Call for Papers: History of Art Students' Association at University of Toronto - "When Worlds End"
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The History of Art Students’ Association (HASA) at the University of Toronto is pleased to open the call for papers for our Ninth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium!
The theme of this year’s symposium is “When Worlds End.”
Through art, we have seen the world end many times over, and with it comes a sense of foreboding and unease of a future unknown. Over millennia, humanity has shown itself to have a morbid fascination with tragedy, the inevitability of death, and the beauty of the eternally damned. It is this preoccupation with haunting thoughts that has prompted the most macabre imagery in the art historical canon. Artists have a unique ability to tap into our deepest anxieties and fears, prodding at questions that we wish to never know the answer to. In many ways, art allows us to seek solace in calamity; in personal, societal, and religious catastrophe. Thus, endings are more than mere conclusions—they nurture beginnings.
Interested students must submit their full paper and include a brief abstract (max. 250 words) via this form by Friday, January 13th 2023 at 11:59 pm.
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This symposium will be hosted in person at Hart House (UofT) on Saturday, March 18th, 2023.