Sixteenth International Conference on The Image & Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 11-12 September 2025
Sixteenth International Conference on The Image & Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 11-12 September 2025
Sixteenth International Conference on The Image & Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 11-12 September 2025
Sixteenth International Conference on The Image & Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 11-12 September 2025

Sixteenth International Conference on The Image

  • From Democratic Aesthetics to Digital Culture
  • 11-12 September 2025
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France + Online

Research Network Chairs

Cátia Rijo

Cátia Rijo

Vice President of Higher School of Education of Lisbon, Lisbon Polytechnic, Portugal Coordinator of the Visual Arts and Technologies DegreeDesignLab4U Founder

(English)

Ana Maria Sedeño Valdellós

Ana Maria Sedeño Valdellós

Doctor in Audiovisual Communication and Associate Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the University of Málaga, Spain

(Spanish)

Local Conference Chair

Barbara Formis

Barbara Formis

Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France

2025 Plenary Speakers

The Sixteenth International Conference on The Image featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Sha Xin Wei

Sha Xin Wei

Professor in the School of Arts, Media + Engineering (AME) at Arizona State University, USA

"Collective Sense-making, Prototyping Social Forms, and Anticipatory Governance"

(In English)

Ana María Sedeño Valdellós

Ana María Sedeño Valdellós

Doctor in Audiovisual Communication and Associate Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the University of Málaga, Spain

”Imaginarios y estéticas de lo visual con la Inteligencia Artificial: hipertrucaje, efectismos y fantasmagoría”

(In Spanish)

Emmanuel Alloa

Emmanuel Alloa

Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

"From Documentary to Potential Images: AI Generated Art, Data Correlationism and Democracy"

(In English)

Plenary Panel: Digital Care and Democratic Gestures

Barbara Formis

Barbara Formis

Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France

Monika Kwasniewska-Mikula

Monika Kwasniewska-Mikula

Editor, Didaskalia: Theatre Journal; Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Drama, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Rossella Mazzaglia

Rossella Mazzaglia

Associate Professor, Performance Studies, University of Bologna, Italy

Bram Ieven

Bram Ieven

Researcher, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, Netherlands

Local Conference Committee

Camille Salinesi

Camille Salinesi

Professor, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

Miguel Almiron

Miguel Almiron

Media Artist and Professor, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

Azadeh Nilchiani

Azadeh Nilchiani

Artist, Researcher, Lecturer, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

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:

Lisa Martinez

Lisa Martinez

Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

(In-Person)

Orisel Castro López

Orisel Castro López

Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

(In-Person)

Tammie Leong

Tammie Leong

Media Design School, New Zealand

(In-Person)

Hu Yue

Hu Yue

University of Plymouth, UK

(In-Person)

İpek Köprülülü

İpek Köprülülü

Rochester Institute of Technology, Turkey

(In-Person)

Anaïs Cyana-Djoher Hadjali

Anaïs Cyana-Djoher Hadjali

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, FranceAnaïs-Cyana-Djoher-Hadjali

(In-Person)

Ying Wu

Ying Wu

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

(In-Person)

Colton Cuca Campbell

Colton Cuca Campbell

University of New Mexico, USA

(In-Person)

Miel Assas

Miel Assas

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

(In-Person)

Gigi Polo

Gigi Polo

The New School University, USA

(In-Person)

Becky Nunes

Becky Nunes

University of Staffordshire, UK

(Online Only)

Katherine Horlock

Katherine Horlock

Mississippi College, USA

(Online Only)

Marco Giovanetti

Marco Giovanetti

Concordia University, Canada

(Online Only)

William Quade

William Quade

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

(Online Only)

Conference Partner