Thomas Söderqvist On 21 February 2009, the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, CT, are organising a one-day graduate symposium that will explore ways in which art overlaps with science, and with a focus on material objects. Possible topics are:
- networks of artists and scientists
- artist/scientist collaborations
- art and the natural world
- the philosophical concept of the sublime
- theology, art, and science
- the influence of scientific discoveries on the arts
- artistic and scientific approaches to epistemology
- dialogues between art and science in the Enlightenment
- art, science, and education
- science museum displays
- scientific illustration
- travel accounts
- art and exploration
- amateur practice
- photography as science or art
- artistic and scientific concepts of truth
The organisers invite proposals for 25-minute papers across the arts and sciences. Abstracts of max. 300 words by October 14, 2008 to imogen.hart@yale.edu. Travel funds for speakers are available upon application. Read more here.
