October 12-14, 2023
HECAA@30:
Environments, Materials, and Futures in the Eighteenth Century
Boston, Cambridge, and Providence
On the land of the Massachusett and neighboring Wampanoag and Nipmuc peoples, Boston developed in the eighteenth century as a major colonized and colonizing site. Its status today as a cultural and intellectual hub is shaped by that context, making it a critical location to trace the cultural legacies of racism and social injustice between the eighteenth century and today. For whom is “eighteenth-century art and architecture” a useful category? What eighteenth-century materials, spaces, and images offer tools or concepts for shaping our collective futures?
In considering these questions, the Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture (HECAA) aim to be deliberate about expanding the group's traditional focus on Western European art and architecture and specifically encourage proposals from scholars working on Asia, Africa and the African diaspora, Indigenous cultures, and the Islamic world. This conference marks our 30th year as a scholarly society dedicated to facilitating communication and collaboration among scholars of eighteenth-century art to expand and promote knowledge of all aspects of the period’s visual culture.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Friday, October 13, 2023
Saturday, October 14, 2023
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Courtney Harris, MFA Boston
Dana Leibsohn, Smith College
Liza Oliver, Wellesley College
Kristin O'Rourke, Dartmouth College
Elizabeth Saari Browne, University of Georgia
Holly Shaffer, Brown University
Stacey Sloboda, UMass Boston
Kristel Smentek, MIT
Susan Wager, University of New Hampshire
Oliver Wunsch, Boston College
Questions? Please contact Stacey Sloboda, Committee Chair (stacey.sloboda@umb.edu)
or Liz Browne, Conference Administrator (elizabeth.saari.browne@gmail.com)