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International Academic Conference: “Art and Dissent: The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union and Its Global Legacy”

Date & Time

Thursday, April 30, 2026, 10:00 a.m.-Friday, May 01, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

Category

Special Events

Location

Zimmerli Art Museum

71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Contact

Katerina Romanenko

Information

Speakers and daily agendas will be posted closer to the conference date.

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Nicole Simpson, Access Coordinator, at 848-932-6178 or email nsimpson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu in advance of your participation.

Carved glasses made from wood with each "lens" painted red with a star shape cut-out

Leonid Sokov, Project to Construct Glasses for Every Soviet Citizen, 1975, Painted wood, Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union.

This two-day international academic conference celebrates the launch of the newly developed website dedicated to the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union. The event highlights the global collaboration behind the project and explores the collection’s historical, cultural, and pedagogical significance.

IF ATTENDING IN PERSON:

  • REGISTER FOR DAY 1 and/or DAY 2
  • Attend any or all sessions.
  • Seating is limited.
  • Each attendee must register individually.

DAY 1 DAY 2

Click Here for Free Parking Registration

IF ATTENDING VIRTUALLY: PLEASE REGISTER ON ZOOM

Virtual Registration

Conference Program Overview

Check-in begins at 9:30am. Programming begins at 10am.

Full Program and Presenter Bios

Day 1

  • Presentations by Scholars of Baltic Countries, Belarus & Ukraine
  • Roundtable: Teaching in the Age of the Digital Museum
  • Keynote Presentation

Day 2

  • Presentations by Scholars of Armenia & Georgia, Central Asia & Russia
  • Demonstration of the Website
  • Roundtable: Perspectives on Decolonization

The Dodge Website Conference is made possible by the generous support of the ADWT Endowment and Operating Fund, with additional support from the Avenir Foundation Endowment Fund and the Trust For Mutual Understanding.

Special thanks to the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) for their informational sponsorship of this program.

Two graphics sit side by side. Graphic left reads "Trust for Mutual Understanding" with an abstract line shape in a green-blue gradient. Graphic right reads in bold black letters "AGBU."