Call for Case Studies Organized by the Art Institute of the Vytautas Magnus University, this conference entitled Art and Politics: Case Studies from Eastern Europe, to be held in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 26-27 October 2006, aims to bring together different case studies on art and politics in order to analyze the complex relationship between artistic and political regimes as well as political meanings of art in Soviet and Post-Soviet conditions. The following topics will be discussed: subversions of political art in non-democratic state, cultural policy and culture as resistance, in search of panacea: resistance, transgression, appropriation, critique of representation and creating of new myths, aesthetical norms and/or national style, self identities [autobiography, body, individual mythologies] in the sidelines of regime, and ideological art and artistic ideologies. Participants are requested to submit their papers in the form of case studies using a particular artifact, event or phenomenon as the grounds for research of a broader problem focused on the varied intersections of art and politics. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes. A publication of conference proceedings is also planned. Abstracts of 250-300 words, accompanied with a short CV, should be submitted by 20 April 2006. Accepted papers will be notified by 2 May 2006. Contact: Art Institute, Vytautas Magnus University, Laisves ave. 53-405, LT-44309 Kaunas, Lithuania; e-mail: Linara_Dovydaityte@fc.vdu.lt and Jurate_Tutlyte@fc.vdu.lt Or visit the website at www.vdu.lt/Menai/konferencija_en.htm.