Latiff Mohidin, Floating Form, 1970. Oil on canvas, 68 x 85cm. Collection of NUS Museum, National University of Singapore
Online: 28–30 October 2025
Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2025
Writing in 1903, the Javanese writer Kartini (1879–1904) described a “little village behind the hill where the great family of artists lives,” in which could be heard “the merry sounds of hammers and the ringing of metal… it is the welcome greeting of the woodworkers.” 1
With a similar spirit of curiosity and attention to communities of creative and critical practice, we call for papers for a postgraduate symposium, to be held online on 28, 29, and 30 October 2025, starting each day at 5pm Singapore time (7pm Melbourne time) and ending each day at 8.30pm Singapore time (10.30pm Melbourne time).
Currently enrolled postgraduate (Masters or Doctoral) students, or those who have graduated from a postgraduate degree after 1 July 2024, are invited to submit an abstract of 400–500 words for a paper of 20 minutes, in English, as well as a bio of 150 words, to [email protected] before the deadline of 15 May 2025. For more details, please see the Call for Papers.
The symposium is co-convened by Roger Nelson (Art History, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Simon Soon (Art History and Curatorship, School of Culture and Communications, University of Melbourne).
The symposium is presented by the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The symposium is presented in collaboration with the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, and Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia.
