<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Dear colleagues, </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">This is the <b>Call for Papers for the 5th European

Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC), to be held in Berlin,

Germany, 25–27 August 2017 ( </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.vsac2017.org/"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">https://www.vsac2017.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">

). </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">The Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) focuses on

connecting the communities of visual scientists and artists in order to deepen

our understanding of aesthetic phenomena. The VSAC is an ideal venue to debate

and collaborate on all topics associated with the perception and evaluation of

artworks. Organized as a satellite conference to the <b>ECVP (European

Conference on Visual Perception, <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ecvp.org/2017/"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">http://www.ecvp.org/2017/</a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> ),

the VSAC invites all people that connect visual perception with the arts (e.g.,

empirical, experimental, philosophical, phenomenological, computational

approaches). This year we would also like to invite philosophical proposals

(also X-phi) that focus on empirical approaches to the visual arts.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Presentation types</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">- Oral Presentations: 15-20 minutes plus Q&A (20

min slots)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> -Posters (2 extended poster sessions, A0

portrait format)</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Deadline for abstract submission: Sunday, 9 April

2017.</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Authors will be informed about the abstract selection

in May 2017.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words—it

can also be accompanied by an additional one-page PDF illustrating the method

used, showing diagrams and graphs, etc. Submissions are refereed and selected

on the basis of quality and relevance to the field of empirical aesthetics,

visual art, philosophy of visual art, psychology, and cognitive sciences. Note

that while each person can be listed as an author on several abstracts, you may

only submit one abstract as a first author. All submissions will be considered

for oral or poster presentation.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Abstracts can be submitted here: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vsac2017"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vsac2017</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">See </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.vsac2017.org/"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://www.vsac2017.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">  for

more information on registration and programming.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Please note that abstract submission for the VSAC will

be separate from the ECVP, but that VSAC and ECVP use the same registration

system (you will just select VSAC as one additional option in the registration

process). To register, please go to </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://ecvp.org/2017"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">the ECVP’s

registration page</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Please submit any inquiries that cannot be answered by

the homepage to  </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vsac2017.org"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">info@vsac2017.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">We look forward to numerous and interesting contributions!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Cordially,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Claus Christian Carbon & Joerg Fingerhut</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">VSAC 2017 organizers</span></p></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="inbox-inbox-inbox-inbox-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Mit

freundlichen Grüßen, </a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">Dr.

Alexander (Sasha) Pastukhov</span></p>

<p class="inbox-inbox-inbox-inbox-MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:9.5pt">Department

of General Psychology and Methodology<br></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:9.5pt">Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg<br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">Markusplatz

3<br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">96047 Bamberg</span></p>

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