Dear Colleagues,
 
I am organizing a panel for the 2nd European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology Conference (Zurich, 24-27 August 2017) and I am looking for 3-4 presenters interested in the topic described below. Please feel free to contact me with any questions and, if you plan to submit a proposal, please email me as soon as possible indicating your intention and topic in one or two lines. Thank you!
 
Best wishes,
Isabella Nardi
 
  
Call for Papers: Transcultural trajectories in South Asian visual arts before the contemporary period

Contact: Isabella Nardi, isabella.nardi@yahoo.it
 
Panel description: In the past few years, transculturalism has become a valuable critical tool in the study of contemporary and global South Asian art and visual culture, whereas this framework of analysis is still marginal in the study of earlier periods which are often dominated by religious, textual, dynastic, iconographic, and other Eurocentric narratives, and by regionally limited investigations permeated by notions of cultural and artistic authenticity.
 
The purpose of this panel is to extend the transcultural lens to the pre-contemporary art scenes of South Asia - including its ancient, classical, pre-modern and modern productions - by considering them as manifestations of global flows and, at the same time, move beyond our established methods in an attempt to reach a less biased reading of South Asian visual arts.
 
Papers are invited to focus on art objects, buildings, iconographies etc., that emerged from South Asian internal trajectories or from interactions with Asia, Europe, etc. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
 
 
Abstract: 250 words. Also include a short bio at the end of the abstract indicating your position and affiliation. Please submit your abstract to isabella.nardi@yahoo.it by 30 September 2016.
 
Membership: EAAA membership is a prerequisite for participation to the conference.  Annual membership fees are 30 € (10 € for students). Please check the website for payments and other conference information: http://www.ea-aaa.eu/events/events