Conney Conference, Call for Proposals

Conney Conference on Jewish Arts
April 22-24, 2009
Call For Proposals: http://conneyproject.wisc.edu/
Deadline: February 1, 2009
*Performing Histories, Inscribing Jewishness *

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The Mosse/Weinstein Center For Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the
2009 Conney Conference on Jewish Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

*Performing Histories, Inscribing Jewishness,* an initiative of the
Conney Project on Jewish Arts, Directed by Douglas Rosenberg, (a part of
the Mosse-Weinstein Center For Jewish Studies) continues and extends our
initiatives in the area of Jewish Identity in the Arts.

Performing Histories, Inscribing Jewishness refers to the multiple
ways in which historical narratives concerning Jewish identity in the
arts are both fluid and volatile and how, throughout history, those
practices are inscribed culturally. We are interested in new
interpretations, new theorizing and new ways of lensing Jewish culture
through the arts and throughout history to the present and into the
future. This conference will look at all aspects of Jewish identity
across disciplines in the broadest sense. The Conney Conference is interested in opening
this discourse up to include any and all historical periods as well as
geographical locations, inclusive of the practices of music, the visual
arts, performance, new media, photography, dance, spoken word, and any
other sub-genre or categorization that might be applicable to the question of Jewish Identity in the arts.