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Iveta Slavkova

Associate Professor

  • Department: Art History and Fine Arts

Professor Slavkova has a PhD in Art History from Paris I Panth矇on-Sorbonne dealing with the reaction of several avant-garde art movements to the humanism crisis around World World I. Stemming from this interdisciplinary dissertation, her monograph R矇parer l'homme. La crise de lhumanisme et lHomme nouveau des avant-gardes autour de la Grande Guerre (1909-1929) (2020, Dijon, Presses du R矇el) explores the New Man of Futurism and the Bauhaus, their faith in the construction of a better world thanks to the Great War, their take on the evolving definitions of the self and the humanist subject in the beginning of the 20th century. Prof. Slavkova is actually working on a second book on artworld in Paris after World War II, focussing on the largely downplayed concept of abhumanism, and artists such as Jacques Audiberti, Camille Bryen and Wols. This project participates in a larger scholarly effort to reassess the European avant-garde after the Second World War, and to redefine the very notion of the avant-garde after this second catastrophe in the heart of the European civilization. She has edited volumes and published papers on topics related to art in the context of the world wars as well as on art education.



Education/Degrees

  • PhD, Modern and Contemporary Art History, Paris I Panth矇on-Sorbonne
  • MA, Modern and Contemporary Art History, Paris I Panth矇on-Sorbonne
  • BA, Art History and Archaelogy, Universit矇 de Montpellier II Paul-Val矇ry

News

Scholarly work accepted for publication

  • Earth as a Desert. Ecology and Surrealism, Delaware, Vernon Press, co-edited with Anne-Marie Butler (Kalamazoo College), Donna Roberts (University of Helsinki),expected Fall 24.泭The question of ecology is central to Global Art History and Surrealism studies in particular. The book deals with surrealist conception of nature through the lens humanism crisis, gender norms, (post)colonial issues, criticism of normative positivist scientific methodologies.
  • Research project HdR at the University jean Monnet Saint-Etienne泭竄泭Labhumanisme, lavant-garde et lart Paris apr癡s la Seconde Guerre mondiale.泭罈 (working title), HDR project (Habilitation diriger des recherches), supervisor Fabrice Flahutez (Professor, Universit矇 Lyon-Saint-Etienne), which I am intending to publish after completion.泭The project summarizes my research in the past 10 years. Key topics were presented at various conferences and all my recent articles explore aspects of this subject. In the French University system an HdR (Habilitation diriger des recherches) is a second doctorate which qualifies the candidate to become a Professor and to direct PhDs and sit of PhD juries. I am intending to publish this work as a monograph after completion.

Conferences

  • Spring 2024,泭Cycle of conferences Decolonizing the avant-garde, with Sascha Bru (KU Leuven) and Isabelle W羹nsche (Constructor University Bremen)泭The cycle will comprehend three days of invited talks given by major scholars working on the decentering and decolonization of the the history of the avant-gardes. Hopefully, it will take place at 勛圖tv in May 24.
  • Fall 2024, 5th conference of the ISSS (International Society for the Study of Surrealism) in Paris with Julia Drost (Centre allemand dHistoire de lart), Fabrice Flahutez ((Universit矇 Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne) and Olivier Penot-Laccassaigne (Universit矇 Paris 3)泭泭泭The 3d in-person conference will take place at 勛圖tv in the Fall of 2024 (during the break). 2024 is the centennial of the Manifesto, many events are scheduled in Paris, which is the birthplace of Surrealism. We are working on collaboration with major French institution (MNAM/Centre Pompidou) and are expecting a large number of submissions.

Publications

BOOKS

Monograph

2020,泭R矇parer l'homme. La Crise de l'humanisme et l'Homme nouveau des avant-gardes autour de la Grande Guerre (1909-1929), Presses du r矇el (Dijon) 泭

Review 1 by Catherine Dufour, in泭M矇lusine en ligne, 2020泭

Review 2 泭by Mariana Pinto dos Santos,泭竄泭Italian Futurism and the Bauhaus through the lens of humanism泭罈,泭:Art in the Periphery hommage to Foteini Vlachou",泭 紳簞9, 2021 () p. 127- 131.

