Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium: 02/12/2007

Saturday 8 December 2007

For NAASWCH Welsh Scholars and Artists Aiming for Toronto for August 2008 Deadline Looms Dec. 21, 2007

North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH)

International Conference on Welsh Studies -- Call for Papers

July 31-August 2, 2008 The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto

The NAASWCH Program Committee seeks diverse perspectives on Wales and Welsh culture

-- as well as proposals focused on the Welsh in North America

-- from many disciplines including: history, literature, languages, art, sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, philosophy, music, and religion.

NAASWCH invites participation from faculty, postgraduate/graduate students and independent scholars from North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

Those wishing to present a paper suitable for a 20 minute reading may submit an abstract (maximum one-page).
Proposals for thematic sessions, panel presentations, or other formats are also welcome.

Please include a brief (one-page) vita with your submission.
The abstract – proposal deadline is Dec. 21, 2007; but early proposals are encouraged.

Participants will be notified by mid-February. E-mail submissions are welcome and will be acknowledged promptly.

If you have not received confirmation of your electronic submission within one week, please resend the document.

NAASWCH works to promote scholarship on all aspects of Welsh culture and history;

to develop connections between teachers and scholars in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom who are committed to the study of Welsh culture, history, language, and literature;

to provide an intellectual forum in which scholars and teachers of Welsh culture may share their research and teaching experience, and to provide support for the study of Welsh-North American history and culture.

See the NAASWCH website for additional information:

NAASWCH

Please submit abstracts or session proposals by no later than Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 to:

Dr. Katharine Anderson, History Department,
Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road,
Columbus, OH 43219, USA; andersok1@ohiodominican.edu .

Those who are not submitting proposals but would like to receive conference information should contact: Dr. Melinda Gray, NAASWCH Secretary, 15 Woodbridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA; mgrayk@comcast.net.

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Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

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Friday 7 December 2007

Finnish Filmmaker Eija-Liisa Ahtila Opens Artes Mundi at the National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park in Cardiff on Tuesday 11th December 2007 at 7.15pm

[Pictured above: The Wind, 2002 Eija-Liisa Ahtila © 2002 Crystal Eye Ltd, Helsinki]

Artes Mundi: Celebrating Art in Cardiff
Start Date : Tuesday 11th December
End Date : Tuesday 11th December

The Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries is organising an event as part of the Artes Mundi Advance – Aspects of Humanity series.

The Artes Mundi 2 Prize winner Eija-Liisa Ahtila will be back in Cardiff to talk about her work at the National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park in Cardiff on Tuesday 11th December 2007 at 7.15pm. For further details please download the following leaflet:

Artes Mundi Advance – Aspects of Humanity

Location Tuesday 11th December 2007 at 7.15pm at the National Museum Cardiff.

Contact Details: If you would like to attend please contact Naomi Wells on 01443 668523 or email njwells@glam.ac.uk by Friday 7th December 2007 so that we can reserve seats for you.

About Artes Mundi:

Artes Mundi supports and celebrates international contemporary art.

Our aim is to recognise exciting emerging artists from around the world whose work comments on the human condition and humanity from different cultural perspectives, and present this to a wide audience.

Every two years our programme culminates in the major Artes Mundi Exhibition in Cardiff, Wales and the awarding of the prestigious Artes Mundi Prize.

[Pictured above: The House Eija-Liisa Ahtila © 2002 Crystal Eye Ltd, Helsinki]

This is accompanied by visiting artist presentations, activities with schools and communities and a conference.

Since the early 1990’s Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s films and still photographs have told stories of human relationships and the elementary emotions that underlie these relationships: love, anger, jealousy, sexuality and vulnerability.

Ahtila describes her films as “human dramas.” Her fictional narratives are acted out by actors and actresses and emerge from interviews and extensive research, as well as her own observation and memory.

The Present - The Monique Zajfen Collection

[Above this video -- in English and Dutch: Onder de naam The Monique Zajfen Collection werkt het Stedelijk in samenwerking met The Broere Charitable Foundation aan een collectie van hedendaagse kunst, die in langdurig bruikleen van het museum zal komen. De werken drukken ditmaal, in uiteenlopende disciplines, diverse aspecten van la condition humaine uit en stellen de menselijke figuur centraal. Kunstenaars: Marlene Dumas, Thomas Schütte, Neo Rauch, Wilhelm Sasnal, Mike Kelley, Pawel Althamer, Paul Graham, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Lisa Yuskavage en George Condo. ]

Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s films take full advantage of the gallery space, often showing on multiple screens or within complex installations.

This allows her stories to unfold simultaneously both in time and space, creating a multilayered experience that engages the viewer physically.

Eija-Liisa Ahtila was born in Hämeenlinna, Finland in 1959; she lives and works in Helsinki, having completed her studies in cinema in California and London.

Artes Mundi

For additional info please contact Dr. Mark Leslie Woods at mwoods[at]glam.ac.uk