Call for Session Proposals
IAS-Sponsored Sessions
American Association for Italian Studies
Sant’Anna Institute, Sorrento, Italy
6-9 June 2024
The Italian Art Society (IAS) (https://www.italianartsociety.org) is seeking pre-constituted session proposals that address any issue relevant to Italian art and architecture during any period from prehistory to the present day. The American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS) is dedicated to encouraging, supporting, and conducting research and pedagogical activities in Italian culture. The AAIS also seeks to foster dialogue and innovation amongst members worldwide, and to recognize the needs and experiences of colleagues at all career levels. (https://aais.italianstudies.net/site_home.cfm)
In preparing your proposal application, please consult both the IAS Submission Guidelines and the AAIS Submission Guidelines to ensure you have gathered the correct materials for the format of the panel that you are submitting for consideration by IAS at this time.
IAS members interested in convening a pre-constituted panel or linked panels at the AAIS conference should submit the following: a brief abstract (250 words max.); a session title; a list of confirmed speakers with their affiliations and paper titles; and the name(s) of the session chair(s) with email address(es), affiliation(s), and one-page CV(s) to the IAS, via the online submission form, by 15 January 2024. Panels of 90 minutes should consist of three, and not more than four, presentations.
Pre-constituted session proposals must be first submitted to the IAS Program Committee by the IAS Deadline: 15 January 2024
To submit your session proposal, please use the IAS online submission form for AAIS conference. Session organizers will be notified by the IAS Program Committee chair within a few days after the deadline. Organizers of IAS sponsored sessions must also submit their panels to AAIS, and acknowledge IAS sponsorship, by the AAIS deadline, 21 January 2024.
Session organizers must be both members of the AAIS and the IAS to propose a session.
For AAIS memberships, see the AAIS Guidelines link above.
For IAS membership, go to: https://www.italianartsociety.org/join/. Those with financial need may be eligible for Sospeso Memberships. Students and international scholars may apply for IAS Travel Grants: https://www.italianartsociety.org/grants-opportunities/travel-grants/.
Please contact Janis Elliott, the IAS Program Committee Chair at programs@italianartsociety.org to express interest, or to ask any questions.