Review 3 by Abigael van Aelst (KU Leuven), in泭European Legacy, vol. 27, n簞 7-8, 2022.

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edited/translated/co-authored泭泭

2023,泭Les Avant-gardes europ矇ennes (1905-1935). Guide illustr矇, Paris, Hermann,泭Sascha Bru (author), Iveta Slavkova (translator)

Original English title泭The European Avant-Gardes (1905-1935). A Portable Guide, Edinburgh University Press, 2018

2022,泭Crisis, Berlin, De Gruyter. 7th volume of the series European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies, co-editedDavid Ayers (University of Kent), Sascha Bru (KU Leuven),泭Li Lin (University of Antwerpen), Kate Kangashlahti泭(KU Leuven)

My contribution: First reader for 翹 of the articles and second reader for half of them

, digital copy at 勛圖tv library

2013,泭Histoire des arts: une m矇thode des exemples,Documentation photographique/La documentations fran癟aise, n簞 8091, co-authored with Marianne Cojannot-Le Blanc (Universit矇 de Paris Ouest)

My contribution: half of the introduction and 職 of the double pages and entries

2010, Les Ann矇es 1930泭: art et r矇sistance. veil politique et engagement des artistes,Dissidences,紳簞9,co-edited with Jean-Paul Salles (Universit矇 de la Rochelle) and Vincent Chambarlhac (Universit矇 de Dijon)

My contribution: half of the introduction and editing of all the articles

peer-reviewed articles

2022,Camille Bryen Avant-Gardist/Abhumanist: A Reappraisal of an Artist Who Called Himself the Best-Known of the Unknown,泭Arts, Volume 11, Issue 2, 43

Arts泭is a recent open edition journal whose impact index is 0,5 (source website MDPI), an excellent score for our discipline (in comparison the highest score for the prestigious Art Bulletin was 0.49 in 2014).

2021,The Strange Destiny of Wols, the 竄 French Pollock 罈. Reflections on Abhumanism and the the Parisian avant-garde in Periphery after World-War II,泭:Art in the Periphery Homage to Foteini Vlachou", 泭紳簞9, May 2021, 83-97. ()

RHA泭is bound to the dynamic Art History Institute of the NOVA university in Lisbon, indexed by ERIHPLUS.

2020,泭Cemetery=Civilization:泭Circus Wols,泭World War II and the collapse of humanism,Arts: World War, Art, and Memory: 1914 to 1945, Volume 9, Issue 3 ()

Arts泭is a recent open edition journal whose impact index is 0,5泭(source website MDPI), an excellent score for our discipline (in comparison the highest score for the prestigious Art Bulletin was 0.49 in 2014).

2017, Histoire de lart, histoire, culture visuelle,泭Histoire@politique,泭n簞33; special issue edited by C矇cile Pichon-Bonin, Anastasia Simoniello, Jer繫me Bazin:泭Image, 矇ducation et communisme dans lEurope des ann矇es 1920-1930 ()

Histoire@politique泭is edited by the Centre dHistoire de Sciences Po. Accessible through the academic platform CAIRN, it is now 泭Open Edition.

2011, La bouteille de Wols, la plume de Sartre et une histoire r矇矇crire,泭Food & History, vol. 9, n簞1; special issue edited by Val矇rie Boudier and Fr矇d矇rique Desbuissons: Inebriating Creations泭; from the 16th to the 20th Century. Alcohol as Motor, Motif, and Metaphor in (Early) Modern Art

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Published by the泭European Institute for the History and Cultures of Food,Food & History泭is the leading European journal in the field of food history, with impact factor 0.176 (source SCI journal).

Other academic articles and book chapters

2019,泭Utopies sociales et politiques des avant-gardes 1912-1968,泭La Vie intelectuelle en France泭xixe et xxe si癡cles, vol. 2, Paris, Editions Points, edited by Laurent Jeanpierre and Christophe Charles, second edition (first published 2016, Editions du Seuil)

First edition on 2016 at Editions du Seuil

A key reference book written by specialists worldwide, the book was acclaimed in France () and republished three years after the first edition.

