We are pleased to announce that the 42nd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts will be held at University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, England, UK, June 23-June 26, 2026. The University of Essex, with three campuses, was founded as a research university by public charter in 1965, and is one of the original plate glass universities. With a commitment to academic excellence and diversity, The University of Essex’s Colchester campus is “a world in one place,” home to 15,000 students from over 130 countries. It is also a leading institution in the field of psychoanalytic studies with a world-renowned Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies. The conference is sponsored and hosted by PsyArt Foundation and University of Essex.

The organizers of PsyArt2026 invite 150-word abstracts for papers dealing with any application of psychology–including but not limited to psychoanalysis, object relations, feminist, Jungian, and Lacanian approaches, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience–to the study of literature, film and visual media, painting, sculpture, music, performance, and the other arts. A maximum of seventy-five papers will be accepted for presentation. We also warmly welcome conferees who do not present papers. The conference is convivial and draws scholars from around the world. 

Deadline for abstract submissions is February 28, 2026.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE

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