{"id":202,"date":"2026-02-25T07:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.ulbsibiu.ro\/imago\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:02:35","slug":"about-the-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.ulbsibiu.ro\/imago\/about-the-conference\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ulbsibiu.ro\/imago\/wp-content\/uploads\/variant_2_logo_newBG-copia-10-3-1024x203.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ulbsibiu.ro\/imago\/wp-content\/uploads\/variant_2_logo_newBG-copia-10-3-1024x203.png 1024w, https:\/\/conferences.ulbsibiu.ro\/imago\/wp-content\/uploads\/variant_2_logo_newBG-copia-10-3-300x60.png 300w, 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The project examines how images circulate as metaphors and symbols and what messages they convey across religious, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. The interdisciplinary research covers areas of biblical and patristic literature, the history of Christianity, iconography and art, rituals and liturgical celebrations, the philosophical influence and reception of images, and their impact in modern society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topics&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference will focus on body-related images. We welcome papers that investigate the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Theories and methods for exploring body images (including metaphor, simile, symbol, imagery, allegory, and typology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Body (and soul) and embodied experiences in the Bible and Antiquity, as well as their later reception, for example in Byzantine or in modern theology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reception of biblical images in literary sources and in art&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Images related to physiology (e.g., eating, drinking, breathing, hearing, seeing, moving, etc.), emotions, and bodily activities (occupations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Functionality of body imagery in communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networks and associations of body images with other domains (e.g., seeing \u2013 light \u2013 sun; mouth \u2013 singing \u2013 music)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference will be held from June 4-7, 2026, at the Hotel Ramada in Sibiu, Romania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-ramada-sibiu wp-block-embed-ramada-sibiu\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TiwvufS4Jx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramadasibiu.ro\/\">Acas\u0103<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8222;Acas\u0103&#8221; &#8211; Ramada Sibiu\" src=\"https:\/\/ramadasibiu.ro\/embed\/#?secret=xdEoVcKf8i#?secret=TiwvufS4Jx\" data-secret=\"TiwvufS4Jx\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Program&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the conference program will be announced soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract submission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please send the title, an abstract (100-150 words) of your paper and your affiliation details by March 31, 2026 at conf.imago@ulbsibiu.ro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMAGO explores the various contexts in which images \u201cspeak\u201d about our relationship to the divine and to each other. 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