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Calls for Papers
Participants
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Conferences and Events
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Other Opportunities

Calls for Papers

International Journal of Arts, Humanities & Social Science (IJAHSS)
Volume 06: Issue 10; September, 2025
Submission Deadline: 30 September 2025
 
We cordially invite you to submit your distinguished manuscripts at the internationally recognized multidisciplinary open access journal IJAHSS operating under IPRPD, USA. IJAHSS aims to dig down amazing manuscripts through its extensive double blind peer review process conducted by an astounding and experienced Editorial team. With following the CC-BY license, IJAHSS ensures the attribution and creditability of the creator and opens the chance for the published papers in an enormous way to get documented worldwide. Its high level of indexing liaison also promotes the paper in every research based door step.
 
Any subject that covers the vast area of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are welcomed along Literature, Ancient & Modern Language, Law, Philosophy, History, Arts History, Film Production, Performing Arts, Architecture Industrial Design, Interior Design, Human Integrative History, Education, Linguistics, Politics, Education, Ecology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Political Science, Public Administration, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Sociology, IR, Geography etc.
 
You are highly encouraged to submit your papers with an abstract at editor@ijahss.net.

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Call for Papers and Sessions for the 2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference

Submission Deadline: 1 October 2025

Submissions are now open for the Work and Family Researchers Network 8th Biennial Conference, June 17-20, 2026, Concordia University Montreal Canada. More than 400 scholars are anticipated to attend. The conference theme is Centering Care Across the Life Course.  Submission deadline is October 1, 2025. Upon request, submissions received by September 1, 2025 will be expedited to facilitate Canadian visa approval. Submit your paper, poster, or session proposal. For more information on the 2026 conference and travel to Canada, visit the conference webpage.

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"Police Response to Violence Against Women"
Policing: An International Journal

Submission Deadline: 1 October 2025

This special issue seeks to address contemporary challenges, highlight unexplored areas, and identify innovative police responses to violence against women across the world. While there is an established academic literature on violence against women, the issue remains prevalent and unresolved despite initiatives from the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and country specific responses. The World Health Organization estimates 1:3 women worldwide have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence. Violence against women continues to have serious implications for public health and human rights across the globe. This special issue explores police practices across different countries and cultures, highlights universal challenges, and identifies successful strategies. Read the full call for papers.

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Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 86th Annual Meeting
Alburquerque, New Mexico, 17-21 March 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 October 2025

The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites abstracts (sessions, papers, posters, and videos) for the Program of the 86th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, March 17-21, 2026. The theme of the Program is “Everyday Practice of Applied Anthropology.”

The 2026 SfAA Annual Meeting offers researchers, practitioners, and students from diverse disciplines and organizations the opportunity to discuss their work and consider how it can contribute to a better future. SfAA members come from a host of disciplines -- anthropology, geography, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and more. The annual meeting provides a fertile venue in which to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as an opportunity to enter the lifeworlds of other professionals. The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2025. For additional information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please visit our web page and click on annual meeting. 

Theme-Everday Practice of Applied Anthropology

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Special Themed Issue of ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies
Climate, Arts, and Activism: Critical Inter- and Transdisciplinary Perspectives

Submission Deadline: 15 October 2025

The debate about the socio-ecological crisis has moved to the center of society. What conditions and practices are needed for art-science collaborations that will contribute to transforming society towards critical climate and ecological justice? That is the guiding question for the proposed special issue. This themed issue of the peer-reviewed journal ACME (https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme) on “Climate, arts, and activism: Inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives”, calls for contributions that reflect on how art-science collaborations in the field of climate change and ecological justice engage with (trans-)local or international/art communities. It will explore the complexities between art, science, and the so-called public, i.e. the different stakeholders involved in such collaborations. In the context of transdisciplinary research, we ask for a critical reflection on the processes of co-creation, defining problems, roles and responsibilities, identifying relevant stakeholders, understanding and integrating different perspectives, dismantling power relations, challenging dominant systems of knowledge production, and ensuring ethical considerations. We welcome contributions from different academic disciplines (geography, environmental humanities, sustainability studies, transformation research), artistic research and submissions, design research, and other fields of practice. Proposals are encouraged from regions, cultures, and people that have not been previously featured or addressed in the discourses and scholarship. Read the full call.

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Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting
Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta in St. Louis, Missouri, 26-29 March 2026

Submission Deadline: 17 October 2025

The MSS invites submissions for the 2026 Annual Meeting beginning August 1, 2025. MSS Program Chair Michael Haedicke has selected an important theme for reflection for this year's conference: "Care and the Sociological Vocation: Learning About, Through, and With Care." Submit your paper, presentation or session to the 2026 MSS Annual Meeting. Submissions will open August 1 and close October 17. (Posters and 3MT competition submissions are due December 19.). More information can be found at the conference website.

2026 Special Focus—Care the the Sociological Vocation

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Work and Family Researchers Network
Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, 17-20 June 2026

Submission Deadline: 1 November 2025

The next Work and Family Researchers Network Conference will be held June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. The conference theme is Centering Care Across the Life Course. More than 500 stakeholders in the work-family field are anticipated to attend, with a dynamic program focused on meaningful exchanges. Submissions open in July and close November 1, 2025. More information can be found at the conference website.

