Bringing together artists, scholars, psychotherapists, and practitioners from around the world, the 2026 Attention and Flourishing Conference at the University of Navarra seeks to examine the undertheorized relationship between the virtue of attention, mental health, and the flourishing of individuals and communities. Hosted in the University’s beautiful Museum, the Conference is intent on exploring the modes of attention at play in artistic practices and the spaces dedicated to them, and how such approaches can foster richer notions of mental health, wellbeing, and the life well-lived.

Our submission portal is officially open and we will be reviewing proposals until our deadline of Friday, January 9th, 2026 at 11:59pm ET. Notifications will be sent out in mid-to-late February 2026. Our hope is that our conversations and collaborations will challenge and deepen our various disciplines. Submissions for group symposia, individual papers, posters, and artistic installations, performances, and/or presentations are welcome. (Student posters are highly encouraged as well.)

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Attention and Mental Health
The Ethics of Attention
The Politics of Attention
Philosophies of Attention
Attention and Narrative
Distracted Perception in Art, Literature, and Music
Attention in a Technological Age
Attention and Habit
Attention and Spirituality
Attention as an Artistic Process

Submission Portal: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmbUzCR27xyU3BOVQ72p1WBkFUqBNnOGoIMNUJzOJSx9D96Q/viewform

Further Information:
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/Psychological-Humanities-Ethics/Attention-and-Flourishing-Conference.html