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Common Ground Research Networks

Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society, Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 28-30 May 2025

Founded in 2000, 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.

The Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society calls for research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

2025 Special Focus—The Art of Hospitality: Personal, Local, Global

Theme 1: Pedagogies of the Arts

Theme 2: Arts Histories and Theories

Theme 3: New Media, Technology, and the Arts

Theme 4: The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life

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aesthetics, anthropology, arts, arts education, communications and media, community, creativity, culture, identity, interdisciplinary studies, media studies, museums, philosophy, popular culture, sociology

Sapienza University of Rome

Founded in 2011, Religion in Society Research Network explores the relationship between religion in society and the changing nature of spirituality. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

Email: support@cgnetworks.org

anthropology, atheism, culture, diversity, globalization, human rights, identity, interdisciplinary studies, religion, religious studies, science, sociology, spirituality, theology, values

Common Ground Research Network

Sixteenth International Conference on The Image Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, Franc, 11-12 September 2025. Founded in 2010, The Image Research Network is brought together around a shared interest in the nature and function of image-making and images. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

Email: support@cgnetworks.org

advertising, animation, anthropology, archives art history, arts, creativity, culture design, film studies, images, photography, popular culture, technologies, visualization

The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, is the world's leading professional organization for biological anthropologists. Formed by 83 charter members in 1930, the AABA now has an international membership of over 2,200. The Association's annual meetings draw more than two thousand scientists and students from all over the world.