12-13 January 2018, Birmingham (Ikon Gallery and Barber Institute)
Keynotes: Pamela Fletcher (Bowdoin) and Tapati Guha-Thakurta (Centre for the Study of Social Science, Calcutta)
Registration is now open for this 2-day conference exploring visual art and its nineteenth-century mobility. To register, and for the full programme, please visit: https://artonthemove19.wordpress.com/
Postgraduate funding opportunity:
Publishers Taylor and Francis have generously offered a Bursary for a postgraduate student (currently enrolled in MA or PhD courses anywhere in the world) to attend the conference. The Bursary is offered in memory of Helene Roberts (1925–2008), former editor of the journal Visual Resources. All conference expenses to the Bursary holder will be waived and they will receive a contribution of £150 for their travel and accommodation. In addition, the Bursary holder will have the opportunity to write a 500-1,000 words conference report for Visual Resources.
If you are interested in applying to the Helene Roberts Bursary, please write to the conference’s email address (artonthemove19@gmail.com) by Monday 18th December 2017, with the subject heading “Helene Roberts Bursary”, and a 250 word statement on how the conference intersects with your research interests.
Please contact the conference organisers, Barbara Pezzini and Kate Nichols, artonthemove19@gmail.com for any further information.