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ArgumentThe increasing internationalization of the study of American art has altered&#160;the topography of the discipline in ways that are widely acknowledged but&#160;not yet clearly defined. This two-day event will map out the changes that are&#160;occurring in the field of American art as it becomes enmeshed in a global&#160;art history. Sessions will examine current trends of inquiry and suggest new&#160;directions for scholarship. Shifting Terrain: Mapping a Transnational American Art History&#160;is the capstone event in the Smithsonian American Art Museum&#8217;s five-part series The&#160;Terra Symposia on American Art in a Global Context, initiated in 2006 in response to the global turn.RegistrationThe symposium is free, but registration is required at www.ShiftingTerrain2015.eventbrite.com. The symposium will be available through a simultaneous webcast; an archived version will remain online indefinitely. For the webcast and abstracts of the speakers&#8217; talks, visit AmericanArt.si.edu/terra15. This event is made possible by the Terra Foundation for American Art.ScheduleFriday, October 169:00&#8211;9:30 a.m., Registration and Coffee, McEvoy Auditorium Lobby9:30&#8211;9:45 a.m., WelcomeElizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art MuseumElizabeth Glassman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Terra Foundation for American Art9:45&#8211;10:15 a.m., IntroductionC&#233;cile Whiting, Chancellor&#8217;s Professor of Art History and Professor of Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine &#8220;The Transnational Turn in American Art History&#8221;10:15 a.m.&#8211;12:15 p.m., ThingsChair: Jennifer L. Roberts, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities, Harvard UniversityJennifer Van Horn, Assistant Professor of Art History, George Mason University, &#8220;Re-membering War: Prostheses and Citizenship in Revolutionary America&#8221;Jennifer Jane Marshall, Associate Professor of North American Art, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, &#8220;Nashville, New York, Paris, and Nashville: William Edmondson, Mobilized and Unmoved&#8221;Ethan W. Lasser, Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of American Art and Head of the Division of European and American Art, Harvard Art Museums, &#8220;The End of the &#8216;American Gallery&#8217;: Integrated Collections and the Future of American Art History&#8221;12:15&#8211;1:30 p.m., Break1:30&#8211;3:30 p.m., PositionsChair: ShiPu Wang, Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, University of California, MercedJacqueline Francis, Associate Professor of Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts &#8220;Critical Race Art History: A Proposal&#8221;Asma Naeem, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings and Time-Based Media Art, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, &#8220;Leaving Yourself Behind: The Problem of Displacement in American Art History&#8221;Rita Gonzalez, Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, &#8220;&#8216;This Is Not America&#8217;: Positions and Politics in the Curating and Collecting of Contemporary American Art&#8221;3:30&#8211;4:00 p.m., Coffee Break, Courtyard Caf&#233;4:00&#8211;6:00 p.m., TransactionsChair: Alex J. Taylor, Terra Foundation Research Fellow in American Art, TateMelody Barnett Deusner, Assistant Professor of Art History, Indiana University, Bloomington, &#8220;Constructing the &#8216;Deadly Parallel&#8217;: Paintings, Politics, and the Comparative Eye in Turn-of-the-Century Clubland&#8221;Yuko Kikuchi, Reader in Art and Design History, University of the Arts London, &#8220;Cold War Transnational Design: Russel Wright and &#8216;Asian Modern&#8217;&#8221;Jessica L. Horton, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Delaware, &#8220;Oil, Sheepherding, and Outer Space: Contemporary American Indian Paintings in and around Iran, 1964&#8211;1966&#8221;Saturday, October 179:30&#8211;10:00 a.m., Registration and Coffee, McEvoy Auditorium Lobby10:00 a.m.&#8211;12:00 p.m., NetworksChair: Vanessa R. Schwartz, Professor of History, Art History, and Film and Director of the Visual Studies Research Institute, University of Southern CaliforniaEstelle Blaschke, Researcher, Universit&#233; de Lausanne, &#8220;Creating Infrastructures: The Rise and Imaginary of Microfilm, 1920&#8211;1950&#8221;Nadya Bair, Ph.D. Candidate in Art History, University of Southern California, &#8220;New York, Paris, and the World: American Sponsorship and Magnum Photos&#8217; Global Network&#8221;Fred Turner, Professor of Communication, Stanford University, &#8220;The Democratic Surround and the Politics of Multimedia&#8221;12:00&#8211;1:30 p.m., Break1:30&#8211;2:45 p.m., Graduate Student Lightning RoundModerator: Amelia Goerlitz, Fellowship and Academic Programs Manager, Smithsonian American Art MuseumEmily Casey, Ph.D. Candidate in Art History, University of Delaware