Conferences and Calls for Papers
Are you interested in attending a conference? Have you always wanted to hear the latest research in your field? If so, this is the opportunity for you.
We have collected information on some of the most exciting academic conferences going on this Spring. If you're interested in attending any of these conferences or if you have a particular conference in mind that isn't listed, please contact Robin Graham. OMSA Academic Support Grants can assist you in conference attendance. Robin can also be reached by telephone at 773.834.6826.
FEBRUARY 2010
Abriendo Bercha VII “Scholarship, Activism and Social Justice Conference”
February 18-20 | University of Texas at Austin
Scholarship, Activism and Social Justice
This winter the University at Texas Austin will host the Abriendo Bercha VII conference under the theme of Scholarship, Activism and Social Justice. The theme of Scholarship, Activism and Social Justice broadly encompasses subjects such as racial inequality and global economic crisis. The submission deadline for this conference is November 30, 2009 and registration has yet to be announced.
14th Annual Midwest Association of Filipino Americans (MAFA)
February 26_28 | Indiana University
Children of the Sun: Different Stories United By the 8-Point Sun
The Filipinos in Alliance at Indiana University are proud to host and gladly welcome you to attend the 14th annual Midwest Association of Filipino Americans Conference. The MAFA conference theme this year is Children of the Sun: Different Stories United By the 8-Point Sun. During the weekend of February 26 – 28, we hope to help you become more in-tune with your identity and empowered by your culture through various workshops and variety shows
MARCH 2010
National Conference of Black Political Scientists: 2010 Conference (41st Anniversary)
March 18-21 | Atlanta, Georgia
“Toward a New Black Political Science: New Paradigms, New Questions, New Directions”
The 41st National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBP) will be held this year in Atlanta, Georgia at the Double-Tree Hotel-Buckhead. This upcoming year’s theme “Towards a New Black Political Science: New Paradigm. New Questions, New Directions” aims at assessing the current and future terrain of Black politics in the U.S during the 21st century. Although the deadline for call for papers has passed, volunteer opportunities and registration are still open and will be posted late this November at the NCOBP website.
APRIL 2010
Association for Asian American Studies: Annual Conference
April 7-11 | Austin, Texas
“Emergent Cartographies: Asian American Studies in the Twenty-first Century”
The Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) will host the 2010 conference in Austin, Texas under the theme “Emergent Cartographies: Asian Studies in the Twenty-first Century”. Inviting papers of all disciplines this year’s theme centers on the heterogeneity of the Asian American population that has shifted in cultural formations, location and socioeconomic class. Submissions for this conference are due by November 5, 2010 and registration has yet to be announced.
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies: Annual Meeting XXXVII
April 7-10 |Seattle, Washington
“Chicana/o Environmental Justice Struggles for a Post-Neoliberal Age”
The 2010 XXXVII National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies conference theme examines the ties between social and environmental justice that have transformed the theory, ethics and practice of environmental movements. Stemming from the 1960s anti-pesticides campaign that enveloped the chicana/o community, the NACSS asks how environmental justice movements effect the struggles of the chicana/o community and whether these struggles are a fundamental move towards a post-neoliberal age. Early bird registration is January 2, 2010.
JUNE 2010
15th Annual Berkshire Conference on Women’s History
June 9 -12 | University of Massachusetts
"GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time and Space"
How do the experiences of women from different generations vary in space and time? Are contemporary scholars practitioners of old traditional beliefs, or have their methods matured as the field of women’s history continues to develop? A call for papers regarding these questions and gender related topics was issued by the Berkshire Conference of Women’s History for the June 2011 conference at the University for Massachusetts, Amherst. This conference open to graduate students of all disciplines has a deadline submission of March 1, 2010.
23rd Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education
June 1-5 | Washington, D.C.
The National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) is hosting their 2010 conference in Washington, D.C. Tackling issues of institutional change and cultural diversity, NCORE’s upcoming conference welcomes papers from all fields that focus on racial and ethnic involvement in higher education. Open to both graduate and undergraduate students, the submission deadline for NCORE is January 15, 2010.
