Amélie Folliot, Louise Quentel and myself, doctoral students in Art History at the universities of Rennes and Poitiers in France, along with our thesis director Ms. Estelle Leutrat, are organizing a one-day symposium called Rethinking Early Modern Print Today: New Questions & New Approaches, that will be held on 24 September 2026 at the University of Poitiers. We are really happy to share with you the call for papers for this event, details of which can be found below and in the attached document.

The symposium aims to bring together established researchers, early career scholars, PhD candidates, and students — in art history or related disciplines — to present and discuss current research and perspectives on prints in the early modern period (15th - 18th centuries). It seeks to provide a forum for exchange devoted to recent approaches and ongoing projects, whether they focus on the practices and techniques of printmaking, on its networks of production, circulation, and exchange, or on the place of the printed image within visual and material culture.

Presentations, lasting around twenty minutes, may address, without geographical restriction, any aspect of the production, circulation, or reception of prints, from historical, artistic, material or theoretical perspectives. As part of the “Creation, Corpus, Heritage” program of the Interdisciplinary Research Center for History, Art History, and Musicology, the symposium will take place at the University of Poitiers and will also be available via videoconference.

Submission guidelines:

Please submit an abstract with a title (in French or English) of no more than 2,500 characters (including spaces) and
 a short biographical note (institutional affiliation, contact details, and research topic(s)) by february 16, 2026 via: je.rechercheestampe@gmail.com