ARTH*2580 European Art, 1900-1945; enrolment 69; 3 hrs/week F99
ARTH*3420 Visual Arts in the Culture of the U.S.; enrollment 11; 3 hrs/week F99; 1 semester taught until curriculum revision
ARTH*3520 Art Since 1945; enrollment 36; 3 hrs/week W00
ARTH*4550 Seminar on 20th Century Art; enrolment 10; 3 hrs/week F99
1998-9 03-258 European Art,1900-1945; enrolment 44; 3 hrs/week F98
03-342 Visual Arts in the Culture of the U.S.; enrolment 6; 3 hrs/week F98
03-352 Art Since 1945; enrolment 24; 3 hrs/week W99
03-248 Introduction to Art Theory and Criticism; enrolment 36; 3 hrs/week, W99
Other teaching activity
2001-2 ARTH*4600Individual Study - Art History: Ali Donnely "Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez Pea" W02
ARTH*4860 Honors Thesis I - Art History: Melanie Josic "Medieval Visuality;" W02
ARTH*4860 Honors Thesis I I - Art History: Martha Archibald "Latin American Art;" W02
ARTH*4860 Honors Thesis I - Art History: Martha Archibald "Latin American Art;" F01
ARTH*4860 Honors Thesis I - Art History: Melanie Josic "Medieval Visuality;" F01
ARTH*4600 Individual Study - Art History: Rebecca Wood "World Art;" F01
1999-00ARTH*4860 Honors Thesis I - Art History, Brian Darnell: "Representations of Death in Art," W00
ARTH*4860 Brian Darnell, Honours Thesis II, "Contemporary Death Imagery,"F00
ARTH*4860 Honors Thesis I - Art History, Wanda Pawlowski: "Public Art and Public Outrage," F99
ARTH*4600 Individual Study - Art History, Peter Gazendam: "Manifestos," F99
ARTH*4600 Individual Study - Art History, Tyler Strahl: "Manifestos," F99
ARTH*4600 Individual Study - Art History, Jeremy Dion: "Andre Breton and Surrealism," W00
ARTH*4600 Individual Study - Art History, Julianne Gladstone: "History of Visionary Art," W00
HUMN*3501 Independent Interdisciplinary Research Project - Rebecca Walker: "Deconstruction" (with Jay Lampert, Dept of Philosophy); W00* (this student was registered as a Fine Art major)
1998-903-485/6 Honours Thesis I & II supervision, Cheryl Fields F98, W99
03-460 Individual study supervision -- Art History, Carolyn Gerencser W99
03-460 Individual study supervision -- Art History, Luke Dupre W99
03-460 Individual study supervision -- Art History, Christine Aitchison S99
03-460 Individual study supervision -- Art History, Susan Freypons S99
03-460 Individual study supervision -- Art History, Christine Preski S99
03-460 Individual study supervision -- Art History, Jennifer Whitehead S99
Interdisciplinary undergraduate supervision
2001-2 WMST*4510 Individual Study - Music: Judith Sainsbury; F01-W02 (with Howard Spring)
WMST*3510 Individual Study - Women's Studies: Ashley Richards; W02
Other Teaching Activities
Supervisor
W01 - Helen Spitzer MA slapsie art & technology
Supervisory and Examining Committee
W01-W02 Joyanne Laarhoven MA slapsie film theory
F01 Cheryl Fields MLA monuments
W02 Kate Terry MFA installation art
W02 Derek Sullivan MFA installation art
W02 Sakis Mitsoulis MFA painting
W01 Lori Newdick MFA photography
W01 Iza Mokrosz MFA installation art
W01 Dan Schneider MFA sculpture
W00 Beth McEachen MFA mixed media
W00 Ross Bell MFA installation art
W99 Betsy Coulter MFA sculpture
W99 Maria Legault MFA installation art
Examining Committee
S00 Johanna Cockerline MA slapsie eating disorders
SOFAM Painting and Related 2D Practices Hiring Committee member SOFAM Fine Arts Awards Committee chair (except in W02)
SOFAM Graduate MFA Committee member
SOFAM Curriculum Committee member
Faculty Coordinator, conference "Definitions of Culture V: Globalization and Postcolonialism I, and II (Intimate and Interactive). Organized two student field trips to Montreal for the purposes of attending and participating in this international conference. Dates: November 5-6 F01, and April 5 W02"
Faculty Coordinator, student conference "Intimate and Interactive" (at Guelph) Jan 11, W02
Fundraising activities on behalf of Guelph for costs related to our partnership with the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal around "Definitions of Culture V: Globalization and Postcolonialism I, and II ('Intimate and Interactive')
