Forthcoming Series: Modern and Contemporary Art & Visual Cultures - Southwest Asia and North Africa

 

Edited by Hala Auji, Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair for Islamic Art, Virginia, United States, and Nadia Radwan, HEAD – Genève, University of Arts and Design, Switzerland

Modern and Contemporary Art & Visual Culture - Southwest Asia and North Africa (MCAV) is a new peer-reviewed book series focused on the art and visual culture of Southwest Asia, North Africa, and their diasporas spanning the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. It seeks to provide a platform for studies on topics that challenge and redefine traditional art historical narratives. The series welcomes a range of submissions, including monographs, thematic edited volumes, conference proceedings, critical text editions, and translations of significant primary sources. It will operate on a hybrid model, offering both open-access and non-open-access publications, and encourages co-publications and collaborative partnerships.

The studies published in this series may include the following aspects:

(1) Histories of Modern and Contemporary Art and Art-Making

  • Investigations into modern and contemporary art, artists, design, architecture, practices, movements, media, criticism, education, and discourses.
  • Analyses of transregional interactions, mobility, and networks of exchange within Southwest Asia, North Africa, Europe, and beyond.
  • Decolonial artistic approaches and the redefinition of traditional art-historical canons, including the applied arts and crafts.

(2) Diasporas and International Networks

  • Studies on the impact of migratory movements, conflicts, war, and exile on art and visual cultures.
  • Explorations of artists' contributions to international networks, groups, and art discourses.
  • Reexamining questions of "tradition" in SWANA artistic practices and considering transcultural histories of modern and contemporary artistic movements and practices, that problematize North Atlantic-centric narratives.

(3) Collections and Exhibition Histories

  • Analyses of collections and collecting practices in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
  • Studies of art institutions, museums, and curatorial approaches.
  • Discussions on curatorial discourses of heritage and decolonization.

Language

While submissions in English are preferred, the series also accepts proposals and manuscripts in French, German, and Arabic, provided they include a concise English summary.

Advisory Board

An inclusive and diverse international advisory board will be established in the near future.

Call for Manuscripts

Authors and Volume Editors are cordially invited to submit proposals and/or full manuscripts by e-mail to Acquisitions Editor Teddi Dols.