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NEW Call for Submissions: The 2026 AAGE (The Association for Anthropology and Gerontology, and the Life Course) Biennial Conference  (May 8-10, 2026)

The umbrella theme of this conference – the where and when of aging – is at once concrete and conceptual.

We welcome contributions on a wide range of topics, from specific contemporary issues to conceptions of time and space more broadly, in relation to aging in particular contexts.

We seek to foster innovations in practice, community, and scholarship through formal paper presentations, data labs and workshops, film and other artistic exhibitions, and assorted group activities for participants.

Topics may include, but are not limited to: – Care across distance, care near and far– Aging amidst conflict and violence – The experience of different temporalities – The experience of diverse embodiments of aging (e.g., in relation to disability, Indigeneity, race, queerness, intergenerational engagements) –  The effects of climate change and environmental crises on aging – Traditional forms, generational shifts – Issues of movement and mobility – Modes of fostering participatory research and collective action – Modes of decolonizing.

Submission Types

I. Formal Papers

Standard conference papers, organized into thematic panels either upon submission or collected together upon acceptance.

  • Please submit title an abstract of approx. 250 words and indicate your preference for in-person or online presentation or
  •  Collect up to 4 papers under a panel theme – include title of panel and abstract, along with names of presenters, individual paper titles, and name of discussant (optional).

II.  Works-in-Progress

Facilitated sessions (“data labs”) to workshop work in progress (in-person only).

  • Please submit a brief description of fieldwork (place, time, research question), along with a story from your research that perturbs you and/or a question you want to bring to a group for collective discussion and mentorship. (approx. 500)

III. Film / Poster / Photo / Artistic Exhibitions

Screening rooms and poster exhibition halls will be available, with potential for other digital platforms, to share visual or auditory work.

  • Please submit title, format (and running time, if applicable), and brief description (approx.. 250 words). Please list any previous festivals, screenings or exhibits, awards or recognitions.

Hosted at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Deadline Extended: Submit by November 25, 2025

Posted 11/3/2025

Call for Papers: Fall 2025 edition of the biannual Americanist Forum: “Captive Societies: Interdisciplinary Studies of Control”

We would like to invite you to submit papers for presentation for the Fall 2025 edition of the biannual Americanist Forum! Sponsored by the American Studies Program at BU, the Americanist Forum functions like a conference panel, with multiple speakers delivering papers during a given session. Each semester, there is an open call for papers from the BU community.

Our theme for Fall 2025 is Captive Societies: Interdisciplinary Studies of Control. For this forum, we are interested in work that explores carcerality, control, captivity, freedom, punishment, justice, and more–and all the ways these concepts fracture and swell. Who is free? How are they free? What are their freedoms? Who is in control? Language around policing and carcerality infects countless facets of our neoliberal society, and is particularly prescient in our current political climate. We welcome arguments and interventions in theory, method, form, and more. 

We ask that this work engages with the United States in some way, but want to encourage work from multiple fields/disciplines/methodologies–we are stronger working across and with difference. Completed papers, as well as works-in-progress, are considered. This is a great chance to practice presenting before an upcoming conference or workshop or to get feedback from a diverse group on your work. The Forum is intended to be friendly, welcoming, and open to people at all stages in their program.

If you are interested in presenting, please fill out this Google form, which asks for a working title and abstract. Based on upcoming conference dates, the Forum will likely be during the week of November 10, but time and date are flexible depending on presenters’ availability. Please feel free to reach out to us at camden@bu.edu and cgbranch@bu.edu. 

🗓️ Deadline: Submissions are due by Friday October 24.

Posted 10/21/2025

Call for Papers and Sessions: Work and Family Researchers Network, 8th Biennial Conference

Submissions are now open for the Work and Family Researchers Network 8th Biennial Conference, June 17-20, 2026, Concordia University, Montreal Canada. The conference theme is Centering Care Across the Life Course. Conference Theme: The 2026 conference theme is Centering Care Across the Life Course. About the 8th Biennial Conference:

  • More than 400 participants from across the globe are expected to attend, sharing perspectives on work and family in the Global South, the Global North, and transnational contexts.
  • Social events will include sponsored lunches, evening receptions, networking dinners, and engagement with the local community.
  • Discount hotel rooms and low-cost student housing options are available.
  • Sponsored travel grants are offered to support individuals from the Global South.
  • Early Career Fellowships and a Predoctoral Preconference are offered to support scholars in the formative stages of their careers on June 17, 2026.
  • The main conference will take place June 18-20, 2026.
  • Submission deadline is October 1, 2025. Upon request, submissions up to September 1, 2025 will receive expedited review to facilitate Canadian visa approvals.

🗓️ Event Dates: June 17-20, 2026, Concordia University, Montreal Canada

To submit your paper, poster, or session proposal, follow this link: https://wfrn26.mymeetingsavvy.net/