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The Society of Contemporary Art Historians seeks nominations and self-nominations for the executive board, to serve for the term 2012-2015. The open positions are Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer. These officers, together with the Society’s President, direct all of SCAH’s activities–most importantly, planning its annual panel at the College Art Association conference, directing its web site [...]

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• In Houston on January 19th and 20th, Mining the Archive: New Paths for Latin American/Latino Art Research, a symposium with Alejandro Anreus, Roldán Esteva-Grillet, Ivonne Pini, Edward J. Sullivan and others. #
• On January 12th in Berlin, a lecture by Okwui Enwezor: "Civitas, Citizenship, Civility: Art and the Civic Imagination" (moderator Horst Bredekamp). #
• On December 21st in Cologne, a lecture by Ursula Frohne: "Das Ende der Evidenz? Zeitgenössische Fotografie und Bildgeschichte." #
• On December 6th at SVA, The Talkers: A Panel Moderated by Rochelle Feinstein.  (more...) #
• On December 6th at Cranbrook, a lecture by Sue Taylor, “Eva Hesse against the Grain.” #
• On December 6th in Boston, a lecture by Robin Kelsey. #
• On December 1st and 2nd in Brussels, POP? International Symposium on the Reception of Pop Art in Belgium (1960 - 1970), with keynotes by  Allen Jones, Marco Livingstone, Rogier Schumacher, Hans de Wolf, and Alexander Streitberg. #
• On November 30th in San Francisco, Miranda July in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson. #
• On November 30th at USC, a talk by Jack Bankowsky. #
• On November 21st at the INHA in Paris, a lecture by Alexander Nemerov: "Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov: A Resemblance." #
• On November 18th to 20th in Vancouver, Intangible Economies, with Monika Szewczyk, Olaf Nicolai, Jan Verwoert and others. #
• On November 17th in San Francisco, a lecture by Martin Berger. (more...) #
• On November 17th at the New School, the AICA-USA Distinguished Critic lecture by Peter Schjeldahl: "The Critic as Artist, in 2011. Is updating Oscar Wilde possible? It seems worth a try." #
• On November 17th at Harvard, a Laurel Nakadate lecture and panel with Deborah Bright, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, and David Rodowick. #
• On November 17th in Venice, a lecture by T. J. Clark: "The Experience of Defeat." (more...) #
• On November 15th in Chapel Hill, a lecture by James Elkins: "Farewell to Visual Studies." (more...) #
• On November 14th at SVA, Peter Eleey: "A Picture Held Us Captive." #
• On November 12th in Stockholm, Molly Nesbit and Sarat Maharaj: Global perspecives on the legacy of Marcel Duchamp. #
• On November 11th and 12th in Graz, "Is There (Anti)Neoliberal Architecture?" #
• On November 10th in Brussels, a lecture by Marie Muracciole: "Des histoires qui manquent." (more...) #
• On November 9th to 12th in San Francisco, Trading Ideas: Emerging Discourses on Asian Contemporary Art and Making India Visible: Visual Culture and Modern Art in Contemporary India. #
• On November 9th at the National Gallery, Mel Bochner and James Meyer in conversation. #
• On November 8th at Art in General, Pascal Gielen: "Community Art and Pastoral Power." (more...) #
• On November 8th in Cambridge: "Artist-Endowed Foundations: An Emerging Force in Cultural Philanthropy." #
• On November 8th in Zurich, a lecture by Michael Lüthy, "Lichtensteins Picassos: Kunstparaphrase und Bildreflexion." #