Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society
- Modeling Life Systems: Art, Algorithms, Ecologies
- 10-12 June 2026
- Department of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece + Online
The Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Visual Artist, Researcher, and Founder, THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY, Greece
"A Constellation: Cultural Plurality through THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY"
Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia
"Performing the Anthropocene: Drama as a Site of Social and Ecological Change"
(Online Plenary Session)
Writer, Artist, and Technologist, Greece
"Works that Work: Practical Practice for Art and Ecology"
Founder and Director, The Modern Cultural Productions, Spain
"El museo después del objeto: experiencias, algoritmos y la desaparición del espectador"
(Spanish Language Plenary)
Professor, Translation Theory and Practice, Department of Theatre Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
"Rethinking Human–Machine Interaction in the Arts during the AI Era"
Research Network Chair
(English)
Full Professor, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain
(Spanish)
Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
Dalhousie University, Canada
(In-Person)
Independent Artist, United Kingdom
(In-Person)
University of Edinburgh/Kaohsiung American School, Taiwan
(In-Person)
Independent Artist, United States
(In-Person)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
(In-Person)
Independent Artist-Educator, Arts University Bournemouth and University Arts London Alumna, United Kingdom
(In-Person)
University of Athens, Greece
(In-Person)
University of Athens, Greece
(In-Person)
University of Athens, Greece
(In-Person)
University of Athens, Greece
(In-Person)
University of Athens, Greece
(In-Person)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Online Only)
Manav Rachna University, India
(Online Only)
St. Thomas University, United States of America
(Online Only)
Nagaon University, Assam
(Online Only)
Philippine Women's University, Philippines
(Online Only)
Concordia University, Canada
(Online Only)
Independent Artist, Iran
(Online Only)
Hunter College, City University New York, United States
(Online Only)
Athens, Greece