* VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Center for Icon Studies’ Third International Conference: The Visual Culture of Iconoclasm and Atheism

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Center for Icon Studies’ Third International Conference:

The Visual Culture of Iconoclasm and Atheism

Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11, 2022

Organized and sponsored by the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, MA (USA), this virtual conference is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Images of Atheism: The Soviet Assault on Religion, curated by conference chair, Dr. Wendy Salmond.

Please join us to explore topics such as ‘godless corners,’ rituals in the Soviet Union, state-sponsored propaganda, and sacred images in hiding.