Meet the invited speakers of the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference!

9 September 2021

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CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference. Invited speakers

The CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference will be held on November 5-7, 2021, hosted by the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz and the NOMUS New Art Museum/ Branch of the National Museum in Gdansk, Poland.

We are glad to introduce you to the 12 invited speakers of this year's Annual Conference

  • Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, artist and choreographer, Berlin/Warsaw
  • Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, The University of Chicago, Chicago
  • Binna Choi, Director, Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons, Amsterdam;
  • T.J. Demos, Patricia and Rowland Rebele Endowed Chair in Art History and Visual Culture, and Director of the Center for Creative Ecologies, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
  • Jarosław Lubiak, Dr. Art College, Szczecin
  • Otobong Nkanga, visual artist, Antwerp
  • Oleksiy Radynski, filmmaker and writer, Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv
  • Rita Segato, Professor of Anthropology and Bioethics in the UNESCO Chair at the University of Brasilia; Brasilia; Brazil
  • Joanna Sokołowska, Curator, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
  • Maristella Svampa, writer, sociologist, Dina Huapi
  • Pelin Tan, Senior Researcher, Center for Arts, Design and Social Research, Boston, Prof. Faculty of Fine Arts, Batman University, Turkey
  • Hilke Wagner, Director Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden.

This year's conference will offer a hybrid format with the programs adapted to physical and virtual scenarios, to facilitate access and attendance for all CIMAM audiences.

Book your ticket to attend in person or online.


On-site Conference registration includes:

  • Access to all conference sessions.
  • Conference lunches, dinners, and refreshment breaks.
  • Access to organized visits.
  • Coach service to and from planned visits.
  • Accommodation and airfare are not included.

Virtual Conference registration includes:

  • 3-day ticket gives you access to all the conferences, workshops, and networking sessions + virtual tours of the exhibitions.
  • 1-day ticket gives you access to the conferences, workshops, and networking sessions of the day purchased + virtual tour to the exhibition.
  • 1 session ticket, gives you access to the session purchased.

Cancellation policy:

On-site conference registration:

— On-site conference registration is fully refundable prior to 15 August 2021
— 50% refundable between 15 August and 1 September 2021
— Non-refundable after 1 September 2021
— Registration closes on 7 October 2021

Virtual conference registration:

— 50% refundable for 3-day tickets between 01 September and 15 September 2021
— Non-refundable after 15 September 2021
— Online registration closes on Thursday 4 November 2021