We are delighted about the exceptionally broad response to our Call for Papers for the 38th German Congress of Art History under the motto “knowing” (Munich, February 25-28, 2026). The call is now closed, the selection of the proposals will take place at the end of June. Afterwards, all applicants will be notified personally by us.
Thank you very much for the great national and international interest in our conference!
The 38th German Congress for Art History will be hosted and organised by the German Association for Art History, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte and the Institute of Art History of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich, 25-28 February 2026).
Interested colleagues from all fields of art history and neighbouring disciplines, from people at all career levels, from Germany and abroad are warmly invited to submit their proposals for individual papers to be delivered at the 38th German Congress for Art History by the deadline June 8, 2025.
read the callAfter a lengthy search for a venue for the next congress, the Executive Board has secured the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich as co-organiser. The congress is expected to take place from 25 to 28 February 2026 in cooperation with the Zentralinstitut and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
The planning with our Munich co-operation partners is in full swing. We will keep you up to date with all the latest news on the congress website. A call for papers is expected to be published in the second half of April 2025.
Deutscher Verband für Kunstgeschichte e.V.
Haus der Kultur
Weberstr. 59 a
53113 Bonn
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10
80333 München
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Zentnerstr. 31
80798 München