CFP: VII International Forum for Doctoral Candidates in East European Art History

Deadline: January 31, 2020


The professorship of Central and East European Art History at Humboldt-University Berlin is inviting to the 7th International Forum for Doctoral Candidates in East European Art History. The previous editions of the forum caused great resonance. This has shown us that young scholars from all over the world working in this field have a strong need for a direct, lively exchange of specific conceptual issues and methodological problems of art historical “area studies” of Eastern Europe across the different epochs. The annual meeting offers opportunity and space for a continuous exchange of ideas and experiences, for making and continuing contacts and bringing together expertise. Current research projects – and as well their progress and modifications over the years – are documented on the forum’s website. In this way and with a Facebook group, it is possible to build networks besides the annual forums.

Doctoral candidates engaged in a topic of art history (or a neighboring discipline) of Eastern Europe are cordially invited – explicitly also those who have come to the Forum in Berlin in the previous years. If you would like to participate, please send us your abstract. We ask you to outline concisely the subject and main question of your PhD project. Please discuss your methodological and analytical approach in a separate paragraph and name the problems and questions you would like to address. Dependent on the focuses resulting from the proposals submitted we will select up to eight contributions for presentations (20 min). All other participants will have the opportunity to present in brief themselves and their doctoral projects (5 min). It is important to us to have plenty of time for discussions and exchange.

Languages of the conference are German and English.

Please submit your proposal

• of ca. 4000 characters (including blanks)
• in a file format that can be edited (no pdf!)
• indicating your name, working title of the dissertation project, affiliation, e-mail

by January 31st, 2020 in German or English to:

• Vertret.-Prof. Dr. Katja Bernhardt (katja.bernhardt@culture.hu-berlin.de)
• Constance Krüger M.A. (constance.krueger@hu-berlin.de)

Please include in the abstract the following phrases and delete as appropriate:

• “I agree / do not agree that a printed copy of my abstract is available during the forum.”
• “I agree / do not agree that my abstract is published on the website of the doctoral forum http://www.kunstgeschichte.hu-berlin.de/institut/lehrstuehle/lehrstuhl-fuer-kunstgeschicht...
• “I agree / do not agree that my name, the title of my dissertation project, my affiliation and my email address will be included into the printed copy of the list of participants, which will be part of the conference material.”

The contributors (20 min paper) will be selected by the end of February 2020. They will be granted a travel allowance.