Certified Authentic - NY in April

Hello! An editor from Worn Journal is putting together a conference called Certified Authentic at Bard, some of you may be interested:

Copying, whether as imitation or forgery, tribute or revival, is central to the production, consumption, and reception of decorative arts and design. From the banal to the illicit, the act of copying both defines and complicates our understanding of the real or the original. For its Seventh Annual Graduate Student Symposium, the Bard Graduate Center invites proposals for papers discussing notions of authenticity as they play into cultural perceptions of copies, past and present. Papers may address topics such as authorship, heritage, connoisseurship, appropriation, ethics, and legality.

Methods and Disciplines We welcome submissions from a variety of disciplines, and encourage scholarship that challenges traditional boundaries and methods. Fields may include, but are not limited to: Anthropology, Archaeology, Architectural History, Art History, Design History, Garden Hhistory, History of Science, Literature Studies, Material Culture Studies, Museum Studies, Sociology, and Urban Planning.

Deadlines Applications are due by Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Please send a curriculum vitae and a 300-word abstract describing your proposal for a 20-minute presentation to channon @certifiedauthentic.info. Participants will be notified by Monday, February 11, 2008.

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Cheers!