LECTURE – Kirsty Robertson, Friday November 8, from 4 – 5pm at the Curating and Public Scholarship Lab, Concordia University. “Museums are frequently sites of struggle and negotiation. They are key cultural institutions that occupy an oftentimes uncomfortable place at the crossroads of the arts, culture, various levels of government, corporate ventures, and the public. Because of this,… Continue reading Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums
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Laura Bassi Scholarship
FUNDING – The Laura Bassi Scholarship awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum. Application deadline: 25 November 2019. Results: 15 December 2019. Established by Editing Press in 2018 it aims at providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the… Continue reading Laura Bassi Scholarship
BANQ Researcher Event
FREE EVENT – Friday, November 8, 9:30 am to 12:00 am, at the BANQ. Graduate students who wish to improve their research skills, with an emphasis on digital research, can meet specialists and learn about resources at your disposition. Registration is required: forms.gle/FtnBmyyTM4J8dgYt8 More information
Speaking of Photography 2019-2020
LECTURE – Friday, November 8 at 6.30 pm in EV-1.605, Concordia University. Duncan Forbes, Getty Research Institute and 2019 Research Fellow, Canadian Photography Institute, Rethinking the Historical Subject of Street Photography: From Helen Levitt to Keizo Kitajiman. This talk investigates the “living ‘who’” of street photography, conceived in relation to others in the street and… Continue reading Speaking of Photography 2019-2020
Déployer la nature : De l’espace muséal au jardin
SYMPOSIUM – Session #3 of Hypotheses Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 5:30 pm in the Lounge of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, J.-N. Desmarais Pavilion, Level 2, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West. Léa Lanthier-Lapierre (Maîtrise, UQAM)Souvenance du Nord chez Charles Stankievech Ariel Rondeau (Maîtrise, UQAM)L’art contemporain dans les jardins du Québec : une étude comparative The discussion will be… Continue reading Déployer la nature : De l’espace muséal au jardin
Witnessing Memory: Activer l’image photographique
SYMPOSIUM – Session #2 of Hypotheses Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 5:30 pm in the Lounge of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, J.-N. Desmarais Pavilion, Level 2, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West. Philippe Depairon (Maîtrise, UdeM)Matérialité et mémoire. La pratique de Kazuma Obara en régime post-photographique Marco Meneghin (PhD, Concordia)Beyond the Picture: Film and the Remediation… Continue reading Witnessing Memory: Activer l’image photographique
Pedagogy for Graduate Students by Graduate Students
CALL FOR PAPERS Abstract proposals for an edited guide to teaching in higher education are due by Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 11:59 pm EST. Seeking the voices of graduate student instructors across America and Canada! Editors Kacie Armstrong, Lauren Genova, John Wyatt Greenlee, & Derina Samuel are now accepting essay proposals from current graduate students for… Continue reading Pedagogy for Graduate Students by Graduate Students
Write for The Artifice
CALL FOR PAPERS Online magazine The artifice is expanding and looking for writers. The project covers a wide spectrum of art forms, including Film, Anime, Comics, Literature, Games, and Arts. It is collaboratively built and maintained by the writers. The platform has an established audience of millions. Instead of recycling the same entertainment news stories… Continue reading Write for The Artifice
Indigenous Women, Embodiment and Sovereignty Symposium
On October 4th and 5th, 2019, the Musée d’art contemporain presents the 13th Max and Iris Stern International Symposium: Indigenous Women, Embodiment and Sovereignty, organized by Wanda Nanibush, Curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and Caroline Nepton Hotte, doctoral student and adjunct professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Université du Québec… Continue reading Indigenous Women, Embodiment and Sovereignty Symposium