Submissions open for 2022 Inquiry@³ÉÈË´óƬ Undergraduate Research Conference

For this year's Inquiry@Queen's Undergraduate Research Conference, the theme is "Reaching Beyond". The conference showcases undergraduate research and creative work, and for those interested in submitting an abstract, the deadline is February 18, 2022.

Additionally, Inquiry@Queen's is accepting student proposals for an art installation in the Stauffer Library. For full details, visit their website.

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Department Student Council Major's Night

Date

Thursday February 10, 2022
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location

Online

Major's Night is all about helping first-year students choose a major. On February 10, 4-7pm via Zoom/Brazen, the DSC will answer questions from students about their experience in Art History, and discuss various paths they may take. To attend or share material, email Taylor and Darcie at arth.dsc@asus.queensu.ca.

Context & Meaning Conference 2022

Start Date

Friday January 28, 2022

End Date

Saturday January 29, 2022

Time

10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Location

Online

On the theme of "Art and the Anthropocene", the Graduate Visual Culture Association's annual Context & Meaning conference is set for January 28-29, 2022. This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Kirsty Robertson, Queen's alumna and Professor of Contemporary Art and Director of Museum and Curatorial Studies at Western University. Dr. Robertson will give a talk on Friday, January 29 at 5pm.

Registration, conference program, and pre-discussion presentations are available at the .

Poster for the 2022 Context and Meaning conference, "Art and the Anthropocene"

 

Conservation Science Education Online: Inaugural Conference

Start Date

Tuesday June 14, 2022

End Date

Thursday June 16, 2022

Time

8:15 am - 1:00 pm

Location

via Zoom

This virtual conference is designed to allow international educators in the field of Cultural Heritage Science to showcase innovative teaching strategies, case studies, and laboratory exercises that they have found to be successful in their teaching, breaking boundaries in making science more relevant to students. The Final Program (5MB) is now available and includes the conference schedule, the abstracts of the eight speakers, and the titles for the poster presenters.

The conference is intended to elicit module contributions for the web-based resource Conservation Science Education Online (CSEO). Educators in different international locations have unique teaching challenges and therefore the educational materials need to be relevant and adaptable. Participants will present modules based on their unique methodologies for conveying complex topics to students.  Attendees would then join the presenters for discussion and provide suggestions on how to improve modules prior to submission.

The conference will include pre-recorded presentations from both invited speakers and poster presenters, as well as the posters themselves.  This material should be viewed before the conference, as the live sessions will be devoted to discussions of the invited talks and posters.

Posters for the conference are available for download.

Final Conference Outline

(all times are listed in ET)

Day 1 (June 14)

  • 8:15-8:30 - Opening Remarks: Welcome & Introduction to CSEO
  • 8:30-10:30 - Discussion Session 1 of Invited Panelists: Overarching Theme: Learning Scientific Language through Examples with Meaning
  • 10:30-10:50 - Pause for Refreshments
  • 10:50-13:00 - Discussion Session 1 of Poster PresentersOverarching Theme: Finding Relatable Examples - Threshold Concepts, Teaching Methods, Research and Teaching to Non-Conservators

Day 2 (June 15)

  • 8:30-8:35 - Opening Remarks: Welcome
  • 8:35-10:35 - Discussion Session 2 of Invited PanelistsOverarching Theme: Theory to Practice - Engagement through Training
  • 10:35-11:35 - Pause for Refreshments and Breakout Sessions

Day 3 (June 16)

  • 8:30-8:35 - Opening Remarks: Welcome
  • 8:35-10:35 - Discussion Session 2 of Poster PresentersOverarching Theme: Shifts in Teaching and Self-Reflection - Social-Media, Pandemic, E-Learning and Teaching Strategies
  • 10:35-10:55 - Pause for Refreshments
  • 10:55-11:45 - Comments from Moderators and Closing Remarks
CSEO

