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

Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society

  • The Art of Hospitality
  • 28-30 May 2025
  • Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA + Online

Plenary Speakers

The Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Katherine Pukinskis

Katherine Pukinskis

Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A

"(In)Hospitable Bodies: Sounding a Space between New Music and Medicine"

Henry Reese

Henry Reese

Co-founder, City of Asylum, U.S.A

"City of Asylum: Building Community by Welcoming the Stranger"

Pablo Delano

Pablo Delano

Visual Artist and Photographer, Puerto Rico

"The Museum of the Old Colony Does The Old World"

Beatriz Lucea Valero

Beatriz Lucea Valero

Cofundadora de Believe in Art, Zaragoza, España

"El papel del arte en la humanización hospitalaria y la salud"

Local Conference Chairs

Wendy Arons

Wendy Arons

Professor and Director of the Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Anne Lambright

Anne Lambright

Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Alexa Woloshyn

Alexa Woloshyn

Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Research Network Chairs

Daniel Tucker

Daniel Tucker

Research Network Chair

(English)

Dr. Pilar Irala-Hortal

Dr. Pilar Irala-Hortal

Full Professor, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain

(Spanish)

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2025 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Joshua Westerman

Joshua Westerman

University of Surrey, UK

(In-Person)

Kehinde Christopher Adewumi

Kehinde Christopher Adewumi

Durban University of Technology, South Africa

(In-Person)

Leah Fryer

Leah Fryer

University of Surrey, UK

(In-Person)

 ​Xiaoming Tian

​Xiaoming Tian

CUNY Graduate Center, USA

(In-Person)

Jacqueline M. Cofield

Jacqueline M. Cofield

Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

(In-Person)

Jenn Pray

Jenn Pray

University of Iowa, USA

(In-Person)

Jacey Lozada

Jacey Lozada

Carnegie Mellon University, USA

(In-Person)

Melanie Hyo-In Han

Melanie Hyo-In Han

University of Surrey, UK

(Online Only)

Eunji J. Lee

Eunji J. Lee

Busan National University of Education, South Korea

(Online Only)

Yeohyun Ahn

Yeohyun Ahn

University of Wisconsin, USA

(Online Only)

Nitouche Anthoussi

Nitouche Anthoussi

Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France

(Online Only)

Conference Partners