Programme for The 2010 Visual Culture Studies Conference

Date: Thursday 27th May 2010 – Saturday 29th May 2010
Venue: The Old Cinema, 309 Regents Street, University of Westminster, London
Host: University of Westminster, London
Organizers: Nicholas Mirzoeff (New York University), Joanne Morra (University of the Arts London), Marquard Smith (University of Westminster, London)

Thursday 27th May 2010

12:00 Registration

1:00 Welcome

1:05-2:15 Session 1
W.J.T. Mitchell (English and Art History, University of Chicago)

2:15-4:15 Session 2 Roundtable: Education
Mark Dunhill (School of Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design)
Will Cobbing (Wimbledon College of Art)
Joanne Morra (School of Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design)
Adrian Rifkin (Art Writing, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Joy Sleeman (History and Theory of Art, Slade School of Fine Art)
Victoria Walsh (Education and Interpretation, Tate Britain)

4:15-4:45 Break

4:45-6:30 Session 3
Gary Hall (Media and Performing Arts, Coventry University)
Esther Leslie (Political Aesthetics, Birkbeck, University of London)

6:30-8:30: Reception

Friday 28th May 2010

10:00-11:15 Session 4
Keith Moxey (Art History and Archaeology, Columbia)

11:15-1:00 Session 5
Divya P. Tolia-Kelly (Geography, Durham University)
David Cunningham (Aesthetics/Urban Studies, University of Westminster);

1:00-2:00 Lunch (Not provided)

2:00-4:00 Session 6 Roundtable: Design Studies – Visual Studies – Cultural Studies
Glen Adamson (Design/Craft, RCA/V&A)
Sarah Chaplin (Architectural Humanities, Greenwich University)
Elizabeth Guffey (Design, SUNY, Purchase)
Raiford Guins (Digital Cultural Studies, SUNY, Stony Brook)
Guy Julier (Design, Leeds Metropolitan University)
Penny Sparke (Design History, Kingston University)

4:00-4:30 Break

4:30-5:45 Session 7
Lisa Cartwright (Communication, UC, San Diego) and Marita Sturken (Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University)

Saturday 29th May 2010

10:30-11:45 Session 8
Nicholas Mirzoeff (Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University)

11:45-1:30 Session 9
Joanna Zylinska (Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Esther Gabara (Romance Studies, and Art, Art History, & Visual Studies, Duke University)

1:30-2:30 Lunch (Not provided)

2:30-4:30 Session 10 Roundtable: The Future Institution: An International Association for Visual Culture Studies?
Michael Ann Holly (The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown)
Laura Mulvey (Screen Media, Birkbeck, University of London)
Stephen Melville (Art/Aesthetics/Philosophy, Ohio State University)
Griselda Pollock (Art Histories/Cultural Studies, University of Leeds)
Marquard Smith (Visual Culture Studies, University of Westminster)

4:30 Conference Ends