International interdisciplinary Research Colloquium for PhD Candidates
and Post-Docs

German Documentation Center for Art History – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
21. – 25. July 2015

Photographs appear in an abundance of forms – as negatives, copies,
project, in exhibitions, in magazines and photo books. What
distinguishes these manifold forms of materialisation and mediatisation
of photography from one another? What are their core specifics, to what
extent do they interlock? Who are the decisive actors in the
actualisation of these individual forms? What precisely are the areas
of change, and in what ways has change taken place? What are the
innovations digitalisation brought to the mostly complex constellations
of image producers and recipients? And what are the consequences of the
recent interest in photo books for exhibitions of the same images?

In 2015, the Research Seminar on the History and Theory of Photography
will be dedicated to studying the materialisations and mediatisations
of photography in all of its contexts of production and reception. The
five-day event will provide 15 PhD candidates and Post-Docs with an
opportunity to present their research, seminars, discussion panels,
visits to eminent collections, exchange with curators and artists.

We welcome applications by any PhD candidates and Post-Docs working on
this subject. Applications should include a research summary (up to
3,000 characters) as well as a CV and should be submitted to
berg@fotomarburg.de by April 7, 2015.

The conference languages are German and English. The grant will cover
preparatory material, accommodation, and a travel allowance.

With Elizabeth Edwards (Photographic History Research Centre, De
Montfort University, Leicester),
Martin Hochleitner (Kunstuniversität Linz/Salzburg Museum),
Susanne Holschbach (Universität der Künste Berlin),
Hubert Locher (Philipps-Universität Marburg/German Documentation Center
for Art History – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg),
Angela Matyssek (Philipps-Universität Marburg),
Alexander Streitberger (Université catholique de Louvain/Lieven Gevaert
Research Centre for Photography)
and Peter Piller.

Further information:
http://www.fotomarburg.de/aktuelles/events/studientage2015

In collaboration with the German Photographic Association (DGPh).

Supported by the Department of Art History at Philipps-Universität
Marburg, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt/Eschborn, Fotografie
Forum Frankfurt, as well as the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt.

Financed by the Volkswagen Foundation.