A l’occasion de l’International Congress on Medieval Studies à Kalamazoo en 2026, une session est organisée sur le sujet “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out : Psychedelic Approaches to Medieval Objects”.
Date limite d’envoi des propositions : 15 septembre 2025.
Psychedelic art, an outgrowth of mid-century counterculture, features numerous motifs that may resonate with medievalists. Surreal imagery, animation, bright colors, and the cross-pollination of disparate media all conspire to evoke a hallucinogenic or heightened response in the viewer. We invite proposals for 20-minute papers considering medieval material culture through a psychedelic lens, or vice versa.
A sampling of topics may include devotional objects and visionary or mystical encounters; medievalism in 1960s fashion and design; artistic representations of or, artifacts associated with, psychoactive plant and fungi cultivation; or the synesthetic/multisensory impact of objects.
This session will be held in person in Kalamazoo. Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words through the Confex proposal portal by September 15, 2025.
For questions about this session, please contact Sophie Durbin (sophiekhdurbin [at] gmail.com) and Clara Poteet (clara.poteet [at] yale.edu).
Retrouvez tous les détails sur le site du Medieval Art Research.
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Justine Breton (1 septembre 2025). Appel à contributions : Psychedelic Approaches to Medieval Objects. Modernités médiévales. Consulté le 16 mai 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/14k06
