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CALL FOR PAPERS "New England Self-Fashioning: Portraits and Presentations, 1700-1950" A symposium sponsored by the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College and the Office of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield Date: March 13, 2010 Location: Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Iconic images of New England include rocky shorelines, pristine town commons with white-steepled churches, and, perhaps, declining mill towns. While recent scholarship has explored how the cultural construction of New England as a place has changed over time, very little attention has been paid to questions of self-representation and visual identity. A one-day symposium will explore the people of New England through their visual and material representations from the 18th through the 20th centuries. How have the residents of New England been portrayed individually or in groups? How have they chosen to represent themselves – in what contexts and in which media? How, in particular, has portraiture and self-presentation in New England presented an alternate view of the region? We particularly invite papers that will explore portraiture and self-fashioning through a variety of lenses from paintings on canvas, to prints and photography, mixed media, moving images, sculpture, fashion, architectural patronage and interior design. Explorations of portraits in various media that juxtapose or inter-weave text and image and papers that explore the topic using interdisciplinary sources or methods are also particularly encouraged. Please submit 250-word proposals and a two-page c.v. via electronic mail to Martha McNamara mmcnamar@wellesley.edu and Josh Lane lane@historic-deerfield.org. Proposals should be theoretical or analytical in nature rather than descriptive and should include the title of the paper and the presenter’s name. For further information, please contact Martha McNamara (mmcnamar@wellesley.edu) or Josh Lane (lane@historic-deerfield.org). The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2010. Martha J. McNamara Director, New England Arts & Architecture Program Department of Art Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 02481 781-283-2961
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