<nettime-ann> CALL FOR PROPOSALS to host the 8th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology: Re:2019

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS to host the 8th International Conference on the

Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology: Re: 2019

 

The Media Art Histories Board invites applications to host the 8th

International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and

Technology.

 

The international conference series, which was inaugurated in 2005 in

Banff, Canada, has since been held in several international venues

around the globe including Berlin in 2007, Melbourne 2009, Liverpool

2011, Riga 2013, Montreal 2015 and will be held this fall in Paris. The

conference series aims to engage the growing community of scholars from

a range of disciplines including art history, contemporary art practice,

art theory, history of science, history of technology, science and

technology studies, media studies, image science, visual studies,

philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, architecture theory, sound

studies, computer science among others to develop and share new research

and scholarship in the intersecting fields of the histories of media

art, science and technology. The host of the conference in 2019 will

have the opportunity to continue to build on the impressive history of

the conference series.

　

CONFERENCE SERIES MISSION

*Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture,

the conference series on the Histories of Media Art will discuss the

history of media arts within the interdisciplinary and intercultural

contexts of the histories of the arts. Numerous individuals and

institutions collaborate to produce the international art history

conference series covering the media arts, the arts and technology,

art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to the

contemporary arts.*

 

GUIDELINES, SELECTION CRITERIA AND DEADLINES

Proposals to host the conference will include the following

information:

 

1. Proposed Dates

2. Proposed Venues (including information on number, capacity and AV

and network capabilities of spaces)

3. Rationale for hosting the conference

4. Host Local Organizing Committee

5. Relevant previous experience (e.g., committee members* experience

in hosting conferences, events, etc.)

6. Publicity Plan

7. Funding / Sponsorship plan

8. Preliminary Budget

 

Those interested in making a bid to host the conference can download

GUIDELINES here

(http://www.mediaarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MAH-conf-guidelines_2019.pdf)

 

Deadline for final submission of proposals:

March 31, 2017

MAH Advisory Boards final decision for the 2015 host:

June 31, 2017.

 

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MediaArtHistory Board (Steering Committee)

 

Sean CUBITT Goldsmiths College, University of London

Jorge LAFERLA University of Buenos Aires

Oliver GRAU Danube University

Linda HENDERSON, University of Texas, Austin

Erkki HUHTAMO University of California Los Angeles

Douglas KAHN University of New South Wales

Martin KEMP Oxford University

Timothy LENIOR Duke University

Machiko KUSAHARA Waseda University, Tokyo

Gunalan NADARAJAN University of Michigan

Paul THOMAS UNSW Sydney

　

MEDIA ART HISTORIES PLATTFORM http://www.mediaarthistory.org

 

ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART http://www.digitalartarchive.at

 

LIVERPOOL DECLARATION: http://www.mediaarthistory.org/declaration

 

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

http://www.mediaarthistory.org/pub/mediaarthistories.html

http://www.mediaarthistory.org/pub/place_studies.html

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/relive

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