Arts Research Center conferences and symposia are day-long gatherings that include panels, roundtables, and workshops composed of UC Berkeley faculty,
graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows; colleagues from throughout the UC system; and visiting scholars and artists from around the Bay Area and around the world. These events usually focus on central questions being addressed by the faculty in one or more of the ARC research areas.

Please visit Upcoming ARC Events to learn about upcoming conferences and symposia.

Past ARC Conferences and Symposia:

Spring 2002 Conference: Artists/Intellectuals/Institutions

Spring 2003 Conference: "The Arts" in Question

Spring 2004 Conference: When is Art Research?

Spring 2005-2006 Strategic Working Group: When is Art Research?

Spring 2008 Conference: World Making & World Art

Spring 2008 Seminar: Art & the Transnational Caribbean

Spring 2009 Graduate Fellows Symposium: Sense and Sensation

Spring 2010 ARC Symposium: An Aesthetic Turn?

Spring 2010 Graduate Fellows Symposium: Politics and Praxis

Spring 2011 Symposium: Conjoined Histories

Spring 2011 Symposium: Curating People

Fall 2011 Symposium: SITUATED: Time-Based Art and Neighborhood Ecologies

Spring 2012 Symposium: ART/CITY

Spring 2012 Symposium: Making Time: Art Across Gallery, Screen and Stage

Fall 2012 Symposium: Location/Translation: Art and Engagement from the Local to the Global

Spring 2013 Symposium: Temporal Shifts: Time Acroess Contemporary Chinese & Taiwanese Art Practices

Spring 2013 Symposium: Spiraling Time: Intermedial Conversations in Latin American Arts