Liason with the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal around "Definitions of Culture V: Globalization and Postcolonialism I, and II ('Intimate and Interactive')
2001 SOFAM Representative, Visit to the University of Guelph by the Lahti Polytechnic, Finland, April 26, 2001
Consultant, Juried Art Show, College Royal, University of Guelph, W01
1999-0 SOFAM Painting and Related 2D Practices Hiring Committee member
SOFAM Video Hiring Committee member
SOFAM Fine Arts Awards Committee chair
SOFAM Library Committee member
SOFAM Curriculum Committee member
SOFAM Graduate MFA Committee member
Introduced all the Video candidates at SOFAM Public Presentations
Represented SOFAM at the unveiling of the Mac '49 commemorative artwork during Alumni Weekend, W00
Organizer and co-ordinator, "An Evening at Blackwood," pot-luck supper event with movie screening followed by discussion, March 4, 1999
1998-9 SOFAM Painting and Related 2D Practices Hiring Committee member
1998 SOFAM Curriculum Committee member
SOFAM Fine Arts Awards Committee chair
Administrative Appointments
2005 BA Council member, SOFAM
COA Library Committee, member
1998-2002 COA Awards Committee member (except W02)
1999-0 COA Library Committee
1996 University of Ottawa, Library Committee, Visual Arts member
1995-6 University of Ottawa, Travel Committee, Visual Arts member
Community
Art in Guelph and Outside Guelph (AGOG) executive committee member, and co-organizer, Guelph, F04
Professional Art Consultant and Adjudicator, Annual AIDS Gala Auction, Guelph; W01- (on-going)
Fine Art Faculty Consultant, Juried Art Show, College Royal, University of Guelph, W00, W01, W02
Graduate courses
Graduate teaching
FINA*6551 MFA seminar: Theory and Art: Conceptual Art, W04 & others in the c.v. I submitted. Plus one PhD supervision (in this doc.)
Graduate courses (SOFAM)
2001-02 FINA*6651 Seminar in Art Theory and Criticism; enrolment 10; 2.5 hrs/week; W02
2000-01 1306551 Seminar in Art Theory and Criticism; enrolment 15; 1.5 hrs/week; W01
1999-0 1306551 Seminar in Art Theory and Criticism; enrolment 9; 1.5 hrs/week; W00
1998-9 1306551 Seminar in Art Theory and Criticism; enrolment 9; 1.5 hrs/week; W99
Courses (Other)
2001 6010 Approaches to Research and Theory, team-taught, interdisciplinary slapsie course; I taught a module titled "Images and Words;" enrolment 9; W01
Internal and External Funding, Honours
2006 SSHRC Conference Travel Grant, III Congreso Patrimonio Cultural
2006 Awarded one of three University Research Assistants (URA) positions allocated to SOFAM
2005 SSHRC Conference Travel Grant, Universities Art Association Conference
2005 SSHRC Research Funding, Juan Pi
2004 College Research Advancement Fund, $4000
2003 College Research Advancement Fund, $4000
2002 College Research Advancement Fund, $4500
2001 SSHRC Conference Travel Grant, "Definitions of Culture V"
2001 SSHRC Conference Travel Grant , Universities Art Association Conference
2001 Nomination, College of Arts (COA) Award of Teaching Excellence
College Research Advancement Fund $3,300
SSHRC Conference Travel Grant
Awarded one of three University Research Assistants (URA) positions allocated to SOFAM
2000 Nomination, SOFAM, Premier's Research Excellence Award
1999-01 SSHRC Start-up funds $3,000
1998-01 Research Grant, College of Arts $3,000
2000 Awarded one of three URA positions allocated to SOFAM
1999 Travel Grant, School of Fine Art and Music
Awarded one of two URA positions allocated to SOFAM
1998 Travel Grant, School of Fine Art and Music
1997-99 Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l'aide la recherche (FCAR) Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Tenure at Columbia University, U.S.A., $20 000
1996 Nomination. University of Ottawa. Award of Excellence for Part-time Teaching
The Canada Council. Short-Term Grant, Criticism and Curating. Project: The Edge of the Proper
