Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Eighteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society, to be hosted by Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, 5-7 July 2023.

The Arts in Society Research Network offers an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the role of the arts in society. It is a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation, developing ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world – on stage, in studios and theaters, in classrooms, in museums and galleries, on the streets and in communities. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.

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Program

Each year the International Conference on the Arts in Society attracts participants from all over the world. Our Program Development team draws on this diversity to craft a rich and distinctive conference experience, with session types and programming explicitly designed to make the most of both online and place-based social knowledge processes.

Special Focus

New Aesthetic Expressions:
The Social Role of Art

In addition to the annual special focus, we invite proposals addressing one of the following themes.

Plenary Speakers

Pilar Irala-Hortal Professor and Researcher, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain

Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz Lecturer and Researcher, UCL Social Research Institute, UK

Michał P. Garapich Senior Lecturer and Researcher, University of Roehampton, UK

Daniel Tucker Associate Professor, Moore College of Art & Design, USA

In-Person + Online

You can present and/or attend as an In-Person or Online Only delegate. Our model seeks to transcend physical boundaries by offering a platform to extend in-person conference content online while ensuring online-only delegates are afforded participatory and experiential spaces within the platform. At the same time, the model offers participants a legacy resource to which they can return in the CGScholar Event microsite, with access to a social space in our Community application where fellow participants can keep connected long after the conference ends. 

With this step-by-step guide, you can get an insight into the new phases pre/during/post-conference of the conference experience.

Social Events 

Conference Dinner @ Morskie Oko

“Morskie Oko” restaurant is located in an art nouveau tenement building, under number 8 on the Szczepański Square, with every detail of the décor referring to the unique ambiance of a highlander’s inn. The Restaurant combines love and passion for highlanders' hometown – Zakopane, its culture, and traditions. It is a perfect place for families and friends to gather, and for tourists to feel the characteristic Polish hospitality.

Companion Journal Collection

Important Dates

We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.

Upcoming Proposal & Registration Dates
Upcoming Proposal Deadline
Regular	5 April 2023
Upcoming Registration Deadlines
Regular	5 June 2023
Final	5 July 2023

Submit a proposal by  5 April 2023

Sincerely,

Marcin Galent
Conference Chair
Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Bożena Gierat-Bieroń, PhD.
Conference Chair
Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Kinga Anna Gajda
Conference Chair
Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Dr. Barbara Formis
Research Network Chair
University Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

Dr. Phillip Kalantzis-Cope
Chief Social Scientist
Common Ground Research Networks, United States

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