Call for Papers /// 2025 AAANZ Conference – Unruly Objects, 3–5 December, 2025, University of Western Australia, Perth
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- Jun 19
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Call for Papers | 2025 Conference
The call for papers for the 2025 CONFERENCE | UNRULY OBJECTS are now open. If you would like to speak at the conference, apply to join one of the panels detailed below. To apply, read the instructions, and then submit your proposal form to the relevant panel convenor/s.
Call for papers deadline: Wednesday 16 July, 2025
Conference theme | Unruly Objects
The 2025 conference looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming with vitality, power or ancestral subjectivity.
Who should apply?
The AAANZ conference is held every year, and is the region’s major conference for art historians, artists and researchers.
We welcome proposals from historians of art, design & visual culture; curators; artist-researchers; and GLAM sector professionals. Proposals should engage with the panel abstract, reflecting the conference theme. We particularly welcome proposals from First Nations delegates and researchers, early-career researchers, and practice-led researchers.
Questions about specific panels and submission of papers to panels should be directed to the relevant convenor/s.
General enquiries and questions regarding the conference such as registration please email conf@aaanz.info
Session formats and guidelines
All panels will be allocated 90 minutes and must allow at least 30 minutes for audience questions and discussion. A standard research panel comprises three speakers, each delivering a research paper of maximum 20 minutes, along with a short introduction by the convenor/s.
Alternative panel formats are also possible, which might include roundtable discussions, performances, short talks, workshops, etc. If you are unsure of the format of the panel you are applying to please contact the convenor/s.
Speakers may present only one paper at the conference.
All conference participants (speakers and panel conveners) are required to be current financial AAANZ members to be included in the conference program. You can join or renew your membership here For questions regarding membership status please contact admin@aaanz.info
Panel Conveners are responsible for assembling their speakers’ details for the conference program, and assembling their panel on the days of the conference. If speakers have questions about the conference, they should first contact their panel convenor/s. Please see information for panel conveners here
What do you need to apply?
To apply to speak at the conference, submit a paper proposal form directly to the panel convenor/s by
Wednesday 16 July 2025.
The call for papers proposal form requires you to provide the following details:
Your name and institutional affiliation (if applicable)
Your email address and AAANZ membership status
The title of your paper
Proposed paper abstract (max. 250 words)
Professional biography (max. 150 words)
What happens next?
Once the call for papers close, Wednesday 16 July, panel conveners will make a final decision about their panel, and notify applicants if they were successful or unsuccessful by Wednesday 23 July.
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