2026 Special Focus—Centering Care Across the Life Course

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Seventeenth International Conference on the Image
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore + Online, 1-2 October 2026

Submission Deadline: 1 December 2025

This year’s special focus examines how visual media serve as agents of cultural dialogue, activism, and change, particularly within complex and pluralistic societies. Images do more than reflect the world; they intervene in it. Whether mobilised to document injustice, amplify marginalised voices, reframe dominant narratives, or inspire solidarity, images hold or possess the capacity to advocate. As technologies evolve and the circulation of images intensifies, so too does the need to critically assess how they shape public consciousness and cultural meaning. This conference invites an exploration of how visual forms, across analogue, digital, and emerging mediums, operate as tools of advocacy within their own cultural contexts and in dialogue with others, placing an emphasis on practices that are situated, responsive, and ethically engaged. We ask: What are the possibilities and limits of the image as advocate? How does visual advocacy operate across linguistic, societal and cultural thresholds? And what pedagogies, platforms, or ethics are needed to support such work? In gathering diverse voices, we aim to cultivate a conversation on how images not only represent but also actively shape the cultures from which they emerge. More information can be found at the conference website.

2026 Special Focus—The Image as Advocate: Shaping Cultural Conversations

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Sixteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society
University of Guadalajara, Mexico + Online, 9-11 September 2026

Submission Deadline: 9 June 2026

Founded in 2011, the Health, Wellness, & Society Research Network is brought together by a common concern in the fields of human health and wellness, and in particular their social interconnections and implications. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tension. Learn more about registration and submission. 

2026 Special Focus—Nourishing Societies: Bridging Nutrition, Wellness, and Sustainability for a Healthier Future

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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Submission Deadline: On-Going Call

The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity series provides a venue for international, pioneering scholarship that moves our understanding of race, racism, ethnicity, and ethnic oppression forward. The series features books that engage in contemporary social issues in a meaningful way, advocating intervention and action in social justice and social transformation. While theoretically and empirically grounded in sociology, books in this series intersect a wide array of social sciences (geography, history, political science, anthropology, philosophy). We seek book proposals that accomplish the dual goals of speaking to the public square and pushing the intellectual conversation forward. To inquire about publishing in the series, please contact Mick Gusinde-Duffy at mickgd@uga.edu.

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Participants

Teaching About Race
Dr. Sarah Friedman, Senior Lecturer of Sociology at Georgia State University, is recruiting participants for a study about experiences instructors have when they teach about race in Introduction to Sociology classes to gain information about teaching challenges to better understand pedagogical needs.
 
If you have taught an introductory sociology course at a US college or university within the past 5 years, and are at least 18 years old, you are eligible to participate. Participants will complete an online anonymous survey that asks about your teaching background, classroom environment, and bigger institutional context. The survey takes approximately 15-20 minutes.
 
If you are interested in participating, please use this link to learn more and to begin the survey.
 

Nominations

Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) 
Dr. Thomas C. Calhoun Excellence in Mentoring Award
Deadline: 15 September 2025
I am pleased to announce that the Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) is now accepting nominations for the Dr. Thomas C. Calhoun Excellence in Mentoring Award. The Dr. Thomas C. Calhoun Excellence in Mentoring Award honors a member of MSSA who provides an exceptional level of support to the professional development and career advancement of their mentees (undergraduate students and/or graduate students). Candidates will be assessed on their record of assisting mentees matriculate through undergraduate and/or graduate programs and develop their own academic and professional paths.
A letter of nomination (addressing the criteria listed below) can be submitted by any MSSA member in good financial standing that. Self-nominations are not accepted. Criteria for the award include:
 
1. Service as a role model for integrity and professionalism within the discipline of Sociology and Sociological Practice

2. Evidence of mentoring that promotes the profession/discipline.

3. Impact of mentoring: A) Number of Mentees, B) Accomplishments of mentees (e.g. current position, grant support, publications, regional and national recognition, leadership, etc), and C) Approaches to mentoring.
 
The DEADLINE for nominations is SEPTEMBER 15, 2025. All questions and nomination information, as outlined above, should be sent (via email) to the Committee Chair, Dr. Earl Wright II  (wrighte@rhodes.edu). Learn more information on this award.
"Police Response to Violence Against Women"
Policing: An International Journal

Submission Deadline: 1 October 2025

This special issue seeks to address contemporary challenges, highlight unexplored areas, and identify innovative police responses to violence against women across the world. While there is an established academic literature on violence against women, the issue remains prevalent and unresolved despite initiatives from the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and country specific responses. The World Health Organization estimates 1:3 women worldwide have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence. Violence against women continues to have serious implications for public health and human rights across the globe. This special issue explores police practices across different countries and cultures, highlights universal challenges, and identifies successful strategies. Read the full call for papers.