The Canada Council. Exhibition Assistance. Project: Les Occupantes
Conseil des arts et lettres du Qubec. Exhibition Assistance, Promotion et diffusion des arts visuels au Qubec et hors Qubec. Project: Les Occupantes
1995 SSHRC Fellowship $5 000
Concordia University External Award Holders Doctoral Scholarship $ 5 000
Concordia University. Academic Development Travel Grant, Humanities Doctoral Program
1994 SSHRC Fellowship $5 000
Concordia University External Award Holders Doctoral Scholarship $5 000
Concordia University. Academic Development Travel Grant, Humanities Doctoral Program
1993 Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University
Concordia University. Academic Development Travel Grant, Humanities Doctoral Program
1992 Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University
Research Fellowship in Contemporary Canadian Art and Theory, Canadian Centre for the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Canada, $15 000
University of Ottawa. Academic Development Travel Grant
Concordia University. Academic Development Travel Grant, Humanities Doctoral Program
1990 University of Ottawa. Academic Development Travel Grant
Publications
Books
[See also: La Maana de Cordoba, Argentina, June 4, 2005, pp.4-5. Feature interview in a daily newspaper.]
La globalizacin y el arte actual [Contemporary Art and Globalization]. Buenos Aires: EUdeBA Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires; forthcoming 2007. Book. English/Spanish language Illustrated.
Apuntes sobre las megamuestras de arte internacional: un planteo crtico [Notes on the phenomenon of the global art exhibitions]. In the series Estudios sobre Medios: Tecnologas digitales y circuitos de circulacin. Ficha de Ctedra: Seminario de Antropologa y Medios, Susan Sel ed. (Buenos Aires, Argentina: OPFyL, 2006); Spanish language text. 6256 words
Global Raiders: Artists in a World without Borders. Anthology. Gerta Moray, co-editor. Forthcoming.
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Bodily Fluids in Art and Art History. Anthology. With Bruce Barber, co-editor. Forthcoming.
Chapters in books
"Elsewhere and Other: Juan Pi's Visualization of Argentina," in III Congreso Internacional Patrimonio Cultural: PROCEEDINGS. " Proceedings of the conference with the same title that took place in Crdoba, Repblica Argentina, May 4 - 7, 2006. Cordoba: Centro Cordoba-Canada, ABECAN, UdeCordoba, 2006; text size 112KB (9918 words)
"Death and Abjection: Andres Serrano," in Blood, Sweat and Tears: Bodily Fluids in Art and Art History, Bruce Barber, co-editor.
"Conceptualism in the Americas I: The Reservoir of the Spirit?" Definitions of Culture V: Globalization and Postcolonialism, Montral: Muse d'art contemporain de Montral, 2002; pp. 13-26.
Articles - refereed or similar journals (International)
2006 "Desmenuzando las megamuestras: Analisis y discusion de la arquitectura politica de las grandes vidrieras del arte, " Revista Ramona 67 (Buenos Aires): 32-45. Revised version of "Las megamuestras de arte internacional: un planteo critico."
2006 "Art + Activism: ATSA" in Women & Environments International Magazine, Fall 2006; 2000 words
2005 "Extracto: Apuntes sobre el arte contemporneo y la globalizacin/Extract: Notes on contemporary art and globalization," Revista Cordoba-Canada (Argentina), no. 21 (2005), pp. 120-127. Illustrated. In Spanish. Book excerpt.
2002 "In Brazil," Art Papers (USA), November/December 2002, vol. 26/6: pp. 6-7
"Notations: Excerpt of an On-Going Discussion with Tony Scherman on Painting," Art Papers (USA), September/ October 2002, vol. 26/5: pp. 28-33
"In the Field of Visibility: Cadieux, Houle, Lukacs," University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol 71/3 Summer 2002 755-764 Summer 2002: pp. 755-764. A very preliminary version of the is essay was accepted for publication in 2001. The printed version appearing in the UTQ's summer issue constitutes an almost completely rewritten version of the original text.
2001 "La septime Biennale de la Havane/ The Seventh Havana Biennial," with Christine Bernier; submitted to a-r-c: journal of art research and critical curating (UK); unpublished
"Vision," University of Toronto Quarterly, accepted for the special issue titled "A Visionary Tradition" (published in 2002)
2000 "What is Given to be Seen," n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal (UK), vol. 6 (July 1999): pp. 79-87
"Border/Culture: A Short Analysis," a-r-c: journal of art research and critical curating (UK), May 2000; refereed, international publication; this publication develops my paper "Border/Culture" which appeared in Atopia (USA), special issue titled "Place/Non-place," issue 0.66 (July 1999): pp. 52-55
1996 "Specific Objects: A Response to Nicole Dubreuil-Blondin and Martin Jay," Definitions of Visual Culture II: Modernist Utopias -- Postformalism and Pure Visuality. Montral: Muse d'art contemporain de Montral, 1996; pp. 47-53
"A Delicate Rupture [Genevive Cadieux]," Public, no. 14, 1996: pp.112-116
"Crossroads/Visualism: Robert Houle," Parachute, no. 80, 1995: pp.42- 46
1995 "Perspectives in Camera: Andres Serrano," The Image of Death: The Limits of Fiction: Viewing the Corpse. Montral: Muse d'art contemporain de Montral, 1995: pp. 37- 47
"In Camera: Andres Serrano," Parachute, no. 78, 1995: pp. 12 - 19
1994 "Slave and Master: Picturing the Politics and Poetics of S/M," Parachute, no. 76, 1994
1992 "Out of Bounds: Art History, Gendered Knowledge and Spatial Aesthetics," refereed publication, Prosthesis (University of Western Ontario), summer 1992: pp. 144-165
"Hysterical Sites/Pantomimic Bodies: A Feminist's Reading of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec," Architecture and Culture: International Research Symposium. Proceedings. Carleton University, Ottawa: School of Architecture, 1992
1990 "When I Breathe There is a Space: An Interview with Buseje Bailey," Canadian Woman's Studies, 1990: n.p.
Reviews
2006 "Listen, Here, Now: Argentine Art in the 1960's" (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2004), Ramona (Buenos Aires), forthcoming, 2007. Book review.
2005 "Idiomatica," Canadian Art (Canada), Winter 2005 issue
2004 "Sara Angelucci (MacLaren Art Centre 23 January - 14 March 2004," Canadian Art, Fall 2004 issue
2003 "Linda O'Neill: Slow Float," (Wynick/Tuck Gallery 2 November - 20 November, 2002) Canadian Art (Winter 2003), pp 62 - 63
2002 "The Short Century," Art Papers (U.S.A.), vol. 26.4: 43-44
"Shirin Neshat," C International Contemporary Art, issue #73 (Spring 2002): 41
"Attila Richard Lukacs," Parachute, no. 69 (1993): 48-49
1992 "Rene Lavaillante, Les appelants; Lorraine Simms, Le corps raisonn.," Parachute, no. 67 (1992): 38-39
"Nancy Fried," Parachute, no. 66 (1992): 43-44
1991 "Linda Hutcheon, Splitting Images & Mark A. Cheetham, Remembering Postmodernism, " Parachute, no. 64 (1991): 63-64
"Lisette Model," Parachute, no. 61 (1991): 63-63
Catalogues and texts for art exhibitions
Moblog: Enter, curatorial statement
Hybris - Kinga Araya, catalogue essay for the exhibition held at the Christine Chassay Art Gallery, Montreal, and in Poland, and the Ukraine through 2002-3.
Video Adventures: The Border, essay for the video exhibition curated for the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Fall 2001; brochure
Sensibilia: Paintings by Linda O'Neill, essay for the exhibition held at the Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Cultural Centre, March 9-April 22, 2001; brochure
The Casino's Evil Twin: Jan I.M. Noestheden, essay for the exhibition held at the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, March 24-April 26, 2001; brochure
"I" Alexa Wright, Galerie Articule, Montreal: 2000; refereed publication submitted to the Board of Directors at Galerie Articule at the invitation of the UK photographer Alexa Wright, for her September solo exhibition titled, "I"; accepted for publication by the Board; later withdrawn by the artist who did not wish to see criticism of her work in print
Les Occupantes. Montreal: 1996; brochure
Francine Lalonde: Corps talons/ Carla Whiteside: Les vrits du 20e sicle. Montral: 1996; brochure
"The Textual Wor(l)d," Carla Whiteside: Consensus/exil. Ottawa: 1995; catalogue text
1990 Women and the Year 1990: A Kit for Non-governmental Women's Groups, Status of Women Canada, March 1990
A Handbook for Delegates to the Third Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers Responsible for Women's Affairs. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 1990
International Women's Day, March 8, 1990/Journe international de la femme, 8 mars, 1990, Status of Women Canada's special edition poster, March 1990
"Out of Bounds: Art History, Gendered Knowledge and Spatial Representation," proceedings from the Fourth International Interdisciplinary Congress of Women, Hunter College, New York, June 2-6, 1990
Curatorial Work
Moblog:Enter, curated international exhibition, web-based, October 2004 - October 2005
Gustavo Romano, curated exhibition, the MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, 2003
Video Adventures: The Border, curated video program featuring Latin America for the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, 2001
Conferences, Workshops, Invited Lectures
Major Addresses and Conference Papers
2005 "Conferencia acerca de la globalizacion y el arte en el Departamento de Artes Visuales de la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires," lecture at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and Media, University of Buenos Aires, and the Centro de Estudios Argentino-Canadienses. Thursday June 16
"Apuntes sobre la globalizacion del arte actual" lecture at the Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte, IUNA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and Media, University of Buenos Aires, Wednesday June 15
"Conferencia en la Carrera de Artes Visuales de la Facultad de Arte y Diseo de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo)," lecture at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo). Sponsored by Centro Cuyo-Canadiense. Thursday May 19
"Expresion visual en una epoca de globalizacion: Conferencia en el Departamento de Artes Visuales de la Facultad de Filosofia, Humanidades y Artes de la Universidad Nacional de San Juan," lecture at the Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan. Wednesday May 18
"Conferencia: Arte contemporaneo y la globalizacion," Universidad Blas Pascal, Sede Campus-Arguello, de la Ciudad de Cordoba. Tuesday May 17
"Exposicion ante colegas y especialistas de artes," Conferencia en la Escuela de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon Cepia, Cordoba. Monday May 16
2002 "Exploring the Conceptual Legacy in Latino/a and Latin American Artwork," lecture at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, February 3
2001 "Conceptualism in the Americas I: The Reservoir of the Spirit?" Definitions of Culture V: Globalization and Postcolonialism, Montral: Muse d'art contemporain de Montral, October 6, invited lecture
Gallery 44 Contact 2001; panellist "Beyond the Photograph: When is a Hat Not a Hat," Ryerson Polytechnic University, May 22
1995 "Specific Objects." Response to the round-table discussants Martin Jay, and Nicole Dubreuil-Blondin, Montral Museum of Contemporary Art Conference Definitions of Visual Culture II, Modernist Utopias -- Postformalism and Pure Visuality. December 9-10, 1995
1994 "Perspectives in Camera: Andres Serrano," The Image of Death: The Limits of Fiction: Viewing the Corpse,Muse d'art contemporain de Montral, Montral, November 19, 1994
Other
International Addresses
2001 "Canadian Art and Third World Art: What Globalization Tells Us About How to Build an Image;" international lecture; Institute fr Kunstgeschichte, Innsbruck University, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Austria, May 17
1999 "The Canadian Postmodern in Art," Russian Association of Canadian Studies (RACS/SPRUG), St Petersburg, Russia, August
National Addresses and Conference Lectures
2005 "Elsewhere and Other: Juan Pi's Visualization of the Argentine Nation," session Photography and Nationhood," A. Kunard, chair, lecture at the scholarly conference Universities Art Association of Canada Annual Conference, Victoria, November 2005
2001 "Contemporary Issues of the Spirit in the Visual Culture of the Americas," session "The Artist as Material Culturologist or the Material Culturologist as an Artist?"Mireille Perron, chair, lecture at the scholarly conference Universities Art Association of Canada Annual Conference, Montral, October 18, 2001
2001 "Globalization and Postcolonialism: A Video Adventure," a lecture introducing selected videos representing Latin America at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, September 27
"Latin American Visual Art in Canadian Museums," lecture at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, March 21
2000 "Some Famous, Some Neglected: A History of the Americas through Canadian Curatorial Practice," session "Exhibiting Art and Culture," Joan Borsa, chair, lecture at the scholarly conference Universities Art Association of Canada Annual Conference, Winnipeg, November 5, 2000
"Postmodernity," lecture at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, February 4, 2000
1999 "Canadian Visions," lecture at the scholarly conference A Visionary Tradition: Canadian Literature and Culture at the Turn of the Millenium, Guelph, November 15, 1999
"Don't go over unless it's better": Graffiti, Latino Artists, and their Contribution to Aesthetic Theory and Culture," lecture at the scholarly conference Universities Art Association of Canada Annual Conference, Toronto, November 1999
"Some Notes on Transgression,"panel "Performing Photography: Theory, Politics and Practice," Art Practice and Social Change 1999 Colloquium, Centre for Cultural Studies and Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph, March 2, 1999
1999 "Approaching Modernism and Formalism," Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, February 26, 1999
"Borderlines_ContactZones," presentation at the College of Arts Media Centre, Guelph, January 27, 1999
1998 "Curator's Talk: Panel Discussion with Emeren Garcia and Stephen Schofield [around Eleanor Bond]," Macdonald Stewart Centre, November 2, 1998
"Postmodern Discourse/Postmodern Institutions," abstract presented at UAAC Conference, University of Western Ontario, November 1998
"Karen Finley: The Performance of Provocation," SOFAM Visiting Speakers Series, Guelph, October 15, 1998
"Photography, The Direction of the Gaze, and the Body as Source and Document," lecture at the Department of Fine Art and Music, University of Guelph, March 14, 1998
1997 "Nine Parts in Continual Re-arrangement," UAAC Conference, Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver, November 1997
"Hybrids and Half-Breeds," Gallery 101, Ottawa [May?]
"Cultural Studies and the New Art Histories," public lecture at the University of King's College, Halifax, May 1, 1997
"Postmodern Theory," lecture/discussion at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, May 2, 1997
1996 "Undoing the Postmodern: Knowledge, Visual Cultures, Theories/Dfaire le postmoderne: savoir, culture visuelle et thorie," UAAC Conference, McGill University, Montral, November 9, 1996
"Venus Fly Trap: Cross-Pollination in the Collective Process/Venus Fly Trap: l'inter-pollnisation dans un processus collectif," UAAC Conference, McGill University, Montral, November 10, 1996
"Visualism in Contemporary Art," public lecture at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, May 30, 1996
"Myths in Art," slide presentation/public lecture to the Ottawa Geotechnical Group, Ottawa, May 14, 1996
1995 "One of These Things is/not like the Others [Derrida's Visualism]," UAAC Conference, University of Guelph, Ontario, November 5, 1995
"Desperately Seeking Difference," public lecture at York University, Toronto, April 26, 1995
1994 "The Textual Wor(l)d," slide presentation/public lecture at La Galerie d'art d'Ottawa, Ottawa, in conjunction with the exhibition Carla Whiteside: Consensus/exil, December 15, 1994
"Theorizing Abandon: Postmodernism's Earth Art," public lecture for Conversations of a Particular Nature: Directions and Meanings in Site -Specific Outdoor Work, conference organized in conjunction with an exhibition organized by Art Terre. Ottawa, September 17, 1994
"Flights of Fancy: Reading the Circus, Association for Canadian Studies Annual Conference, Learneds Societies Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, June 4, 1994
