International Interdisciplinary Conference on Art

The main goal of the Conference is to create a network of young scholars from different disciplines who research art. This includes connections on the social level – by giving the participants a chance to communicate, exchange ideas and contacts etc, and on the theoretical level – by providing them with insight into different disciplines’ stances, terminology, analysis tools, process of choosing a research problem etc. It is our belief that this kind of cooperation would lay the foundations for further international and interdisciplinary partnership and it would help create a common framework which would enhance the quality of the research of art.

The theme of the Conference is Autonomy in Arts and Humanities. This may include (but is not limited to):

• autonomy of art (e.g. autonomy of the artist, autonomy of the artwork, autonomy of perception of art)

• autonomy of art research in humanities (e.g. autonomy of the researcher from the political context, academia, public opinion; autonomy of art history from philosophy or any other discipline)

• autonomy of aesthetic value (e.g. autonomy of aesthetic value from moral or political value)

• autonomy of interpretation (e.g. autonomy of interpretation from artist’s intention)

• autonomy of art-oriented institutions (museums, institutes, universities)

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