ICLA Colloquium “Intermedial studies and New Materialisms”
The first-ever Colloquium on Intermediality and New Materialisms will take place on May 21–23, 2025 at Linnaeus University (Växjö), bringing together innovative perspectives on the intersections of media, materiality, and intermedial theory.
This event is hosted by the Linnaeus University Center for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS) and the ICLA Research Committee on Literatures/Arts/Media. It is organized by Professors Jørgen Bruhn (Linnaeus University) and Kiene Brillenburg Wurth (Utrecht University), along with researcher Silvia Kurr (Linnaeus University and University of Tartu).
At: Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
Colloquium Programme
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
18.00 – Welcome dinner (Villa & trädgård de Luxe, Växjö city center)
20.00 – Informal “Musical Soiree” at colleague Niklas Salmose’s house (Järpvägen 6 - 15-minute walk from restaurant - this soirée is optional!)
Thursday, May 22, 2025 (N1051)
10.00 – 10.30 – Introduction round and welcoming words
10.30 – 12.00 – Discussions of selected topics Panel 1
- Liviu Lutas, “Bodies between matter and meaning: an Intermedial approach”
- Erik Ljungberg, “Beyond Presence: How Absence Constitutes Media Experiences”
- Eleni Timplalexi, “Do mental entities really (have the agency to) move? Grounding intermedial communication on the (human) subject”
12.00 – 13.30 – Lunch break (Rasken)
13.30 – 15.00 – Discussions of selected topics Panel 2
- Emma Tornborg, “Revisiting children’s picturebooks from a posthumanist, new materialist and intermedial perspective”
- Martin van der Linden, “Resonances and Dissonances: New Materialism and the Study of Material Religion”
- Heidrun Führer and Dominika Bugno-Narecka, “Intra-acting ‘The Mind in State’”
15.00 – 15.15 – Coffee break
15.15 – 16.15 – Open Discussion - What did we learn?
16.15 – 16.30 – Fruit break
16.30 – 17.30 – Discussions of selected topics Panel 3
- Kiene Brillenburg Wurth, “Materiality Revisited: Between Dao and DIffraction”
- Jørgen Bruhn and Silvia Kurr, “Synthetic Transmediation: An Intermedial New Materialist Approach to Generative AI”
17.30 – 18.30 – Lake Walk (optional)
18.30 – Dinner (Teleborg Castle)
Friday, May 23, 2025 (N1051)
9.00 – 10.30 – Discussions of selected topics Panel 4
- Per Bäckström, “Entanglements of abject bodies and media. How to interpret rock performance on stage through intermedial studies and new materialism”
- Stefano Bracci Testasecca, “Aesthetics of the Trail-cam: Voyeurism and the Digital Animal Encounter”
- Yagmur Altar, “Exploring the Lines Between Meta Illusion and Simulacra: Going Beyond the Notion of Representation with Intermedial Theories”
10.30 – 10.45 – Coffee break
10.45 – 12.00 – Summing up - future plans and collaborations
12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch (Teleborg Castle)
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