ICMA AT COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
New York City, 10-13 February 2021
Call for ICMA Sponsored Session Proposals
due 10 May 2020

The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) seeks proposals for sessions to be held under the organization’s sponsorship in 2021 at the annual meeting of the College Art Association. Session organizers and speakers must be ICMA members.

The 2021 CAA conference will focus on the CLIMATE CRISIS and we encourage submissions related to the theme and which address a global Middle Ages. Possible topics might include (but are not limited to): The “medieval warm period” of the 10th-13th centuries, which were followed by cooling temperatures beginning around 1300; catastrophes, such as storms and earthquakes; regional climatic differences; issues of patrimony, preservation, and climate change as it affects medieval monuments globally, including architecture, sculpture, painting, manuscripts, etc.

Proposals must include the following in one single Doc or PDF with the organizer’s name in the title:

Session abstract
CV of the organizer(s)
Session organizers may also include a list of potential speakers

Please upload all session proposals as a single DOC or PDF by 10 May 2020 here.

The organizer(s) will have until 19 May 2020 to upload their approved proposals on the CAA website here.

For inquiries, contact the Chair of the ICMA Programs and Lectures Committee: Bryan C. Keene, Getty Museum, bkeene@getty.edu

A note about the ICMA-Kress Travel Awards
Thanks to a generous grant from the Kress Foundation, funds may be available to defray travel costs of speakers in ICMA sponsored sessions up to a maximum of $600 for domestic travel and of $1200 for international travel. If available, the Kress funds are allocated for travel and hotel only. Speakers in ICMA sponsored sessions will be refunded only after the conference, against travel receipts. In addition to speakers, session organizers delivering papers as an integral part of the session (i.e. with a specific title listed in the program) are now also eligible to receive travel funding.

Visit: http://www.medievalart.org/kress-travel-grant/