The Visual and Performing Arts Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 5th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts, 2 – 5 June 2014, Athens, Greece.
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and students from all areas of:
Visual Arts
- Animation
- Architecture
- Art History, Art Education
- Book Arts
- Ceramics
- Community Arts
- Fashion Design
- Fiber, Fiber Arts
- Furniture/Woodworking
- Glass
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Industrial Design
- Interior Design
- Jewellery/Metal Arts
- Media Arts
- Painting/Drawing
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Visual Studies
- Writing and Literature
Performing Arts
- Music
- Drama
- Dance
We consider papers on any aspect of visual and performing arts, but we do not have the means to accommodate actual performances. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer.
Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of Edited Books as part of ATINER’s book series. For Books of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/BOOK_PUBLICATIONS.htm for table of contents and order forms.
Please submit a 300-word abstract before 4 November 2013 by email to Dr. Stephen Andrew Arbury, head of Visual and Performing Arts Research Unit, ATINER and Professor, Radford University, USA. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks after submission, which includes information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements.
If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER.
The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and one-day visit to Delphi.