources in Mali in the 21st century? The symposium reckons a major issue is sustainability. Through the years, many developmental initiatives have continued to emerged, but failed to roll out in and be sustained. Interestingly, the symposium coincides with the celebration of the fifty year of independence of Mali. Complete call for papers (pdf) Kwame Nkrumah International Conference • deadline extended! From Colonization to Globalization: The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa's Future AUGUST 19th, 20th & 21st, 2010 Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, BC, Canada New Deadline for Abstracts: March 15th, 2010 Kwantlen Polytechnic University invites you to participate in the Kwame Nkrumah International Conference: August 19-21, 2010 at its beautiful Richmond campus in British Columbia, Canada. The Conference will commemorate the centenary of the birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Africa's Man of the Millennium, and bring scholars and students from Canada and from around the world to share research and ideas on Africa's place in the global community, and to discuss the life, achievements and shortcomings of Africa's foremost Pan-Africanist. Molefi Kete Asante, one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars and author of 68 books will provide a keynote address in celebration of the conference with other scholars of talent in the context of Pan Africanism, post/neo-colonialism and globalization via a cross-disciplinary, multi-centric, and international perspective. For more information on the conference and to submit a proposal, go to: www.kwantlen.ca/knic Call for Papers: pdf in English Call for Papers: pdf en Français
International Conference Aid Transparency, The Association of Ancient Manuscripts Holders in Timbuktu and The Ford Foundation will hold an International Conference on the Preservation of Ancient Manuscripts in Africa in Addis Ababa (17-19 December 2010). Deadline for abstract submission is 30 October 2009. Draft documents announcing the Conference and Concept Paper are linked below. Kindly circulate them amongst other colleagues and/or post them. Documents: English Documents: Documents Français: |
