Solange Adum Abdala, from: Crónica de una Disección de Maravillas, 2025
The Public Humanities Hub Graduate Student Showcase is a semi-annual series in which interdisciplinary Graduate research on thematic topics is presented and celebrated. This term’s thematic showcase is co-organized with Critical Image Forum Research Excellence Cluster.
This symposium invites graduate research in archival images in the humanities and sciences. Understood broadly, image archives may include institutional or community holdings, researchers’ and makers’ collections, as well as digital image aggregations or networks. Image archival research often involves complex historical, ethical and methodological approaches, and critical self-reflections on the position and approaches of the researcher. This event will feature seven-minute lightning talks and opportunities to meet other students and faculty engaged with image research across campus. Your work will help us understand why image research matters now!
Event date: Monday, December 8, 2025, 12 – 2 PM
Location: Coach House, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Submission guidelines
Please submit the following in a single PDF file through the form below:
- Your name
- Title of proposed presentation
- Degree program
- Department
- Faculty
- Up to 150-word abstract that briefly describes your research project and methods. Please note the abstract may include up to 4 images.
- Up to 100-word bio.
Please name the PDF file using the following naming convention:
Surname_Firstname_ResearchTitle
Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 7, 2025
Invited presenters will be notified by November 14 and provided with information and guidelines for research presentation.
For queries related to the Navigating Image Archives submissions, please contact Kelly McCormick, Co-lead, Critical Image Forum, kelly.mccormick@ubc.ca.