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The Limits of Knowledge: Doubt, Skepticism and the Visual
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Posted by: University of California, Santa Barbara
Deadline: 12/01/08
The Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites graduate students and recent PhDs to submit paper proposals for The Limits of Knowledge. This conference on February 20, 2009 will address the ways in which skepticism, doubt, and uncertainty delineate the boundaries of what is knowable and what is true in the history of art, architecture, and visual culture. How can skepticism complicate, question, or reject claims to the representation of truth? We conceive of skepticism in its broad range of applications—moral, scientific, metaphysical, and religious. Possible topics include visual representation and the history of science and technology, landscape and the environment, the history of religion, and archaeologies of knowledge. Our keynote speakers will be Gail Wight and Peter Galison. Please submit an abstract of 300 words or less for 20 minute papers and a cv to limitsofknowledge@gmail.com.
Posted on 10/09/08
Expires on 12/01/08 at midnight.
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