Historians of German and Central European Art, or HGCEA, is an affiliated society of the College Art Association. It was founded in 1997 to foster study of visual and material culture of Central Europe and enhance communication and cooperation among scholars working on the art and architecture of the region. The society publishes regular updates of member news and activities, events and news items of interest to HGCEA members on this website. HGCEA also sponsors a session at the annual CAA conference, as well as organizes and supports scholarly endeavors and events focused on Central European topics. The society's members include American and European scholars (affiliated and independent) and graduate students. Join HGCEA!
HGCEA announces a new Emerging Scholar Publication Prize. The Prize will be awarded annually to a distinguished essay published the previous year by an emerging scholar. Submissions may be on any topic in the history of German or Central European art, architecture, design or visual culture. This year, essays published in 2011 and 2012 will be considered; submissions will be accepted from current PhD students and from those who earned a PhD in or after 2007. The recipient of the Prize, which will be announced at CAA and comes with an award of $500, must be a current member of HGCEA. Nominations and self-nominations are welcome; the deadline for submissions (the publication and a CV) by electronic attachment to the HGCEA president, Marsha Morton ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ), is December 14, 2012.
LATEST UPDATES:
Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellowship: The 2012-2014 Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellowship project will concentrate on research, cataloging, and interpretive materials related to the permanent collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum to be installed in the museum’s new facility at 32 Quincy Street ...more
Renke B. and Pamela M. Thye Curatorial Fellowship: The 2012-2014 Renke B. and Pamela M. Thye Curatorial Fellowship project will focus on the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s extensive holdings of multiples by Joseph Beuys ...more
Call for Papers: The Board of Directors of HGCEA will again be sponsoring a special panel session for emerging scholars at the 2013 CAA conference in New York...more
Call for Session Proposals: It is again time to consider proposal topics for the HGCEA sponsored session at the 2014 CAA conference...more
Call for Manuscript Proposals: Camden House is pleased to launch a new series in German history entitled GERMAN HISTORY IN CONTEXT...more
Recently Published: Max Liebermann and International Modernism Edited by Marion Deshmukh, Françoise Forster-Hahn and Barbara Gaehtgens...more
Recently Published: John Heartfield and the Agitated Image by Andrés Mario Zervigón ...more
Recently Published: Art & Life: Mikhail Matiushin and the Russian Avant-Garde in St. Petersburg by Isabel Wünsche ...more
Site Update: Full archive of past HGCEA sessions, from CAA annual meetings 2005-2010, is now available ...more
Announcement: Protest against the Merger of the Hungarian National Gallery with the Museum of Fine Arts ...more
Call for Papers: GSA 2012, German Photography (1900-1945) ...more
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