American Art, the peer-reviewed journal co-published by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the University of Chicago Press, seeks to publish papers that explore the intersections of disability studies and the histories of American art, architecture, and design. What perspectives, insights, and forms of redress does disability studies bring to American art history? Where does…
CFP: Words for Disability Art History, edited volume
We invite submissions for a peer-reviewed, English-language edited volume on disability and art history. Art history and disability studies share foundational terms, concepts, and interests, but rarely explicitly exchange methodological reflection. This edited volume asks both fields to invest in their shared potential and productive tensions, creating experimental dialogs between art historical case studies and…
CFP: Laughter is the Best Medicine? Visual Histories of Health and Humour
Co-editors Dr Christine Slobogin, Dr Katie Snow, and Laura Cowley are pleased to announce a call for chapter proposals for an edited volume exploring vibrant intersections of humour, visual culture, and the health humanities. This volume examines what role visual humour has had and continues to play in healing and healthcare, as well as in…
