WHAT: (call for papers for ...) Mining the Field/Filling the Blanks: cultural studies and the new art histories A conference organised by graduate students of the Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester (New York). WHEN: (abstract deadline) January 5th, 1995 (conference dates) April 7th-8th, 1995 (call for papers) The program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester was established five years ago as a consequence of emerging challenges to the monolithic construction of Art and Art History. The subsequent proliferation of insurgent methodologies has revitalised the field of visual studies at the same time throwing the very notion of a (singular) discipline into question. This conference will address interdisciplinary approaches toward a reconfiguration of the discourse of the visual and address the question of how, at this juncture, various theoretical vantages can be negotiated. We invite submissions to the following panel topics from graduate students and independent scholars working in visual theory. We also encourage the submission of abstracts which address the general methodological concerns of the conference to be included in an open panel. (panel topics) = archiving postmodern criticism, or, canonical ironies. = visual culture and pedagogical sites = recouping or recanting: seeking the other in foundational texts = museum practice as pheonix or facade = constructed subjectivities: methodological intersections of identity representations = open session Please send in a 350-500 word abstract outlining a paper you wish to present at this conference with your name and contact address on a separate sheet of paper. Decisions will be made on the basis of blind review and notification of results will be mailed by February 1st, 1995. Papers should be limited to 20 minutes in length. Mail Abstracts to: Program in Visual and Cultural Studies Conference Steering Committee Morey 424, University of Rochester Rochester, New York 14627 (or) e-mail to [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ABSTRACT DEADLINE: January 5th, 1995 -- ...................................................................... ......................Michael.Maranda.................................. .......................................mm017g@uhura.cc.rochester.edu.... .......................................................................