Attention and Flourishing Conference

2026 Attention and Flourishing Conference


Date

Thursday, June 11 -
Saturday, June 13, 2026


Location

University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain


Call for Proposals

Please submit your form by January 9, 2026.

Bringing together artists, scholars, psychotherapists, and practitioners from around the world, the 2026 Attention and Flourishing Conference at the University of Navarra seeks to examine the undertheorized relationship between the virtue of attention, mental health, and the flourishing of individuals and communities. Hosted in the University鈥檚 beautiful Museum, the Conference is intent on exploring the modes of attention at play in artistic practices and the spaces dedicated to them, and how such approaches can foster richer notions of mental health, wellbeing, and the life well-lived.

Plenary Speakers:

D. Graham Burnett
D. Graham Burnett
Princeton University
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D. Graham Burnett

D. Graham Burnett

Princeton University

D. Graham Burnett is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and History of Science at Princeton听University and co-editor of Scenes of Attention: Essays on Mind, Time, and the Senses (Columbia听University Press, 2023) as well as Twelve Theses on Attention (Princeton University Press, 2022), a听manifesto of the 鈥淔riends of Attention鈥 coalition 鈥 creators of the non-profit Strother School of Radical听Attention in Brooklyn, which Burnett directs. He co-curated the 鈥淧ractices of Attention鈥 program at the听33rd S茫o Paulo Biennial, and is associated with the speculative collective ESTAR(SER). In 2023 he was听a visiting artist at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland. Burnett writes widely on technology,听culture, and media. www.dgrahamburnett.net

Clare Carlisle
Clare Carlisle
King's College London
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Clare Carlisle

Clare Carlisle

King's College London

Clare Carlisle is Professor of Philosophy at King鈥檚 College London, where she has taught since 2011 following a lectureship at the University of Liverpool. She studied philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD, 1995鈥2002).听Professor Carlisle is the author of eight books, including acclaimed philosophical biographies of S酶ren Kierkegaard and George Eliot, and she is the editor of George Eliot鈥檚 translation of Spinoza鈥檚 Ethics. In 2024, she delivered the prestigious Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews. She currently serves as President of the British Society for Philosophy of Religion.

Adam Green
Adam Green
Georgetown University
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Adam Green

Adam Green

Georgetown University

Adam Green is a Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University. His main听interest is in human creative intelligence and especially in understanding how neural processes constitute our best ideas.听Adam鈥檚 work includes research into endogenous neural mechanisms and exogenous neurostimulation that support creative relational reasoning, as well as research on the neuroscience of teaching and learning in real-world educational contexts. He is a founder and听former听president (2019-2021) of听, and Editor-In-Chief at听Creativity Research Journal. Adam received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Dartmouth and did his post-doctoral training at Yale.

Richard Kearney
Richard Kearney
Boston College
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Richard Kearney

Richard Kearney

Boston College

Richard Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College and formerly served as Professor at University College Dublin, the Sorbonne, and the University of Nice.

He is the author of 27 books of European philosophy and literature (including three novels and a volume of poetry) and has edited 23 more. His books have been translated into 21 languages. He has received graduate degrees from McGill University, The National University of Ireland, and The University of Paris, as well as several honorary degrees.

He was formerly a member of the Arts Council of Ireland, the Higher Education Authority of Ireland and chairman of the Irish School of Film at University College Dublin. He is currently a member of the Royal Irish Academy and received the Research Ireland Medal for distinguished international scholarship in 2025.

As a public intellectual he presented numerous series on culture and philosophy for Irish and British radio and television, and broadcast extensively on the European and international media (France Culture, ABC, CBC, NPR).

He is currently the international director of the听

Conference Committee:

Matthew Clemente
Matthew Clemente
Boston College
Conference Chair
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Matthew Clemente

Matthew Clemente

Boston College

Conference Chair

Matthew Clemente is the Director of Research & Curriculum at听Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics听and an听Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Formative Education at Boston College. He is the Coeditor in Chief of the听Journal for Continental听Philosophy of Religion听and the Codirector of the听Guestbook Project, a 501c3 non-profit. He is the Series Editor of two book series with听Routledge/Taylor & Francis and has authored or edited over a dozen books.

Jer贸nimo Ayesta
Jer贸nimo Ayesta
Boston College
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Jer贸nimo Ayesta

Jer贸nimo Ayesta

Boston College

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Gabriel P茅rez-Barreiro
Gabriel P茅rez-Barreiro
University of Navarra
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Gabriel P茅rez-Barreiro

Gabriel P茅rez-Barreiro

University of Navarra

Gabriel P茅rez-Barreiro is Artistic Director of the Museo Universidad de Navarra in Spain. He was Director and Chief Curator of the Colecci贸n Patricia Phelps de Cisneros from 2008鈥2018, and is currently Senior Advisor.听听He was Curator of the 33rd听S茫o Paulo Bienal in 2018 and curator of the Brazilian pavilion at the 58th听Venice Biennale in 2019. From 2002鈥2008 he was Curator of Latin American Art at the Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin. In 2007 he was Chief Curator of the 6th听Mercosur Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil.听听He holds a PhD in Art History and Theory from the University of Essex, and an MA in Art History and Latin American Studies from the University of Aberdeen.听听From 2000-2002 he was Director of Visual Arts at The Americas Society in New York.听听Prior to that he was Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator at the Casa de Am茅rica in Madrid.听听From 1993 to 1998 he was Founding Curator of the University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art.听听He has published and lectured widely on modern and contemporary art from Latin America. He is a member of the collective听ESTAR(SER), the Esthetic Society for Transcendental & Applied Realization.

In茅s Olza
In茅s Olza
University of Navarra
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In茅s Olza

In茅s Olza

University of Navarra

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Nieves Acedo
Nieves Acedo
University of Navarra
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Nieves Acedo

Nieves Acedo

University of Navarra

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Conference Organizers:

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Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics

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Institute for Culture and Society

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Museum University of Navarre

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