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colleagues, </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">This is the <b>Call for Papers for the 5th European Visual Science of
Art Conference (VSAC)</b>, to be held in <b>Berlin</b>, Germany, 25–27 August 2017 ( </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.vsac2017.org/"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">https://www.vsac2017.org/</span></font></a></span><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> ). </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;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</b>, </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ecvp.org/2017/"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">http://www.ecvp.org/2017/</span></font></a></span><font face="Calibri"><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></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Presentation types</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">- Oral
Presentations: 15-20 minutes plus Q&A (20 min slots)</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> -Posters
(2 extended poster sessions, A0 portrait format)</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Deadline for abstract submission: Sunday, 9 April 2017.</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Authors will
be informed about the abstract selection in May 2017.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;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></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Abstracts
can be submitted here: </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vsac2017"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vsac2017</span></font></a></span><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">See </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.vsac2017.org/"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://www.vsac2017.org/</span></font></a></span><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> for more information on registration and
programming.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;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></font><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://ecvp.org/2017"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">the ECVP’s
registration page</span></font></a></span><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Please
submit any inquiries that cannot be answered by the homepage to </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vsac2017.org"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">info@vsac2017.org</span></font></a></span><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">We look
forward to numerous and interesting contributions!</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Cordially,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Claus
Christian Carbon & Joerg Fingerhut</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">VSAC 2017
organizers</span></font></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,<br></font></span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">Dr.
Alexander (Sasha) Pastukhov</span></p>
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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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