CIHA Melbourne 2008 : 32nd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA) 2008

The first meeting of an international congress of the history of art in the southern hemisphere epitomizes the expansion of the field throughout the globe. The history of the International Committee of the History of Art suggests what many people throughout the world have recognized: art and the discourses around it are increasingly global. Art and its history are not only created, but discussed in one form or another on all the inhabited continents of the earth.
Globalism has thus also assumed an art historical aspect: indeed it has been described as art history's most pressing issue. But how can global issues in art history take form in theory or practice? What are the possibilities for a world art history?

Sessions have been developed that explore major themes as they unfold across time and space. Subsections lend themselves to period and regional subdivisions. You are warmly invited to join in these vital debates by offering a paper and by coming to the Congress

Professor Jaynie Anderson

Convenor of the Conference, and Herald Chair of Fine Arts,
The University of Melbourne.

CIHA Melbourne 2008 is being administered by Arts Events Management Australasia
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Tommy McRae (1836-1901)
Corroboree or William Buckley and dancers from the Wathaurong people
Circa 1890.
Ink and ochre on paper, 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
The University of Melbourne Archives