Invited Speakers

  • Giovanna Di Pietro, Professor, Department of Conservation of Works of Art, Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland.
  • Patricia Gonzales, Department of Science, Chemistry Section, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru.
  • Maggi Loubser, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Tangible Heritage Conservation, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Austin Nevin, Head of Conservation, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK.
  • Anupam Sah, Head of Art Conservation, Research, and Training, CSMVS Museum, Mumbai, India.
  • Arzu Sardarli, Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Indigenous Knowledge & Science, First Nations University of Canada, Canada.
  • Jana Sasakamoose, Master’s student, Indigenous Knowledge & Science, First Nations University of Canada, Canada.
  • Erich Uffelman, Bentley Professor of Chemistry, Department Head, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Washington and Lee University, USA.
  • Shuya Wei, Professor, Institute of Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China.
Speakers for the 2022 Conservation Science Education Online conference.
Clockwise from top left: Anupam Sah, Giovanna Di Pietro, Erich Uffelman, Patrician Gonzales, Shuya Wei, Jana Sasakamoose, Arzu Sardarli, Austin Nevin, and Maggi Loubser, the invited speakers for the 2022 CSEO conference.

Moderators

  • Edgar Casanova-González, CONACyT Researcher, National Laboratory of Sciences for the Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.
  • Laura Fuster López, Professor, Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.
  • Gregory Dale Smith, The Otto N. Frenzel III Senior Conservation Scientist, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, USA.
  • Maartje Stols-Witlox, Programme director and associate professor, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands. 
Moderators for the 2022 Conservation Science Education Online conference
(l-r) Edgar Casanova-González, Laura Fuster López, Gregory Dale Smith, and Maartje Stols-Witlox, moderators of the 2022 CSEO conference.

Registering and Attending the Conference

The deadline for registering to attend the conference is June 1. There are no conference registration fees. If you wish to attend the conference, please register by emailing your name, title, affiliation, position, and if willing, your area of teaching in the field of Cultural Heritage to: CSEO@queensu.ca.

The conference participants registered so far come from around the world, as shown by the following map.
 

Map of registered attendees for the 2022 CSEO Conference

Organizers

  • Alison Murray, Associate Professor of Conservation Science, Queen’s University, Canada.
  • Rebecca Ploeger, Associate Professor of Conservation Science, Buffalo State College, USA.
  • Aaron Shugar, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Conservation Science, Buffalo State College, USA.
  • Kyna Biggs, Conservation Scientist, Conservation Science and Preventive Conservation Department, Parks Canada, Canada.
Organizers for the 2022 CSEO Conference
(l-r) Alison Murray, Rebecca Ploeger, Aaron Shugar, and Kyna Biggs, organizers for the 2022 CSEO conference.

Organizing Institutions

Conference is graciously sponsored by  and the Department of Art History & Art Conservation, Queen’s University.

CSEO

 

Technology provided by the Smith School of Business.

Technology for the 2022 CSEO conference is provided by the Smith School of Business, ³ÉÈË´óƬ.

Lacombe, Ariel

Ariel Lacombe, M.A. Candidate

Ariel Lacombe

Ph.D. Candidate

Art History Program

Major fields of interest: Late medieval and Early Modern sculptures from southern Italy; miracle-working images and image cults; sacred and devotional rituals; art and agency.

Graduate experience: M.A. in Art History, ³ÉÈË´óƬ (2023). Major Research Paper: The Smiling Madonna of the South: A case study on the Madonna del Sorriso and modern forms of devotion in Roccavivara, Italy. 

Undergraduate experience: Concordia University, B.F.A in Art History & Studio Arts (2021); Concordia University, B.A in Western Society and Culture (2018).

Supervisor: Dr. Una D'Elia

What Is... Art Conservation? with Emy Kim

Date

Saturday February 5, 2022
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Location

Emy Kim, Assistant Professor, Artifacts Conservation, leads a Zoom talk on art conservation, presented by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Her talk focuses on the role of a museum conservator, conservation training, ethics, and more. Admission is free with registration.