[spectre] CFP: Neurodiversity as Knowledge (online/Tel Aviv, 24-25 Mar 26)

[Andreas Broeckmann LEU]

From: Vera Gailis
Date: Feb 9, 2026
Subject: CFP: Neurodiversity as Knowledge (online/Tel Aviv, 24-25 Mar 26)

Tel Aviv University, Social Sciences Library, Tel Aviv, Israel / online, 
Mar 24–25, 2026
Deadline: Mar 1, 2026

The independent interdisciplinary symposium “Neurodiversity as 
Knowledge: Art, Agency, and Exhibition-Based Research” invites 
submissions for 15-minute presentations exploring neurodiversity through 
artistic practice, cultural representation, and exhibition-based research.

The symposium will take place in a hybrid format:
• 24 March 2026 — onsite symposium at the Social Sciences Library, Tel 
Aviv University
• 25 March 2026 — international online panel (Zoom)

The event is intellectually initiated and organized by the Art 
Neuroverse Biennale Research Group and supported by the University’s 
Diversity Development Dean’s Office.

The symposium approaches neurodivergent experience not through medical 
or deficit-based frameworks, but as a source of artistic, cultural, and 
epistemic knowledge. A central premise is that art and exhibitions 
function as research environments where knowledge is produced through 
form, perception, narration, and embodied encounter.

We focus on two trajectories:
Self-represented neurodivergent agency — artistic practices in which 
neurodivergent authors articulate their own experience through visual 
art, performance, literature, theatre, and other forms.
Represented neurodivergent subjectivity — cultural works in which 
neurodivergent experience appears through characters, narratives, or 
dramaturgical structures.

We welcome a wide range of formats, including:
scholarly papers, presentations of artistic works, exhibition case 
studies, curatorial research, performative lectures, and reflections on 
works in progress.

Contributions from both theorists and practitioners are encouraged. 
Institutional affiliation is not required.
To submit, please send a 300-word abstract and short bio to: 
anvbiennale at gmail.com

Deadline: 1 March 2026
Notification of acceptance: 5 March 2026


Reference / Quellennachweis:
CFP: Neurodiversity as Knowledge (online/Tel Aviv, 24-25 Mar 26). In: 
ArtHist.net, Feb 9, 2026. <https://arthist.net/archive/51707>.