CVAC Symposium: Post-Extractive Visualities

Post-Extractive Visualities

Symposium Dates:  15th-16th June 2026
Location:  Hotel Indigo, 9 New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL

Join interdisciplinary researchers, artists and practitioners for this 2-day event, addressing the multifaceted dimensions of extraction as it manifests through our past and present culture and visual media, and how we can move towards a more sustainable, non-extractive future.  Colleagues interested in exploring new interdisciplinary or collaborative approaches are particularly encouraged to attend.

We’re excited to announce the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture’s Annual Symposium 2026 Call for Papers in now live. Our Annual Symposium theme is Post-Extractive Visualities.

We invite you to complete the application form linked below, if you would like to join us in delivering a fantastic and engaging conference programme. Whether you’re working on a traditional a research paper, a collaborative panel, or something more experimental, we’d love to hear from you! We welcome proposals on non-traditional conference activities as well as traditional paper presentations.

Submission Details

·         Deadline: 13 February 2025, 12:00 noon (GMT)

·         Format: Abstract of up to 300 words, including title, author(s), and affiliation(s), and details on how your proposed activity related to the conference theme.

·         Submit via: form

Key Dates

·         Submission Deadline: 13 February 2025, 12:00 noon

·         Notification of Decisions: Mid-March 2025

·         Symposium Dates: 15–16 June 2025

We particularly encourage contributions from early career researchers and postgraduate students.

A full Call for Papers guidance document is available upon request by email to cvac@durham.ac.uk