2014, La marginalit矇 comme condition de lart泭: lalcoolisme de Wols vu par Sartre,泭Arts drogu矇s. Exp矇riences psychotropiques et cr矇ation artistique, Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest, edited by Miguel Ega簽a et Fabrice Flahutez泭

Related to the exhibition Sous influence at Maison Rouge (Paris), the book was presented at a round-table at this venue, now accessible in Open Edition.

2013, Lhomme entre泭alpha泭et泭omega泭: vertus et p矇rils de lunit矇 absolue. Le logo de泭泭泭泭 Schlemmer pour le Bauhaus,泭Histoire de lart, n簞 71泭; special issue edited by Camille Morando泭:泭Lcrit dans luvre

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One of the leading art journals in France, edited by the Associations des Professeurs darch矇ologie et dhistoire de lart,泭Histoire de lart泭is indexed by HAL Archives ouvertes (CCSD), Journal Base (CNRS) et泭Mir@bel泭(Institut National dHistoire de lart), and accessible freely through the platform Pers矇e.

2013, Surviving the Collapse of Humanism after World War II: the Abhumanist Response of J. Audiberti and C. Bryen,泭Contemporary French & Francophone Studies SITES, vol. 3, n簞17

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Published by the University of Connecticut and Taylor & Francis and active on both sides of the Atlantic, SITES encourages a transdisciplinary and global approach to French culture. It has an impact index of 0.021 (source SCI journal).

2011, LHumanisme aussi est un mythe. Prol矇gom癡nes une peinture abhumaniste,泭Art et mythe,Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest, edited by Thierry Dufr礙ne and Fabrice Flahutez泭:泭

2010,泭LExil avort矇 de Wols au comit矇 Fry. Pour une multiplicit矇 des r矇sistances,泭Dissidences泭n簞9泭; special issue edited by Vincent Chambarlhac, Jean-Paul Salles and Iveta Slavkova:泭Les Ann矇es 1930泭: art et r矇sistance. veil politique et engagement des artistes

Dissidences was an academic journal whose goal was to explore leftist political thought and culture, supported by the Universit矇 de Bourgogne. It has been suceeded by a blog on Hypoth癡ses.org (泭). I am also the editor of this volume.

2007, Deux aspects de la crise de lhumanisme dans lentre-deux-guerres,泭M矇lusine,泭紳簞喘喘博梆梆

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M矇lusine泭is the journalCentre de Recherches sur le Surr矇alisme at the Universit矇 Paris 3. It is a leading publication in the field of Surrealism and has contributed to a global approach to this movement.

Conference Proceedings

2018, 竄泭Entre charme et effroi. 竄 Circus Wols 罈, le r矇cit de Wols des ann矇es terribles泭罈,泭in Nathalie Ponsard and Jean-Pierre Caron (ed.),泭La France en guerre : cinq 竄 ann矇es terribles 罈 1792-1793 / 1814-1815 / 1870-1871 / 1914-1915 / 1939-1940, Rennes, PUR.泭

The book unites French scholars of different disciplines, now accessible in Open Edition. My contribution was noticed by a reviewer as one of the most interesting in the volume ()

2016,From eternal knight to modern hero. The aviator as the New Man of the avant-garde at the outbreak of the Great War,1914: Guerre et Avant-gardes, Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest, edited by Marine Branland

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The conference and publication were organized on the occasion of the centennial of the Great War, scholars from different parts of the world took part in it.

2012, The Saatchi Collection Between Art Loving and Self-interested Investment,Modernity of Collection,泭Torun, Contemporary Art Centre/University of Copernic

The conference and the publication accompanied the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Torun (Poland).

2011, Le Futurisme entre propagande et revendication libertaire,泭Art & Propagande泭: jeux inter-dits/Gevaarlijk spel tussen kunst en propaganda, published as special issue of泭T矇moigner/Getuigen泭: revue pluridisciplinaire de la Fondation Auschwitz, n簞111, edited by Luba Jurgenson et Philippe Mesnard泭泭

A transdisciplinary international conference was organized by the Auschwitz Foundation, and published as a special issue of its journal.

