The World Through the Lens of Art, Art Through the Lens of the World.

The Department of Visual Education and Art Research at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, together with the Copernican Regional Public Library in Toruń and Wozownia Art Gallery in Toruń , invite participants to an interdisciplinary discussion on the cognitive role of art and its significance in understanding the contemporary world. Particular attention will be given to how art – through representation, interpretation, and the crossing of social, political, and cultural boundaries – contributes to shaping global awareness, the interdependence of human destinies, and an ethics of responsibility through visual forms of dialogue.

The plenary lecture will be delivered by W.J.T. Mitchell, a distinguished scholar of visual culture, iconology, and literature at University of Chicago (Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History), former long-time editor-in-chief of Critical Inquiry, and author of numerous internationally acclaimed publications, including What Do Pictures Want? The Lives and Loves of Images (University of Chicago Press, 2005).

Submission of applications and abstracts: online form in English https://forms.gle/xfMU6ArXtvcpSqSFA