The “Art, Environment, Ecology” research group at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (Munich) invites abstracts for an online conference exploring the material practices and geopolitical dynamics of concrete production, use, and disposal in Eastern Europe across the twentieth century. The organisers welcome interdisciplinary contributions engaging themes such as extractivism and resource infrastructures, concrete-driven development (urbanisation, industrialisation, housing and typologies), and the environmental and political histories of waste and pollution; the conference will conclude with a keynote by Kim Förster (University of Manchester). Abstracts (max 400 words) plus a short biography (max 150 words) should be submitted in English by 15 April 2026 to a.masgras@zikg.eu; applicants will receive a response by 15 May 2026.
More information: https://www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/nachrichten/cfp-concrete-and-the-making-of-eastern-europe-from-interimperial-net-works-to-the-international-socialist-division-of-labor (zikg.eu)