GCWS Graduate Student Conference
Graduate students in all areas of study are invited to submit their abstracts or synopses of in-progress scholarly papers, dissertation or thesis chapters, article drafts, or in-progress film/mixed media works. Proposals may come in the form of papers, films, art, performance, visual art, or alternate forms not listed above.
This conference invites graduate student scholars, activists, and practitioners to examine what it means and has meant to survive in a world in crisis. What do we mean by crisis? How do historical experiences of crisis inform our understanding of present crises? What is the meaning and purpose of “liberatory practices” in the historical and contemporary world? How do Indigenous, feminist, queer, trans, disability or other lenses offer alternative understandings of crisis? What world is possible after a crisis? By exploring these and more questions, we hope to consider how new methods of study and care practices in our scholarship might allow us to imagine different worlds, develop resilience in a crisis-laden world, become “undisciplined” academically, and/or form more caring and collaborative communities.
Proposals Due: October 30
Join the GCWS Conference Organizing Team
If you are a Masters or PhD student in the Boston area, please join our team to organize the 2025 GCWS Graduate Student Conference! We’ll focus on advertising, inviting keynote and/or plenary speakers and panelists, and shaping the conference structure this semester. Whether you’ve organized a conference before or have no experience with events, there is a role for you.
Please contact Melanie (melrob@mit.edu) with your interest. Meetings are up and running, so jump in and join us!