[Athena] Appel à com : Documenter l'histoire de l'architecture au XIX°, M. Nilsen, U. N.-Dame, Indiana South Bend, oct. 2010

[Jean-François Picard <jean-francois.picard AT mouchez.cnrs.fr>]

Call for Papers
Documenting History, Documenting Progress
Nineteenth Century Photographs of Architecture
International Symposium
October 3-4, 2010

Held during the exhibition of Snite Collection photographs of  
nineteenth century architecture at the Snite Museum of Art,  
University of Notre Dame (September 5 – October 31, 2010)


            This symposium is a collaboration between the Snite  
Museum at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Notre Dame  
School of Architecture, and Indiana University South Bend.  It will  
bring together scholars who study nineteenth century photography of  
architecture.

            Heavily represented in collections of nineteenth century  
photographs, architectural photography provides inroads into major  
themes of the period:  industry and technology, exploration and  
exoticism, documentation and preservation, history and nationalism,  
etc.  However, most histories of photography use the progressive  
development of the medium as the organizing structure for the  
presentation of the material. Architecture lent itself to the long  
exposure times required by the early photographic processes and was  
used extensively as subject by the first generation of photographers.  
A genuine understanding of the first decades of architectural  
photography needs to account for the relevant technical parameters of  
production but also demands that each photographic image of  
architecture be studied as a primary visual document and an aesthetic  
object. It is the investigation of this multi-faceted enquiry that is  
invited in this symposium on nineteenth-century architectural  
photography.

            Abstracts for papers with a thematic approach to the  
study of nineteenth century photography of architecture are invited  
from established and junior scholars. Authors of selected papers will  
have the opportunity to participate in the publication of the  
symposium proceedings. Some assistance with travel expenses and a  
modest honorarium are funded for symposium speakers.

Please send a 400-word abstracts and a short CV (up to 3 pages) to  
Micheline Nilsen, Indiana University South Bend, NS033E, 1700  
Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46634-7111 USA, 001-574-520-4277, e- 
mail: mnilsen AT iusb.edu. Electronic submissions are preferred.  
Deadline: April 15, 2010. Notification to speakers will be made by  
May 15, 2010. Final drafts of papers will be requested by September  
1, 2010.

This project is partially supported by Indiana University’s New  
Frontiers in the Arts & Humanities Program, funded by the Office of  
the President and administered by the interim Vice President for  
Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and by the  
Snite Museum of the University of Notre Dame.

Micheline Nilsen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History, NS033E
Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts
Indiana University South Bend
1700 Mishawaka Avenue
South Bend, IN 46634-7111
574-520-4277
mnilsen AT iusb.edu