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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;">On the occasion of its 12<sup style="line-height: 0;">th</sup> biennial World Conf. RE:Connect 2027, the Media Art Histories Executive Board is pleased to announce its call for nominations for the Media Art Histories Award for Contributions to the Field!</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Media Art Histories award is biennially conferred upon an individual scholar working in any language in recognition for their innovative and inspirational contribution to the field of Media Art Histories, sustained development of the global community & research of Media Art, and for scholarly excellence at the highest level.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.mediaarthistory.org/?page_id=2192"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">https://www.mediaarthistory.org/?page_id=2192</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Previous MediaArtHistories Award winners are:</span></strong></span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Prof. Dr. Barbara STAFFORD (2015)</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Prof. Werner NEKES (2017)</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Prof. Dr. Anne-Marie DUGUET (2019)</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Prof. Dr. Christiane PAUL (2023)</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">- Prof. Dr. Jorge LaFERLA (2025)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The ceremony of the Media Art Histories Award will take place at the RE: Connect 2027 Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology to be held in May 2027 in Helsinki, Finland.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Media Art Histories Executive Board asks for your nominations. Please submit proposals of approximately 500 words (English) describing the nominee's merit and achievements in scholarship in the histories of the media arts, the arts and science and/or the arts and technology.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The time for nomination will close on December 20th, 2026. Please submit your proposal in English to coordination(at)mediaarthistory.org</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A committee of board and non-board members will select the MediaArtHistories Award winner.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Initiated by the Media Art Histories Executive Board:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Najam ASSAR, Founder, Lahore Digital Art Festival (PK), Andres BURBANO, Open University of Catalunya (ES), Sean CUBITT, Melbourne University (AU) Oliver GRAU, MAH Conference Founder and Chair, Soc. for H-MAST (DE), Laura LEUZZI, Robert Gordon University, Scotland (UK), Gunalan NADARAJAN, University of Michigan (US), Yu-Chuan TSENG, National Tsing Hua University (TW), Yael Eylat VAN-ESSEN, EMBARK • COST Action (AT-on leave)</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Honorary Board</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: Rudolf ARNHEIM, Linda HENDERSON (served in the Board from 2005-18), Douglas KAHN (2005–18), Martin KEMP (2005–18), Tim LENOIR (2005-16), Douglas DAVIS, Jasia REICHARDT, Itsuo SAKANE (2005-23), Peter WEIBEL (2005-23), Erkki HUHTAMO (2005-23), Machiko KUSAHARA (2005-23)</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MISSION MAH Conference Series</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: "Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, this conference for the Histories of Media Art discusses media art within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of art, media, science and technology." (Villa Vigoni, Menaggio, Italy 2004)</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><strong>Media Art History Conference Series and Archive</strong>: </span><a href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">www.mediaarthistory.org</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LIVERPOOL DECLARATION</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: </span><a href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org/declaration"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">http://www.mediaarthistory.org/declaration</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RECENT CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS</span></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PROCEEDINGS of the 11th Conference on the Histories of MediaArt, Science and Technology, Editors: Felipe Londoño, Andrés Burbano, Adriana Gómez and Oliver Grau, Manizales/Bogota 2026: </span><a href="https://www.festivaldelaimagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Memorias-2025-II.pdf"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">https://www.festivaldelaimagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Memorias-2025-II.pdf</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">LEONARDO Journal (special section) on the MediaArtHistories Conf. Venice 2023, Vol. 57, Issue 4, August 2024.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi (Eds.): Digital Art & Activism, Aberdeen 2023.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Inge Hinterwaldner & Oliver Grau (Eds.): Retracing Political Dimensions: Strategies in Contemporary New Media Art, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2021.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Morten Sondergard (Ed.): RE:SOUND 2019 – 8th International Conference on Media Art, Science, and Technology, Aalborg 2019, DOI:10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.0</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oliver Grau (Ed.): MediaArtHistories, Korean Translation by Colorbox, FUSE Art Project, Duran Kim, Seoul, Dec. 2019.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prof. aD Dr. habil. Dr. hc Oliver GRAU, Academia Europaea </span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART, ADA, est. 1999, </span><a href="http://www.archive-digitalart.eu"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">www.archive-digitalart.eu</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">International Society for MediaArtHistories (MAST) Wien/Berlin, est. 2012 </span><a href="http://www.mediaarthistories.org"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">www.mediaarthistories.org</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Academia.edu </span><a href="https://ae-eu.academia.edu/OliverGrau"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">https://ae-eu.academia.edu/OliverGrau</span></a></span>
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