Invitation - "Afternoons at the Institute" Settler Art History in a Postcolonial Context

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A Series of Conversations at Concordia University

This inaugural event, Settler Art History in a Postcolonial Context on Oct. 3, explores a new branch of postcolonial studies: settler art history.

People of European descent and their descendants who have established themselves outside their native land are the settler artists of their new homeland. Current perspectives on art history, such as postcolonial theory, do not account for the specific patterns of colonization and nation building that distinguish settler nations. How then to account for the complexity of the dual cultural heritage of these societies? An emerging approach, "settler art history" tries to fill this gap. This conversation is an introduction to the theoretical and methodological issues that are at stake. How should the settler's perspective be integrated to the history of art? What theoretical constructs should be deployed? Methodologically, ethically, how can this study be conducted in art history? Are these national or a global questions?

The speakers are Dr. Damian Skinner, Newton International Fellow at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, and Dr. Anne Whitelaw, associate professor of Canadian art Concordia University in Montreal. The session will be moderated by Dr. Tammer El-Sheikh.

The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art is proud to be hosting a series of conversations entitled Afternoons at the Institute. Bringing established and emerging scholars together, the series focusses on pressing questions and current issues in the research and writing of art histories.

Additional information

Thursday, October 3rd at 4:00-5:00pm

Conversations are held in EV-3.719, in the Institute's offices
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex, (3rd floor)
1515 Ste-Catherine Street West in Montreal
Metro Guy-Concordia

Conversations are free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact the series coordinator, Jarislowsky Foundation Doctoral Fellow, Samuel Gaudreau-Lalande.
Telephone: (514) 848-2424, ext. 4713

The series has been made possible by a generous donation from the Jarislowsky Foundation, with additional support from the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Art History of Concordia University, Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal and Université Laval.

Version française

Un cycle de conversations à l'Université Concordia

L'Institut de recherche en art canadien Gail et Stephen A. Jarislowsky est fier de présenter un cycle annuel de conversations intitulé Les après-midis de l'Institut. Point de rencontre entre chercheurs établis et émergents, ces discussions ont pour but de présenter les questions et les enjeux les plus actuels de la recherche en histoire de l'art.

Informations additionnelles

Jeudi le 3 octobre 16 - 17h

Les conversations ont lieu au EV-3.719, dans les locaux de l'Institut
Troisième étage du pavillon de Génie, Sciences informatiques et Arts visuels
s1515 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest à Montréal
Métro Guy-Concordia

L'entrée est libre et ouverte au public.

Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter l'organisateur du cycle, Samuel Gaudreau-Lalande, à l'adresse samuel.gaudreau-lalande@concordia.ca
Téléphone:  (514) 848-2424, ext. 4713

Ce cycle est rendu possible par un don généreux de la Fondation Jarislowsky, ainsi que par le support du Programme doctoral interuniversitaire en histoire de l'art de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université de Montréal, de l'Université du Québec à Montréal et de l'Université Laval.