CfP: "Every Science Should Become Art," SECAC 2017
Please consider applying to and circulating the CFP for the SECAC panel "Every science should become art": Visualizing Science in the Long Nineteenth Century.
The
long nineteenth century saw the rise and professionalization of the
modern sciences, which reshaped how citizens imagined the universe and
their places within it. From medicine's professionalization and the
establishment of disciplines such as anthropology, pathology, biology,
astronomy, and chemistry, to the publications of Charles Darwin, Louis
Agassiz, and Rudolph Virchow, the long nineteenth century was
transformed by science. Illustrated publications, periodicals, visual
materials, artworks, pedagogical tools, including models, instructional
charts, and diagrams, alongside organizations, societies, and
departments of higher learning, helped to encourage, support, and cement
the institutional and disciplinary hegemony of these newly
professionalized scientific fields.
While
science is often framed as the objective antithesis to subjective
artistic expression, this panel seeks papers that instead probe their
interconnectedness. We aim to explore the ways artworks aided the
dissemination of scientific ideas, supported new theories or critiqued
previous ones, visualized knowledge, and contributed to the rise of
modern science from c. 1780-1914. Papers that are trans-national or
address the global dissemination of scientific ideas are particularly
welcome. Through this forum, our session seeks to understand how the
visual arts contributed to scientific developments, promoted
disciplinary agendas, and facilitated scientific understanding across
diverse representational modes during this transformative period.
Session Chair: Naomi Slipp, Assistant Professor of Art History, Auburn University at Montgomery; Contact: nslipp@aum.edu
SECAC, Columbus, OH, October 25 - 28, 2017
Deadline: Apr 20, 2017
For more information on submission and requirements, see: https://secac.memberclicks.net/assets/documents/secac/conference/secac-2017-call-for-papers.pdf
Contact Email: nslipp@aum.edu