Monika Salzbrunn was invited to give the Opening Keynote Speech on “Resisting though artivism. Researching and filming the performance of multiple belonging”. during the Antropólogos Iberoamericanos En Red (AIBR) Congress, Universidad de Burgos/E, 9.26 https://2026.aibr.org/inaugural/
Invited keynote speech at Bordeaux University
Monika Salzbrunn was invited to give a thematic keynote speech on « Comment se représenter ensemble ? Vidéo-élicitation, feedback et co-construction filmique en Italie », Invited Keynote, Colloque COJEMI « Regards croisés sur/avec les jeunes migrants isolés : paroles, images et discours », Bordeaux, 17.-19.6.26
Invitation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phoenix, on behalf of the ERC
On behalf of the European Research Council, Monika Salzbrunn was invited to present her resarch on “Art and Activism: Creativity and Performance in Super-Diverse cities”, in the panel “Tales of the City: Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Spaces” featuring the research of three ERC grantees at the 2026 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference, 12-14 February 2026 in Phoenix (US).
Invitation to La Sapienza University Rome
Monika Salzbrunn was invited to present her research on “Artivismo – arte e attivismo. Creatività e performance come forme sovversive di espressione politica nelle città super-diversificate. Metodi, risultati e suite del progetto ERC ARTIVISM” at the Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Economiche. 15.1.26
Keynote at Comb’Art Conference Porto 2022
“Revolutions and imagined futures from below. Artivism through fabric, bodily performances and discourses in urban settings”, Keynote by Monika Salzbrunn, Comb’Art 2022
Introduction
Monika Salzbrunn holds a full professorship in “Religions, Migration, Diasporas” at Lausanne University. She is currently director of the Research Institute for Social Sciences of Contemporary Religions (ISSRC) and leader of the projects “(In)visible islam in the city: material and immaterial expressions of muslim practices within urban spaces in Switzerland” and “Undocumented Mobility (Tunisia-Switzerland) and Digital-Cultural Ressources after the ‘Arab Spring'”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Continue reading “Introduction”