The Institute is pleased to announce the publication of Emerging Canon, Contested Histories: Global Art Historians in Conversation (IASH Occasional Paper Series, number 23). It is the edited version of the online roundtable, Critical Globalism, led by IASH Postdoctoral Fellow Francesco Gusella and Meha Priyadarshini in 2020, with contributions from Sussan Babaie, Anna Groundwater, Elsje van Kessel, José Ramón Marcaida López, and Catriona Murray.
The conversation brings together researchers and curators to discuss the ways in which early modern art is studied, taught, remembered, and displayed today. This online publication, available here in open source, is an opportunity for experts and newcomers to the field of Global Studies to look at a pivotal period of intensifying global connections against the backdrop of our globalized world.
With the aid of objects and visual sources, Emerging Canon, Contested Histories critically reflects upon the use of this artistic heritage in present-day scholarship and society. The discussion points to alternative ways of visualizing geography and spatiality, the risks and opportunities represented by digital humanities, and the role of institutions and individual agents in establishing more inclusive collaborations.
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