About the research network Cultures, Histories and Identities in Visual Studies
Cultures, Histories and Identities in Visual Studies | Te Ahurea, Te Tāhuhu Kōrero, me te Tuakiri ki kā Akoraka Ataata is a research network dedicated to exploring, facilitating and supporting research and publication on the visual arts, with a focus on the fine arts.
An interdisciplinary network, it has as its goal to foster new research by bringing together researchers in Zealand and elsewhere with common interests from different disciplines using different methodologies with the aim of encouraging productive dialogue on the general topic of the visual arts in national and post-national aesthetic contexts, particularly as these relate to issues of dominant and subaltern culture, history, and identity.
The network sponsors an evening Research Seminar in Visual Studies, which typically meets six times a year. The seminar is hosted and convened by Professor Federico Freschi, the network's Otago Polytechnic liaison. The network also supports the Occasional Essay Series, which introduces work by local artists, edited by Emeritus Professors Alistair Fox and Hilary Radner (University of Otago), and published by RDS Gallery:
http://rdsgallery.co.nz/publications/
We welcome new members from local and international institutions as well as independent scholars, especially, but not exclusively, those whose research interests lie in the art of Aotearoa | New Zealand. If you would like to know more about joining our network and seminar, or if you would like to contribute to our Occasional Essay Series, please contact us:
Email visual-studies@otago.ac.nz
Steering Committee
Convener
Associate Professor Cecilia Novero
Languages and Cultures
Tel +64 3 479 8694
Email cecilia.novero@otago.ac.nz
Past Convener and Steering Committee Liaison
Emeritus Professor Hilary Radner
RDS Gallery
Tel +64 21 215 3626
Email hilary.radner@otago.ac.nz
Otago Polytechnic Liaison
Professor Federico Freschi
Art History
Head of College, Te Maru Pūmanawa | College of Creative Practice & Enterprise
Tel +64 21 735 967
Email Federico.Freschi@op.ac.nz
Academic and Research Adviser
Dr Ed Hanfling
Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic
Email Ed.Hanfling@op.ac.nz
Co-ordinator and Multimedia Editor
Dr Radhika Raghav
Email radhika.raghav@otago.ac.nz
Members, University of Otago
Emeritus Professor Alistair Fox
English and Linguistics
Email alistair.fox@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Thomas McLean
English and Linguistics
Email thomas.mclean@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Cecilia Novero
Languages and Culture
Email cecilia.novero@otago.ac.nz
Dr Joanna Osborne
Recent PhD, University of Otago
Email joanna.a.osborne@gmail.com
Emeritus Professor Hilary Radner
History and Art History
Email hilary.radner@otago.ac.nz
Dr Radhika Raghav
Recent PhD, University of Otago
Email radhika.raghav@otago.ac.nz
Dr Simon Ryan
Languages and Cultures
Email scollisryan@gmail.com
Members, Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytichnic
Rachel Hope Allan
Art
Email Rachel.Allan@op.ac.nz
Professor Federico Freschi
Art
Email Federico.Freschi@op.ac.nz
Michael Greaves
Art
Email Michael.Greaves@op.ac.nz
Dr Edward Hanfling
Art
Email Ed.Hanfling@op.ac.nz
Alex Kennedy
Art
Email Alex.Kennedy@op.ac.nz
Dr Bridie Lonie, Emerita Member
Art
Email Bridie.Lonie@op.ac.nz
Professor Leoni Schmidt
Independent Scholar: Art History and Theory
Email Leoni.Schmidt@icloud.com
Email leonisch@outlook.com
Select past and ongoing international contributors
- Emeritus Director of Research Raymond Bellour, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (C.N.R.S), Paris, France
- Dr Jean Marie Carey, Postdoctoral Researcher, Arkeologisk Museum, University of Stavanger, Norway
- Dr Guido Curto, Director, Reggia di Venaria Reale, Italy
- Tom Denlinger, artist and lecturer, DePaul University, Chicago
- Dr André Krebber, University of Kassel, Germany
- Professor Raphaëlle Moine, University Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Emeritus Professor Geneviève Sellier, University of Bordeaux Montaigne, former member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2003–2013)
- Professor Dr A M A (Annie) van de Oever, University of Groningen
Events
The network sponsors an evening research seminar that typically meets three times a semester and an Occasional Essays Series published through RDS Gallery.
For more information about our research seminar, our essay series, and other events and publication opportunities in the area of visual studies as these arise, please consult our blog:
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/visualstudies/
Or contact us: