Programme Information
AAH Annual Conference
Intersections
Manchester Metropolitan University, MIRIAD
2 - 4 April 2009
This page contains general information for delegates about the conference programme, including information about Plenary Lectures and Events, Receptions and the Bookfair.
Click on the following link for Information for Delegates (pdf)
Conference Registration
Student Helpers will be at Oxford Road train station and Piccadilly station between 10am and 4pm on Thursday 2 April to give directions to MMU.
All delegates must go to the Registration desk upon arrival to pick up a conference pack, programme and delegate pass. Registration will take place in the Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) during the following times:
Thursday 2 April, 12.00 - 17.00
Friday 3 April, 09.00 - 17.00
Saturday 4 April, 09.00 - 13.00
Academic Sessions
Academic Sessions will take place in the Geoffrey Manton Building between 09.30 - 17.10 on Friday 3 April and between 09.30 - 15.20 on Saturday 4 April. A full session timetable will be available in the conference programme (obtained upon registration) and is online at http://aah.org.uk/2009/academic-sessions-2009.
Full conference timetable here (XLS).
Exhibition Opening and Private View
Thursday 2 April, 14.30 - 16.30, State Legacy, Holden Gallery and Cornerhouse (Curatorial introduction by Prof. John Hyatt, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Huang Zhuan, Director of OCAT, Shenzhen)
Plenary Lectures
Thursday 2 April, 17.00 – 18.30, Manchester Town Hall
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Marsha Meskimmon (Loughborough University)
Saturday 4 April, 15.50 - 16.50, Manchester Metropolitan University
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ernst van Alphen, Leiden University.
Receptions and Events
Thursday 2 April, 18.30 - 20.30: Opening Reception and exhibition viewing, Manchester Art Gallery.
Friday 3 April, : 18:00 - 21:00 Reception and exhibition viewing Subversive Spaces, Whitworth Art Gallery. Three of the curators of the exhibition, Dr. David Lomas, Dr Anna Dezeuze and Dr. Sam Lackey, will present a paper on the underlying themes of the exhibition, its development and realisation from 18.00 - 19.00. This will be followed by a response from Prof. Mignon Nixon (Courtauld Institute).
Conference Bookfair
Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 April 2009
12.00 - 17.00 & 09.00 - 17.00, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU
Take time to see what some of the leading academic and arts publishers have recently brought out and talk at first hand to publishers about book proposals and future programmes.
Bookfair will run concurrently to the conference and will be open 12.00 -17.00 on Thursday 2 April and 9.00 -17.00 on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 April.
Bookfair Booking Deadline for Publishers has passed.
Careers Fair
Thursday 2 April, 12.00 - 14.00, Righton Building, MMU
MIRIAD, together with MMU’s Careers Service, have organised an informal Careers Fair for the AAH09. This will allow students an opportunity to chat to and meet representatives from leading local, arts-related institutions and organisations.
The following groups, companies and institutions will be represented:
- AAH Student Members Committee http://aah.org.uk/members-groups/students
- Arts About Manchester – arts development service http://www.aam.org.uk/
- BBC - broadcast journalism http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/
- Careers Service, MMU http://www.mmu.ac.uk/careers/
- Castlefield Gallery http://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/
- Communi -MMU volunteering department http://www.communi.org.uk/
- Cornerhouse - contemporary visual arts and film http://www.cornerhouse.org/
- Manchester Art Gallery http://www.manchestergalleries.org/
- Manchester City Council (Arts Department) http://www.manchester.gov.uk
- Manchester University Press http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/
- MIRIAD, MMU http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/
- MGN (Trinity Mirror) – print journalism http://www.trinitymirror.com/
- MMU Special Collections http://www.specialcollections.mmu.ac.uk/
- School of Art, MMU http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/
- Shisha - the international agency for contemporary South Asian crafts and visual arts http://www.shisha.net/
- The Blue Orchid -business advisers http://www.theblueorchid.co.uk/
- Whitworth Art Gallery http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/
Conference Bookings
All Convenors, Speakers and Delegates need to book to attend the conference. Click on Bookings & Fees for more details. Booking deadline 13 March 2009.
Environmentally Conscious Conference
Efforts are being made to 'green-up' the 2009 AAH Conference. The event is being organised in consultation with two other charities: Action for Sustainable Living (AFSL) and Fareshare. AFSL are advising on environmentally conscious options for producing the conference programme, packs and publicity. Fareshare is an organisation that redistributes food that has not been used during an event. The Conference Organisation Team would like to encourage all delegates to consider the following:
- Catering for the AAH 2009 Conference will use locally sourced food where ever possible and any unwanted food will be redistributed through Fareshare.
- Please avoid/limit printing, or print double-sided
- If traveling to the event from abroad, please consider land-based options of travel. The following website gives comprehensive and useful information about international train travel http://www.seat61.com.htm