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CIHA 2012 in Nuremberg
33rd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art July 15th-20th 2012

The Challenge of the Object

Die Herausforderung des Objekts

From July 15 to 20, 2012 the Germanisches
Nationalmuseum is hosting the 33rd Congressof the International Committee of the Historyof Art in Nuremberg and invites art historians
from all over the world to attend and discuss"The Challenge of the Object".The object andhow it is perceived in art history is a questionthat is currently very highly charged, theresult of increasing globalization and digitalization. Art and cultural historians from all over
the world, from a vast cross-section of disciplines and fields of professional interest are
called upon to discuss together the role andthe theory of the object in art history. The topics are divided into 21 sections with up to 20
talks each. The sections should enable a
comparison to be made between the different
viewpoints and methods. For that reason they
are categorized according to how their questions on the object in art history are formulated. This should allow talks on different
genres, epochs and countries to be broughttogether.
The congress will be rounded off with an extensive supporting program with excursions,for example to Documenta in Kassel, and awide-ranging program for young academics.
At the same time the Germanisches Nationalmuseum will be presenting the important
special exhibition on "The Early Dürer".

The Call for Papers ends on April 30, 2011.
From November 2011, registration forparticipation without a presentation is also
possible.
Detailed descriptions of the individual
sections as well as information on the congress and the Call for Papers can be foundunder www.ciha2012.deWe would be very pleased to welcome youin Nuremberg to the 33rd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art(CIHA) in July 2012.
Jaynie Anderson (CIHA), Melbourne

Georg Satzinger (VDK), BonnG. Ulrich Grossmann (GNM), Nuremberg

Contact
E-Mail:info@ciha2012.de
Telefax: 0049-(0)911-1331210
Postal adress:
CIHA 2012
c/o Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Kornmarkt 1
D-90402 Nürnberg
Germany
If you have questions, please contact the Administration Office of the CIHA 2012 in Nuremberg.

The Sections of the Congress
Section 1
Questioning the Object of Art History
Section 2
The Concept of the “Original” as Hermeneutical
ProblemSection 3
On Religions and their Objectivations as seen fromIntercultural Perspectives
Section 4
The Object as Subject
Section 5
Musealization of Objects: Art History versus
Cultural History
Section 6
World Heritage: Cultural Identity and the War
against Works of Art
Section 7
Spoils: Viewing Others – The View of Others
Section 8
The Archeology of the Tangible Object: Recognizing
the Technological Image versus Connoisseurship
Section 9
Objects on the Move: Histories of Provenance andPreservation
Section 10
Cultural Clearings: The Object Transformed by theArt Market

Section 11
The Artefact and its Representations
Section 12Beyond the Aura
Section 13
The Multiple Art Work
Section 14
Dürer’s Life and Work – The Object as a Key
to the Subject?
Section 15
Charged Sites
Section 16
The Gendered Object
Section 17
The Making and Unmaking of the Object
Section 18
The Absence of the Object and the Void
Section 19
Restitution
Section 20
Architecture as Object
Section 21
CIHA as the Object of Art History

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