2010, Dal穩 entre 1925-1929. Le d矇sir nest pas humaniste,泭Dal穩. Sur les traces dEros, edited by Geneva, Editons Notari, edited by Fr矇d矇rique Joseph-Lowery and Isabelle Roussel-Gillet

The Cerisy conferences are a landmark for the humanities. The conference united specialists of Dali on international scale.

2009,泭La R矇volution surr矇aliste, un travail collectif pour d矇faire le sujet,La Fabrique surr矇aliste, actes du s矇minaire du Centre de Recherches sur le Surr矇alisme/University of Paris III, edited by Maryse Vassevi癡re,泭

The online publication of the seminar of the Centre de recherches sur le Surr矇alisme.

2004,Circus Wols, un projet de Wols au camp des Milles,泭Les Ecrits dartistes depuis 1940,泭Caen, Editions de lIMEC, edited by Fran癟oise Levaillant

In relation with the installation of the IMEC archives in the Abbaye dArdenne, near Caen, this large conference united established scholars and PhD students like me, as well as writers (Alain Robbe-Grillet was there). This is my first academic publication.

exhibition catalogues

2017,泭竄泭Horreur et r矇demption dans luvre de guerre de Zinoview泭罈,泭Alexandre Zinoview. Un peintre russe sur le front fran癟ais (1914-1918),泭edited by C矇cile Pichon-Bonin et Alexandre Sumpf, Paris, Editions Gallimard泭; exhibition at P矇ronne, Historial de la Grande Guerre, May 18December 10 2017泭

The catalog accompanies the exhibit Alexandre Zinoview at the Historial de la Grande Guerre at P矇ronne, a leading institution in the study of the Great War. It is the first major publication on this artist () and a beautiful illustrated volume by the iconic Parisian publisher Gallimard.

2008, Work comments for five artworks in泭Le Futurisme et Paris, edited by Didier Ottinger, Paris/Milan, Editions du Centre Pompidou/5 Continents, translated into English and Italian; exhibition at the MNAM/Centre Pompidou, October 15, 2008January 29, 2009

This large exhibition shown in the Mus矇e National dArt Moderne in Paris traveled to Italy (Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome) and in Great Britain (Tate Modern), the catalog (including my comments) were translated into Italian and English.

textbooks

2011,泭French Literature Textbook, High school Junior Year,泭Paris, Editions Nathan:泭泭泭泭

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Nathan is one of the largest publishers for textbooks and school materials in France. The textbook is cross-disciplinary and was very successful (72366 items sold the first two years). I conceived the 16 double pages in the section Histoire des arts, the related digital resources and the teachers book. I was invited to participate due to my teaching in the Master program Professeurs des 矇coles at the university of Nanterre.

reviews

2022, 竄泭A Different Causality and a Different Reality : Analysis of the Absurd in French Dada and Pre-surrealist Theatre泭罈,泭Theatralia, vol.泭25, issue 1. Review of Mariana Kunesova Orawczak's book泭L'Absurde dans le th矇璽tre Dada et pr矇surr矇aliste fran癟ais, Brno: Filozofick獺 fakulta, Masarykova univerzita, 2016

2019, 竄泭Utopie et r矇alit矇 de la fin de lart. Lart russe de la r矇volution dOctobre la mort de Staline au Grand Palais泭罈,泭M矇moires en jeu/Memories in stake, n簞 9, Summer泭: Fall 2019 (exhibition)泭

2009, Catherine Wermester,泭Grosz, lhomme le plus triste dEurope,泭Paris, Allia, 2008, 72p, notice 117,泭Critique dartn簞 33

2009,泭Chants exploratoires/Minotaure/La revue dAlbert Skira, 1933-1939,泭Gen癡ve, Cabinet des Estampes du mus矇e, 2008, 111p, notice 246,泭Critique dartn簞 33

