Third Annual Meeting of the Imagination Research Network

11-12 May 2026

Third Annual Meeting of the Imagination Research Network

11 May, 4-7pm: Launch Symposium of Verity Platt’s Epistemic Impressions (2025)

Location: Room 313, Third Floor, School of Law, Mile End Road, E1 4NS

Speakers:

• Michael Squire (Chair)
• Verity Platt (Author)
• Simon Goldhill (Commentator)
• Emily Clifford (Commentator)
• Ruth Webb (Commentator)

Program

4pm: Brief elcome by the chair, Michael Squire

4.05pm-4.30pm: introduction to the book by Verity Platt

4.30pm-4.45pm: Break

4.45pm-6.45pm: Comments by Emily Clifford, Simon Goldhill, and Ruth Webb, followed

by discussion

6.45pm: drinks reception

12 May, 10am-5pm: Workshop on ‘Technologies of Wonder: Imagination and the

History of Knowledge’

Location: Room GC701, 7th Floor, Graduate Centre, Mile End Road, E1 4NS

Is knowledge possible without wonder? Might wonder be the key emotion, the key pleasure, which enables knowing? This workshop explores how wonder-making is important for epistemic cultures. How is knowledge wonder-full, the workshop asks, and what are the technologies (across media and genre, and including language-made wonders as well as other kinds) of wonder-making that have been important to knowledge-making? More broadly, the workshop is also exploring how, when, and where the history of imagination overlaps with the history of knowledge. The format is that conversation-starters across two panels will share 1-2 examples (10-15 mins each) and provoke discussion, with an emphasis on friendly and informal conversation.

10am-1pm: Panel 1(Chaired by Maksymilian Del Mar)

Conversation Starters:

• Tita Chico
• Billie Gavurin
• Benedict Robinson
• Sharon Ruston

1pm-2pm: Lunch

2-5pm: Panel 2 (Chaired by Richard Scholar )

Conversation Starters:

• David Colclough
• Michelle Karnes
• Laura Kolb
• Laura Mattioli
• Rowan Tomlinson
• Rob Twiss

5-6pm: Drinks and Nibbles

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