HGSCEA at CAA 2026

Historians of German, Scandinavian and Central European Art Annual CAA Panel: Emerging Scholars

Please submit between July 15 and August 29!

https://caa.confex.com/caa/2026/webprogrampreliminary/Session16442.html

The Historians of German, Scandinavian, and Central European Art announce an Emerging Scholars panel at the College Art Association annual conference in 2026. We invite abstract submissions from all scholars and arts professionals studying material within the purview of our organization and who are either currently enrolled in a graduate program, or who have completed their graduate degree within the past five years (2020-2025). 

The session is broad in conception. We welcome proposals for papers addressing any topic in German, Scandinavian, or Central European art, architecture, design, media, or visual culture of any period; proposals for papers focusing on theory, criticism, or historiography are also welcome.

While those who submit are not expected to be current members of HGSCEA, we invite all to join at our student/emerging professionals rate. Members receive an invitation to our annual dinner held during the conference.

Format:

All contributors are expected to present in-person at the Chicago meeting in February 2026. Three to four 15-minute presentations will be followed by a round table discussion and Q&A.

Proposals must include:

  • a proposal title;
  • an abstract of 250 words;
  • and a one to two-page CV listing graduate and post-graduate work, which may include: works in progress (including dissertation or master’s thesis title); publications; presentations made while in graduate school and in the years since graduation; grants, fellowships, and awards; qualifying exam areas; work history (including TAships, assistantships, and instructor of record teaching); service history (to the discipline, to your university, and/or to your community).

support for programming

HGSCEA welcomes proposals for the support of scholarly programming related to our academic purview.  Applications should be directed to the board officers and are accepted on a rolling basis.


HGSCEA is proud to support the series From Kyivan Rus’ to Modern Ukraine: Virtual Conversations on History, Art, and Cultural Heritage.

https://research.kent.ac.uk/emcentraleu/virtual-conversations/
Poster advertising the series of talks From Kyivan Rus’ to Modern Ukraine: Virtual Conversations on History, Art, and Cultural Heritage.
Ukraine’s history, art, and culture are endangered by the ongoing war. This lecture and conversation series by experts in the fields of history, art history, archaeology, heritage, sociology, as well as museums and conservation, among others, presents the region’s rich historical and cultural complexity through its objects, sites, and monuments. A focus on the medieval and early modern periods featuring Greek, Latin, and Slavic contacts, brings to the fore critical evidence to counter modern misrepresentations of Ukraine’s history and cultural heritage.

HGSCEA at CAA

HGSCEA sponsors a panel at the annual College Art Association Conference. Call for Session proposals are solicited in January of the year before the conference.



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