1993 "Desperately Seeking Difference: Art History, Cultural Studies and the Problem of Legitimation," UAAC Conference, University of Windsor, Ontario, November 5, 1993
"Special Topics in Qubec Literature: Space and Place: Transgressive Bodies [Gay Identity and the (Visual) Place of Discourse], Department of Literature, Universit du Qubec Montral, Fall 1993
"Ties That Bind: Top, Bottom, Switch," Queer Sites: Bodies at Work, Bodies at Play, University of Toronto, May 14, 1993
"Looking Otherwise:: Desire and the Construction of the Body in Gay Visual Culture," Society for Hermeneutics and Post-modern Thought Annual Conference, Learneds Societies Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, June 2, 1993
"Popular Merriment and Kitchen Utensils: Specular Ethnographies at the Cirque du Soleil," Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) Annual Conference, York University, Toronto, May 9, 1993
1992 "Contemporary Canadian Art: Attila Richard Lukacs," lecture at the Department of Art History, Concordia University, Spring 1992
"More Sites/Sights: A Slide Presentation of a Feminist's Reading of the Canadian Museum of Civilization," Architecture and Culture International Research Symposium, Carleton University, Ottawa, September 26, 1992
"The Eye/I of the Other: Power, Aesthetics and Homoerotic Art," Canadian Women in Philosophy (C-SWIP) Annual Conference, Learneds Societies Conference, Charlottetown, P.E.I., May 25, 1992
"Looking Otherwise: Desire and the Construction of the Body in Gay Visual Culture," Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) Annual Conference, Montral, May 12, 1992
"Sizing It Up," Centre for Research on Culture and Society Spring Symposium: Marginal Practice/Marginal Theory, Carleton University, Ottawa, May 1992
"Current Projects: Lukacs," slide presentation/public lecture at The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa [Fall?]
"Art Theory and Interpretation," slide presentation/public lecture The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa [Spring?]
1990 "Out of Bounds: Art History, Gendered Knowledge and Spatial Representation," UAAC Conference, University of Montral, October 25-28, 1990
"Women's Art in Canada: Looking into the 1990s," Trent-Peterborough Women's Coalition Conference: Moving Forward: Creating a Feminist Agenda for the 1990s, Trent University, Peterborough, June 16-18, 1990
1989 "Breaking Out: Feminism, Space and Albrecht Durer," papers from the Women's Studies Conference Gender and the Construction of Culture and Knowledge, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, September 22-24, 1989
"Feminism and Art in the 70s: An Introduction," presented at the Department of Women's Studies, Carleton University, Spring 1989
1988 "The Interpretation of the Window Motif in the Work of Christopher Pratt," papers from the Young Scholars Conference, York University, Toronto, May 4-6, 1988
"Introduction to Women's Studies: Women and Art," presented at the Department of Women's Studies, Carleton University, March 1988
Other, Chairing Panels
2002 Definitions of Culture V: Globalization and Postcolonialism II: Intimate and Interactive, conference held in Montral at the Muse d'art contemporain de Montral, April 5, 2002
1999 Universities Art Association of Canada: Co-chair with Bruce Barber. "Disruption, Distraction, Disorder: Transgression in Art and Art History/Distraction, drangement, dsordre: le transgression en art et en histoire de l'art," UAAC Conference, Ontario College of Art, November 1999
1998 Universities Art Association of Canada: Co-chair with John O'Brian. "Art History and Textuality/Histoire de l'art et textualit," UAAC Conference, University of Western Ontario, November 1998
1998 Universities Art Association of Canada: Co-chair, with Maria del Carmen Suescun-Pozas. "Borderlines/ ContactZones:LatinAmerica(s) @uaac.ca." UAAC Conference, University of Western Ontario, November 1998
1995 Universities Art Association of Canada: Session on postmodern practices (session title lost), UAAC Conference, University of Guelph, Ontario, November 5, 1995
Other, Conference Organizer
"Globalization and Postcolonialism II: Intimate and Interactive," University of Guelph, January 11, 2002
"Woman and the Image: A Symposium on Feminism and Culture," Carleton University, January-March, 1989
Work in Progress
Contingencies: Postmodern Representation as Strategic Counter Production. Prospectus submitted to Oxford Press at their request
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Bodily Fluids in Art and Art History. Co-edited with Bruce Barber (NSCAD). Introduction, edited. Prospectus submitted to Oxford Press (UK) at their request