UAAC-AAUC 2022 Conference
Every fall, UAAC-AAUC hosts Canada’s professional conference for visual arts-based research by art historians, professors, artists, curators, and cultural workers. The conference is held at a different location each year, generally at a Canadian university or college. The sessions and panels address issues and subjects in art history, theory, and practice from various methodological approaches.
The 2022 UAAC-AAUC Conference will be hosted by the University of Toronto.
We are delighted to announce that the 2022 UAAC Conference will follow a hybrid model: in-person sessions will be held at University of Toronto, Hart House on October 27th through 29th, 2022. Online sessions will take place on November 4th 2022. An overview of the schedule.
Registration is now open, scroll down for Conference Registration options.
Conference Registration
Everyone chairing a session/panel, presenting a paper or participating in a panel MUST register for the conference AND be a current MEMBER of UAAC-AAUC.
Support the UAAC Travel Fund
The UAAC is directing funds towards travel support for students and sessional faculty, but we are also going to you, our members, to seek donations to this fund.
Please consider making a donation to the travel fund to ensure UAAC’s continued ability to bring together as many visual arts researchers as possible at our annual conference.
Past Conferences
| Year | Host/Organizing Committee | Programme |
| 2021 | Alena Buis (snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ Langara College), Elizabeth Cavaliere (Queen’s University), and Samantha Chang (University of Toronto) | 2021 Programme Website |
| 2020 | Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia | 2020 Programme Website |
| 2019 | Ersy Contogouris (Université de Montréal), Maxime Coulombe (Université Laval), and Erin Silver (University of British Columbia) | 2019 Programme |
| 2018 | University of Waterloo | 2018 Programme |
| 2017 | Alberta College of Art and Design, the University of Alberta, Augustana Faculty at the University of Alberta, the University of Lethbridge, and the University of Calgary | 2017 Programme |
| 2016 | Université du Québec à Montréal | 2016 Programme |
| 2015 | NSCAD University | 2015 Programme, 2015 Abstracts |
| 2014 | OCAD University | 2014 Programme |
| 2013 | Alberta College of Art and Design and the University of Lethbridge | 2013 Programme |
| 2012 | Concordia University | 2012 Programme |
| 2011 | Carleton University | 2011 Programme |
| 2010 | University of Guelph | 2010 Programme |
| 2009 | University of Alberta | 2009 Programme |
| 2008 | York University | |
| 2007 | University of Waterloo | |
| 2006 | NSCAD University | |
| 2005 | University of Victoria | |
| 2004 | Comite International d’Histoire de I’Art and Université de Montréal | |
| 2003 | Queen’s University | |
| 2002 | University of Calgary and the Albert College of Art and Design | |
| 2001 | Université du Québec | |
| 2000 | University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba | |
| 1999 | OCAD University | |
| 1998 | University of Western Ontario | |
| 1997 | Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design | |
| 1996 | McGill University | |
| 1995 | University of Guelph | |
| 1994 | NSCAD University | |
| 1993 | University of Windsor | |
| 1992 | University of Victoria | |
| 1991 | Queen’s University |
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Every fall UAAC hosts Canada’s professional conference for visual arts based research by art historians, professors, artists, curators and cultural workers. The conference is held at a different location each year, normally at a Canadian university or college, and the sessions and panels address issues and subjects in art history, theory and practice from a variety of methodological approaches.
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Every fall UAAC hosts Canada’s professional conference for visual arts based research by art historians, professors, artists, curators and cultural workers. The conference is held at a different location each year, normally at a Canadian university or college, and the sessions and panels address issues and subjects in art history, theory and practice from a variety of methodological approaches.
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Every fall UAAC hosts Canada’s professional conference for visual arts based research by art historians, professors, artists, curators and cultural workers. The conference is held at a different location each year, normally at a Canadian university or college, and the sessions and panels address issues and subjects in art history, theory and practice from a variety of methodological approaches.