Announcing the 2026 PAA at CAA session Art and Identity in a Post-Colonial Pacific Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL | February 18–21, 2026 Please send your submissions to Anne Allen. On January 1, 1962, Western Samoa became the first Pacific Islands country to gain independence. In an increasingly globalized world, individuals, families,
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Announcing PAA Europe 2025 – An Ocean of Connection: Oceanic art, artists and museums
Announcing An Ocean of Connection: Oceanic art, artists and museums Wednesday 18 June – Friday 20 June 2025 – PAA-E Annual Meeting Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK RegistrationPlease register via the following link: https://store.uea.ac.uk/Note that you can
⟶Announcing PAA Journal Vol 24, Nr 1 2024
PAA Journal vol 24, No 1 2023-24 We are pleased to announce that Pacific Arts, vol. 24, no. 1 (2023-24) has been released as an open access, peer reviewed, online journal published through the University of California’s eScholarship platform. This issue of Pacific Arts includes articles on museums practices and
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