Realism and Its Discontents

This panel reconsiders nineteenth- and twentieth-century realism as a negotiation between representation and mediation. Focusing on print culture, visual media, and material infrastructures, it examines how realism navigated technological change and forms of mass circulation.

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Matthew Birkhold, The Ohio State University (birkhold.22@osu.edu )