veronika.klusakova@famu.cz

To mark the 80th anniversary of its founding, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU) invites proposals for an international and interdisciplinary conference titled Art and Science: Thinking Outside the Box, to be held on November 18–20, 2025.

Central to the event is the idea that both art and science conduct research and both participate in the generation of epistémé, albeit through different methods, forms of thinking, and means of expression. Each employs its own epistemological framework and its own way of articulating questions and engaging with the world. While science privileges logic, empiricism, and analytical frameworks, art engages embodied perception, intuition, and affective or imaginative experience. Yet both are deeply intellectual endeavors, offering different pathways to understanding the world and the human condition.

The event aims to foster open and productive dialogue between communities that may share a common interest in inquiry, yet often “speak different languages”. By coming together in a shared space, we hope to not only compare methods and outcomes, but to explore what it means to think – creatively, critically, and rigorously – across boundaries and outside the box.

Deadline for abstracts: June 30, 2025. 

See www.amu.cz for details.