2009, Laurence Bertrand Dorl矇ac, Maurice Fr矇churet,泭Fernand L矇ger,Les Constructeurs,泭Paris, r矇unions des Mus矇es nationaux, 2008, 55p, notice 197,泭Critique dartn簞 33

2009,泭Nicolas Beaupr矇 and al.,泭LAutre Allemagne泭: r礙ver la paix (1914-1924),泭Milan, 5 Continents/P矇ronne, Historial de la Grande Guerre, 2008, 112p, notice 242,泭Critique dartn簞 33

General Art Magazines

2021,泭Camille Bryen, the Forgotten Glory of Saint-Germain-des-Pr矇s,泭La Gazette Drouot, October 2021,

2021, Supports/Surfaces: Painting above All,泭La Gazette Drouot, May 2021,

2021,泭Wols between Myth and Reality,泭La Gazette Drouot, February 2021,泭

Conferences & Lectures

Conference organisation

November 17th-20th 2022, 4th conference of the ISSS (International Society for the Study of Surrealism),virtual,泭

November 11th-14th 2021, 3d conference of the ISSS (International Society for the Study of Surrealism), virtual, 泭泭

Dec. 14-15 2010:泭Auditorium of the University of Paris Ouest, International conferenceLes ann矇es 30: Art et R矇sistance,with the Research lab HAR and the journal泭Dissidences泭(presentation of the special issue, the articles and authors, debates and round tables)

Academic papers and invited talks

February 1 2023,泭竄 Il ny a pas daventure purement humaine ! 罈泭 Abhumanism in the context of post-World War II Paris,泭invited talk at KU Leuven (MDRN lectures)泭泭;泭

November 19 2022, Breaking the body limits: the anti-humanist vision of the self in the abhumanist works of Jacques Audiberti and Camille Bryen,泭4th conference of the ISSS (International Society for the Study of Surrealism), online

November 12 2021, Earth as a Desert: Surrealism and Ecology (revisited) panel organization and round table with Anne Marie Butler, Donna Roberts, Christina Heflin, Julia Drost, Samantha Kavky, 3d conference of the ISSS (International Society for the Study of Surrealism), online

May 26 2021, Penser le corps corps au-del de lhumanisme, Jacques Audiberti et labhumanisme,泭The Politics and Narratives of bodies/Politiques et r矇cits du corps, May 26-28 2021, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (Argentina) and Fernando Gon癟alves,Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), online泭

February 12 2021:泭Earth as a Desert: The Ecology of Surrealism,泭Panel chair and organizer with Anne Marie Butler (Kalamazoo College), for the CAA (College Art Association) Annual Meeting 2021, topic Art and Climate Change, online

November 3d 2020:泭Presentation of my monograph泭R矇parer lhomme,泭annual meeting of the Association des Amis de Jacques Audiberti, online

March 15 2019:泭Abhumanism after World-War II Paris: a Periphery within a centre,泭Art in the Periphery, Instituto de Hist籀ria Contempor璽nea da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa e Instituto de Hist籀ria da Arte da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisbon)

November 2 2018:泭Lhomme nest peut-礙tre pas le centre de lunivers泭: Surrealism and Abhumanism,泭SURREALISMS: Inaugural Conference of the ISSS, Bucknell University Humanities Center

September 6 2018: Abhumanism as realism: assuming cruelty,Realisms, EAM (The European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies), University of M羹nster

March 12 2018,泭World War I and Commemoration, invited talk, seminar泭Memory and Commemoration in Europe泭taught by Yael Hirsch, CIEE Paris

September 15 2017:泭Oscar Schlemmers logo for the Bauhaus: the dictate of totalizing unity,泭Dictators and degenerates. Modernism, Fascism and the Pursuit of Culture, University College Dublin

June 17 2016,泭竄泭Entre charme et effroi. 竄 Circus Wols 罈, le r矇cit de Wols des ann矇es terribles泭罈,La France en guerre : cinq 竄 ann矇es terribles 罈 1792-1793 / 1814-1815 / 1870-1871 / 1914-1915 / 1939-1940, University of Clermont-Auvergne

