<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 2^nd <b>Call for Papers for the 5th Visual Science
of Art Conference (VSAC)</b>, to be held in <b>Berlin</b>, Germany, 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><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">Conference
Venue: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Berlin
School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">---please note some updates below---</span></b></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</b>, </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ecvp.org/2017/"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">http://www.ecvp.org/2017/</span></a></span><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="FR" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Presentation
types</span></b></p>

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

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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"><font color="#ff0000">EXTENDED Deadline for abstract
submission: SATURDAY, 29 April 2017.</font></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 late May 2017</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">**
A SELECTION OF ABSTRACTS WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER ON IN THE RENOWNED JOURNAL ART
& PERCEPTION (</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.brill.com/publications/journals/art-perception"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">http://www.brill.com/publications/journals/art-perception</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">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>

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<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-line:none">the ECVP’s registration page</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">(Members of the "Berlin
School of Mind and Brain" and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin can register
directly under </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:mb-einstein@hu-berlin.de"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(9,80,208)">mb-einstein@hu-berlin.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> free of charge)</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">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>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">VSAC
2017 organizers</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">This conference is supported
by the Einstein Foundation and the University of Bamberg.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">***
Please post to other relevant lists! ***</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><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">***
We would also like to draw your attention to an important event during ECVP’s
conference party (29 August 2017): the "Night of Light" (previously
known as “Illusion's night”). Following the tradition, VSAC’s attendees are
very much invited to submit proposals at </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ecvp.org/2017/night-of-light.html"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">http://www.ecvp.org/2017/night-of-light.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif">. ***</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,<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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