Call for Papers | Rethinking Early Modern Prints, 15th–18th Centuries

Posted in Calls for Papers by Editor on January 9, 2026

Rethinking Early Modern Prints Today: New Questions and New Approaches

Actualités et perspectives de la recherche sur l’estampe à l’époque moderne

Université de Poitiers, CRIHAM, 24 September 2026

Proposals due by 16 February 2026

This symposium aims to bring together established researchers, early career scholars, PhD candidates, and students—in art history or related disciplines—to present and discuss current research and perspectives on prints in the early modern period (15th–18th centuries). It seeks to provide a forum for exchange devoted to recent approaches and ongoing projects, whether they focus on the practices and techniques of printmaking, on its networks of production, circulation, and exchange, or on the place of the printed image within visual and material culture. Presentations, lasting around twenty minutes, may address, without geographical restriction, any aspect of the production, circulation, or reception of prints, from historical, artistic, material or theoretical perspectives.

As part of the Creation, Corpus, Heritage (Création, corpus, patrimoine) program of the Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Histoire, Histoire de l’Art et Musicologie (CRIHAM), the symposium will take place at the University of Poitiers and will also be available via videoconference. Please submit an abstract with a title (in French or English) of no more than 2500 characters (including spaces) and  a short biographical note (institutional affiliation, contact details, and research topics) by 16 February 2026 to je.rechercheestampe@gmail.com.

Organizers
• Teoman Akgönül, University of Poitiers (CRIHAM) and INHA
• Amélie Folliot, Rennes 2 University (HCA)
• Estelle Leutrat, University of Poitiers (CRIHAM)
• Louise Quentel, University of Poitiers (CRIHAM)