July 18 2014:泭The Aviator, the Avant-garde and the Great War. The Crossing of the Skies between ultimate spirituality and ultimate potential of destruction,in泭Annual Conference of the Space in Between Society,泭London, Institute of English Studies, University of London

December 5 2013:泭Laviateur泭: chevalier 矇ternel, h矇ros moderne, Homme nouveau des avant-gardes,1914泭: Guerre et avant-garde, Universit矇 Paris Nanterre

March 15 2013:泭La marginalit矇 comme condition de lart泭: lalcoolisme de Wols vu par Sartre, round table and debate around the publication泭Les Arts drogu矇s泭(Presse Universitaires de Paris Ouest), Maison Rouge/Fondation Antoine-de-Galbert, Paris in relation to the exhibition泭Sous influences. Artistes et psychotropes, 15 f矇vrier19 mai 2013

November 21 2012,Histoire des arts泭: arts visuels, quelques clefs pour lire les images, ch璽teau de Grignan, Ch璽teaux de la Dr繫me/ Minist癡re de lducation Nationale

September 7 2012:泭Rethinking Camille Bryen's Materiality within the Framework of his Own Abhumanist Theory,泭in泭Material meanings, EAM (The European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies), University of Kent, Canterbury

April 11 2011泭:泭Le futurisme entre propagande et revendication libertaire,泭in泭Art & Propagande泭: jeux inter-dits/Gevaarlijk spel tussen kunst en propaganda, Auschwitz Foundation/Biblioth癡que royale Albertina, Brussels

June 7 2010泭:泭Quelle d矇finition pour lavant-garde?, round table The End of the Avant-Gardes, invited speaker, Ecole Normale Sup矇rieure, Paris

September 26 2009:泭La bouteille de Wols,泭in泭La Cr矇ation ivre. Lalcool comme m矇taphore, moteur et motif artistique (16-20e si癡cles), Institut National dHistoire de lart(INHA), Paris

July 2 2009:泭The New Man and Humanism: Back to the Difference between Dada and Futurism,泭in泭Back to the Futurists: Avant-Gardes 1909-2009, Queen Mary University London, University of London, Swansea University 泭

October 17 2008:The Saatchi Collection between Art Loving and Self-interested Investment,泭Modernity of Collections, Center of Contemporary Art, Torun

August 18 2007: Dal穩 entre 1925-1929. Le d矇sir nest pas humaniste,Dal穩. Sur les traces dEros, Cerisy-la-Salle

February 3 2007,泭D矇truire le sujet pour construire une communaut矇 nouvelle. R矇flexion sur Dada et le politique,泭La Destruction et lavant-garde, Institut National dHistoire de lart(INHA), Paris

October 12 2006:泭La R矇volution surr矇aliste d矇mythifie lhumanisme, seminar泭Fabrique surr矇aliste,泭Centre de recherche sur le surr矇alisme, Universit矇 de Paris 3

March 6-9 2002, Circus Wols, un projet de Wols au camp des Milles,Les Ecrits dartistes depuis 1940, cole Normale Sup矇rieure (Paris)/IMEC (Caen)

April 5 2001:泭Wols entre la France et lAllemagne, conference and round table, Centre allemand dHistoire de lart (Paris)

Affiliations

  • 2020-now:泭Member of the Editorial Board of泭Arts
  • 2018-now:泭Member of the ISSS (International Society for the Study of Surrealism)
  • 2017-present:泭Member of the association Les Amis de Jacques Audiberti
  • 2016-present:泭Member of the Editorial Board of泭20/21, Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest
  • 2012-present:泭Member of the European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM)
  • 2010-2018,泭Member of the Research LabHistoire de lart et des repr矇sentations HAR, (EA 3461, Paris-Ouest-Nanterre)
  • 2010-2014,泭Member of the editorial board of the journal泭Dissidences
  • 2001-2012,泭Member of the Research LabCultural and Social History of Art, HiCSA (EA 4100, Paris I Panth矇on-Sorbonne)

Research Areas

  • Art, War, Politics, Humanism, New Man, avant-garde, modernism

Curriculum Vitae