16th International Congress SHAF
16th International Congress of the Hispanic Society of Philosophical Anthropology
Homo pictor. Art, Imagination and Creation
30 September to 2 October 2026
30 Sep - 1 Oct: 9-21 h | 2 Oct: 9-14.30 h
Homo pictor: understanding humanity through imagination and creation
UIC Barcelona is set to host the 16th International Congress of the Hispanic Society of Philosophical Anthropology, a space for reflection on an idea as old as it is relevant: humans as homo pictor, one who imagines, depicts and creates. From this perspective, the ability to create images emerges as a fundamental act that shapes our relationship with the world and with ourselves.
The aim of this congress is to explore this core human experience from an integrative and cross-disciplinary perspective. Artistic creation, imagination, skill, the impact of new technologies – including artificial intelligence – and today’s ecological challenges raise crucial questions about humans’ place as creator. To question homo pictor today is to question our own self-understanding in a constantly shifting landscape.
UIC Barcelona and the Hispanic Society of Philosophical Anthropology (SHAF) invite researchers, teaching staff, students and anyone interested to take part in this event.
Programme
30 September
The exact times and order of the lectures, plenary sessions and paper sessions will be announced at a later date.
| Opening lecture “Condición humana e imagen acontecial” (Human Condition and Event Image) César Moreno Márquez (University of Seville) | |
| Plenary session (ART) “La escucha como experiencia antropológica: cuerpo, percepción y arte sonoro” (Listening as an Anthropological Experience: Body, Perception and Sound Art) Magda Polo Pujadas (University of Barcelona) “Gesto y pintura: el gesto de la Venus y el índice de Adán” (Gesture and Painting: The Gesture of Venus and the Finger of Adam) Ignasi Roviró i Alemany (Universitat Ramon Llull) |
The exact times and order of the lectures, plenary sessions and paper sessions will be announced at a later date.
| Opening lecture “Condición humana e imagen acontecial” (Human Condition and Event Image) César Moreno Márquez (University of Seville) | |
| Plenary session (ART) “La escucha como experiencia antropológica: cuerpo, percepción y arte sonoro” (Listening as an Anthropological Experience: Body, Perception and Sound Art) Magda Polo Pujadas (University of Barcelona) “Gesto y pintura: el gesto de la Venus y el índice de Adán” (Gesture and Painting: The Gesture of Venus and the Finger of Adam) Ignasi Roviró i Alemany (Universitat Ramon Llull) |
1 October
The exact times and order of the lectures, plenary sessions and paper sessions will be announced at a later date.
| Plenary session (IMAGINATION) “Una imagen y nada más” (An Image and Nothing Else) Roland Breeur (KU Leuven) “Persistencia de la antropología sacrificial: el paradigma del arte contemporáneo” (The Persistence of Sacrificial Anthropology: The Paradigm of Contemporary Art) Joaquín Esteban (University of Valladolid) |
The exact times and order of the lectures, plenary sessions and paper sessions will be announced at a later date.
| Plenary session (IMAGINATION) “Una imagen y nada más” (An Image and Nothing Else) Roland Breeur (KU Leuven) “Persistencia de la antropología sacrificial: el paradigma del arte contemporáneo” (The Persistence of Sacrificial Anthropology: The Paradigm of Contemporary Art) Joaquín Esteban (University of Valladolid) |
2 October
The exact times and order of the lectures, plenary sessions and paper sessions will be announced at a later date.
| Plenary session (CREATION) “El hombre, creador de lugares: habitar, morar, domesticar” (Humans as Creators of Places: Dwelling, Inhabiting, Domesticating) María Teresa Russo (Roma Tre University) “Crear recreando: arte y filosofía en Eugenio Trías” (Creation through Re-creation: Art and Philosophy in Eugenio Trías) Fernando Pérez Borbujo (Pompeu Fabra University) | |
| Closing lecture “Imagen técnica y arquitectura del espacio en el último Heidegger” (Technical Image and the Architecture of Space in Late Heidegger) Irene Borges-Duarte (University of Évora, Portugal) |
The exact times and order of the lectures, plenary sessions and paper sessions will be announced at a later date.
| Plenary session (CREATION) “El hombre, creador de lugares: habitar, morar, domesticar” (Humans as Creators of Places: Dwelling, Inhabiting, Domesticating) María Teresa Russo (Roma Tre University) “Crear recreando: arte y filosofía en Eugenio Trías” (Creation through Re-creation: Art and Philosophy in Eugenio Trías) Fernando Pérez Borbujo (Pompeu Fabra University) | |
| Closing lecture “Imagen técnica y arquitectura del espacio en el último Heidegger” (Technical Image and the Architecture of Space in Late Heidegger) Irene Borges-Duarte (University of Évora, Portugal) |
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Permanent Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Valladolid
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Accommodation
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