The Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) and the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) are delighted to announce a new partnership and the launch of a series of three annual dissertation workshops for doctoral students of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art and visual culture from the nineteenth century to the present day. The inaugural convening of the ISLAA Forum: Latin American and Latinx Art and Visual Culture Dissertation Workshop takes place at the University of Texas at Austin on April 22-23, 2022.
In the workshop, student and scholar participants will engage in extended discussion of the dissertation projects, offering and receiving constructive commentary toward improving their research plan and writing. Discussions will emphasize strengthening conceptual and narrative frameworks and potential for interdisciplinary approaches, as well as identifying additional primary sources, relevant literatures, and possible interlocutors. The goal is to support highly original and fully historicized dissertations that directly contribute to a more rigorous, international, and collaborative field.
Between 2012-2015, ISLAA generously supported scholarly programs through CLAVIS, bringing leading senior and emerging scholars to the University of Texas at Austin campus to disseminate advanced research on modern and contemporary art and culture from the Americas, including the Permanent Seminar in Latin American Art and the 2012 edition of the CLAVIS International Emerging Scholars Forum.
About ISLAA
The Institute for Studies of Latin American Art (ISLAA) advances scholarship and public engagement with art from Latin America through its program of exhibitions, publications, lectures, and institutional partnerships.
Ariel Aisiks founded ISLAA in 2011 to raise the international visibility of art from Latin America. The pursuit of this goal has led to ISLAA’s involvement in more than 400 lectures and conferences, 30 books, and 20 large-scale exhibitions.
About CLAVIS
The Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) was established in 2009 as a unit of the Department of Art and Art History. With a focus on research and graduate education, it advances the study of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art and visual culture. CLAVIS participates in the wealth of interdisciplinary collaboration in Latin American and Latinx studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and benefits from the university’s world-class resources, including the Benson Latin American Collection, Blanton Museum of Art, and Harry Ransom Center.
CLAVIS is led by Drs. George Flaherty, Associate Professor of Art History, and Adele Nelson, Assistant Professor of Art History, the University of Texas at Austin.
