Call for Proposals: Photographic Communities

31.8.2026

Following the seminars held in 2019, 2023, and 2025, the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome will host for the fourth time in March 2027 a week-long photo-historical seminar. The seminars are hosted in collaboration with Folkwang University of the Arts and bring together an international group of PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers working across the broad field of photo-historical studies.

The theme of the upcoming seminar is Photographic Communities: How People Collaborate with Images.

We welcome proposals from Ph.D. students in the dissertation phase and recent post-doctoral scholars (maximum of three years since degree) in art history and related disciplines with a strong photo-historical component. The seminar language will be English. All participants will present some aspect of their current research projects, which must relate to the program’s subject matter. Visits to several photographic archives in Rome will be an integral part of the seminar.

You find the call for proposals, which includes detailed information about the topic, eligibility, and application process, on the Bibliotheca Hertziana’s website. The application deadline is 31 August 2026.