Between East and West: Reproductions in Art
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Call for Papers

As mentioned previously, we are unable to accept any applications submitted after June 15, 2012.

We express our gratitude to over 50 applicants who submitted their applications before this date.

We ask applicants who wish to present their papers at this colloquium to fill in the Application Form for Speakers and submit it by June 15, 2012 for screening.

Applicants may present their papers in either English or French. However, we ask that application forms be written entirely in English, including the abstract. Furthermore, applicants who wish to present in French should note that their presentations, if accepted by the selection committee, will be delivered without translation into English or Japanese, and that many of the participants may not be proficient in French. The related discussions may be in French or English and will be supported by a section chairman or a professional translator. Additionally, it would be greatly appreciated if accepted applicants could translate the contents of their French presentations into English, and if possible, into Japanese, for distribution to the participants.

Applicants may choose any theme concerning "reproduction," which for the purpose of this colloquium will be interpreted in the broadest sense and encompass the notions of copy, replica, remake (in the modern and contemporary sense), and forgery (based on Cesare Brandifs definition in his famous Theory of Restoration). Although far from exhaustive, here we have provided a list of possible themes.

- The proliferation of sacred relics and divine or saintly images in Christianity and Buddhism.
- The proliferation of replicas or copies of a single artwork in medieval and Renaissance workshops.
- The reproductive or creative print in the medium of woodcutting or engraving.
- The roles of model books in the process of reproduction.
- The creative copy or reworking of an canonical artwork in the modern or contemporary period.
- Copies of antique sculpture or reproductions of it in drawings or prints.
- Copies which turn into originals.
- The valuation of copies in relation to originals.
- The role of copies in art education.
- The reconstruction of the history of East Asian painting through copies.
- The status of the original in the digital era.
- The role of the copy in East Asian Buddhist art.
- The reproduction of portraiture in pre-modern East Asia.
- The status of reproductions and copies for pre-modern art collectors.
- The concept of "fang" or "hou" and the act of copying in East Asian literati painting.
- The production of copies as a response to earlier works, patterned after the tradition of poetic response to earlier verse ("honka-dori") in the genre of Japanese waka poetry.