New Asian Imaginations: (Re)searching the Arts in Southeast Asia
5 - 6 September 2011, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Singapore
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) will be hosting New Asian Imaginations: (Re)searching the Arts in Southeast Asia. This symposium seeks to highlight new insights emerging between research and artistic practices. It is hoped that this will give fresh meaning to cross-disciplinary art-forms and their relationships, expanding practice-led research to build on the construction and representation of culture through the arts in Southeast Asia.
NAFA was founded in 1938 and has since been widely recognised as Singapore’s pre-eminent tertiary institution for art studies. The institution is dedicated to playing a key role in arts creation, presentation, research, documentation and education in Southeast Asia. To date, NAFA’s initiatives include the establishment of the Tanoto Foundation Centre for Southeast Asian Arts and the Institute of Southeast Asian Arts.
Given the recent rise in the awareness and interest in the arts in Southeast Asia, it has become more important than ever to examine issues surrounding this phenomenon. Hence, New Asian Imaginations: (Re)searching the Arts in Southeast Asia follows New Asian Imaginations NAFA’s inaugural symposium held in conjunction with the academy’s 70th anniversary in 2008. The 2011 symposium provides a platform for investigation, dialogue, and exploration focusing on the arts in Southeast Asia. Keynote speaker Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, a renowned scholar, thinker and writer in Cultural Studies (School of Culture and Communication, Melbourne University, Victoria) will set the tone.
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Important Dates
| Paper Abstracts Submission |
| By Friday 24 September 2010 |
| Notification of Selected Abstracts and Workshop Proposals |
| By Friday 28 January 2011 |
| Full Paper Submissions Due |
| By Friday 31 March 2011 |
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