Call for Papers: Museums in times of Polarisation

Call for Papers: Museums in times of Polarization: Dialogues, Complex Pasts, and the Ethical Construction of Shared Futures, ICOFOM, 17 July 2026

Call for Papers
ICOFOM Annual Symposium 2026
19 November, 26 November, and 3 December 2026
Museums in Times of Polarization: Dialogue, Difficult Pasts, and the Ethical Construction of Shared Futures

The ICOFOM Annual Symposium 2026 will be held entirely online, through three live webinars taking place on 19 November, 26 November, and 3 December 2026.

Within this framework, contributors are invited to address—though are by no means limited to—the following themes, which will be explored across the webinars:

Webinar 1. Museums in a Polarized World

Webinar 2. Negotiating Difficult Pasts: Memory, Representation, and Ethical Responsibility

Webinar 3. Imagining the Museum of Tomorrow

Important Dates

Call for Papers opens: 20 July 2026
Submission deadline: 30 August 2026
Notification of acceptance: Second half of September 2026

More info https://icofom.mini.icom.museum/cfp-museums-in-times-of-polarization/