The fifteenth international conference of The Arts in Society will discuss "Against the Grain: Arts and the Crisis of Democracy". Previously due to be held at NUI Galway, the conference will now be taking place as a virtual-only event.
The conference invites submissions from artists and academics across all artistic and academic disciplines which will contribute to the discourse on how the practices of art and our ways of interpreting art have shaped and is shaping society and how we present, critique, and engage with the forces defining our current understanding of the nature of and the challenges facing the future of democracy as a core organising principle of society. Plenary speakers include Rióna Ní Fhrighil (Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, National University of Ireland); Anne Karhio (Postdoctoral Fellow, Irish Research Council); Charlotte McIvor (Lecturer, Drama and Theatre Studies, National University of Ireland); and Gregory Sholette (Professor and Co-director, Social Practice Queens MFA Concentration and Certificate Program, Queens College, City University of New York).
Call for papers: Passed
Price: 250 USD (Virtual full registration); 150 USD (Virtual student registration)