Call for Proposals: ISLAA Forum: Latin American and Latinx Art and Visual Culture Dissertation Workshop

Application Deadline: February 20, 2022

Workshop Dates: April 22–23, 2022

Apply now to participate in ISLAA Forum: Latin American and Latinx Art and Visual Culture Dissertation Workshop for doctoral students of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art and visual culture from the 19th century to the present day. The two-day program will be held at the Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) at the University of Texas at Austin on April 22–23.

Send your applications to claivsislaaforum@gmail.com by February 20th consideration. For more info about requirements, please read the call for proposals.

The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) and the Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) are delighted to announce a new partnership and the launch of a series of three annual dissertation workshops for doctoral students of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art and visual culture from the nineteenth century to the present day.

In the workshop, student and scholar participants will engage in extended discussion of the dissertation projects, offering and receiving constructive commentary toward improving their research plan and writing. Discussions will emphasize strengthening conceptual and narrative frameworks and potential for interdisciplinary approaches, as well as identifying additional primary sources, relevant literatures, and possible interlocutors. The goal is to support highly original and fully historicized dissertations that directly contribute to a more rigorous, international, and collaborative field.

Call For Proposals

This workshop is intended to serve doctoral students of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art and visual culture from the nineteenth century to the present day. Full-time students with at least one year of completed doctoral coursework at an accredited university, and currently working on a dissertation proposal or a chapter manuscript, are eligible to apply. 

This two-day program invites up to 6 doctoral students to develop their dissertation proposals or chapter manuscripts with a group of scholars with a variety of geographic, thematic, and methodological interests, including Drs. George Flaherty and Adele Nelson, of CLAVIS, and two invited scholars, Dr. Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Assistant Professor of Black Diasporic Art at Princeton University, and another soon-to-be-announced scholar. In the workshop, student and scholar participants will engage in extended discussion of the dissertation projects, offering and receiving constructive commentary toward improving their research plan and writing. Discussions will emphasize strengthening conceptual and narrative frameworks and potential for interdisciplinary approaches, as well as identifying additional primary sources, relevant literatures, and possible interlocutors. The goal is to support highly original and fully historicized dissertations that directly contribute to a more rigorous, international, and collaborative field.

As part of the program, student participants will give brief public presentations of their projects and the invited scholars will offer keynote presentations. All participants will have an opportunity to visit UT Austin’s research collections, including the Blanton Museum, Benson Library, and Ransom Center during their stay.

Read the full call for proposals.

About the Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS), University of Texas at Austin

The Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) was established in 2009 as a unit of the Department of Art and Art History. With a focus on research and graduate education, it advances the study of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art and visual culture. CLAVIS participates in the wealth of interdisciplinary collaboration in Latin American and Latinx studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and benefits from the university’s world-class resources, including the Benson Latin American Collection, Blanton Museum of Art, and Harry Ransom Center.

CLAVIS is led by George Flaherty, associate professor of art history, and Adele Nelson, assistant professor of art history, the University of Texas at Austin.

sites.utexas.edu/clavis

Between 2012–15, ISLAA generously supported scholarly programs through CLAVIS, bringing leading senior and emerging scholars to the University of Texas at Austin campus to disseminate advanced research on modern and contemporary art and culture from the Americas, including the Permanent Seminar in Latin American Art and the 2012 edition of the CLAVIS International Emerging Scholars Forum.