Research group Network of Image Studies

The network of image studies is an alliance of scholars at Swedish universities. The purpose is to create a forum for discussions and contacts in image studies by organising workshops and seminars and by initiating national as well as international collaborations.

Image studies is a research area aligned both to the German Bildwissenschaft tradition and the Anglo-American field of visual studies. At the centre stands questions about the theory, history and contemporaneity of images and visual phenomena in a broad sense. The research area includes image cultures and visual practices from the visual arts to the images of everyday life and science in different times, contexts and transdisciplinary perspectives.

Contact: sonya.petersson@arthistory.su.se