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Conferences and Events

Eighteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum 
Hosted by University of San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain
15-17 September 2025

Founded in 2008, The Inclusive Museum Research Network is brought together by a shared concern for the future role of the museum and how it can become more inclusive. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions. Learn more about registration.

2025 Special Focus—Museums, Galleries, and Archives: Engines of Innovation and Social Participation

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Diversity Scholars Network Lunch and Learn
23 September 2025, 12pm-1:30pm, Trotter Multicultural Center (TMC Large Meeting Room)
The first session is an Introduction to Research Impact Metrics with presenter Rebecca Welzenbach.Those who attend this in-person session will learn how to develop a strong public identity, establish a better understanding of their contributions to the scholarly enterprise as documented virtually, and become more aware of the impact of their scholarly work. Click here to register.
Sessions will be small with ample time for questions and individual attention. This professional development opportunity is perfect for scholars pursuing grants and other funding opportunities as well as those currently working toward tenure. Seating is limited, so we encourage you to register early. Lunch will be provided.
 
Save the date for future Lunch and Learns:
  • Thursday, November 13, 2025 -- Noon to 1:30pm. 
    • Public Humanities and Research Impact - Webinar
  • Thursday, February 12, 2026 -- Noon to 1:30pm.
    • Advocating for your project - In person
  • Tuesday, April 7, 2026 -- Noon to 1:30pm.
    • Crafting Research Impact Statements - Hybrid

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SAR - Register for the US General Assembly!
New York University
October 8-10, 2025
Register today for the Scholars at Risk 2025 US General Assembly to be held October 8-10, 2025 at New York University! US higher education is experiencing unprecedented pressures on admissions, hiring, research, teaching content, departmental structures, policies on speech, disciplinary policies, and finances. Together, we will learn about the impacts of these pressures, apply lessons from SAR's global network and partners, and explore strategies for responding on our own campuses and across the US section. 

The schedule will feature pre-conference workshops as well as keynote and plenary sessions, with topics including responses to pressures on US higher education, supporting at-risk scholars and practitioners at US institutions, introductory sessions for new and prospective member institutions, and lessons learned from history and SAR’s international experience. 

Join SAR network members, partners, and guests as we share best practices and develop skills for navigating the current challenges. Together we can make a difference: defending at-risk scholars and protecting everyone's freedom to think, question, and share ideas. 

SAR will continue to share registration and programming updates through the SAR US Bulletin and monthly newsletters, as well as on the conference webpage. Please direct any questions to SARUSGeneralAssembly@nyu.edu. 

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Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies
Hosted by University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa and Online
8-10 October 2025

The Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies, “Fed Up: Learning From Tradition, Imagining New Futures,” will be hosted in the vibrant heart of Pretoria, South Africa. The conference is dedicated to unraveling the intricate threads of food, culture, and sustainability that shape not only our local landscapes but also the global food discourse. In a world marked by abundance and scarcity, this conference serves as a forum to explore the multifaceted dimensions of food in contemporary society, transcending borders and boundaries.

We invite scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and food enthusiasts to join us to engage with renowned experts and thought leaders. Foster cross-cultural collaborations and share innovative research. Gain insights into South Africa's culinary heritage and its global impact. And be part of shaping sustainable and equitable food futures. Together, let's embark on a culinary journey that transcends boundaries, unlocking the wisdom of tradition and harnessing the power of imagination to pave the way for a more sustainable, nourishing, and inclusive world. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and nourished in mind and body. We look forward to welcoming you to this transformative conference. Learn more about registration.

2025 Special Focus—Fed Up: Learning From the Past, Imagining New Futures

SAR US Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
October 9-10, 2025

The US General Assembly, initially scheduled for October 8-10 at New York University, is rescheduled to 2026 due to travel, budget, and logistical reasons. Instead, on October 9-10 at NYU, we invite SAR US members and prospective members to participate in a Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference on protecting scholars, promoting academic freedom, and discussing the challenges we currently face.

The event, titled “Working Together to Protect Scholars and Promote Academic Freedom,” will feature SAR programming on both local and global responses to pressures on academic freedom. The meeting will offer networking opportunities, reflections on responses to attacks on higher education in both the US and worldwide, the launch of SAR's Free to Think 2025 report, and most notably, the launch of SAR's 25th Anniversary year, themed "Truth Matters."

We know many across the SAR network are eager to engage in conversations about current academic freedom conditions in the United States. We hope this change will help accommodate resource concerns across members while facilitating solidarity, connection, and dialogue for all attendees. Future regional events will be scheduled across the country. SAR US members and prospective members are welcome to attend any regional events, regardless of location. Learn more and register »

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55th Annual Conference of the Association of Black Sociologists
Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee
October 9-11, 2025

Since its historic founding in 1970, the Association of Black Sociologists has remained a professional organization at the vanguard of struggling with and for Black people globally towards liberation through using sociological methods to study race, social structures, intersectionality, and the experiences of Black communities. Given the changing landscape of higher education, along with the broader shifts and needs of Black communities, the theme for the 55th Annual ABS Conference is grounded in our founding roots. We invite papers, presentations, conversations, sessions, and sessions after the sessions that focus on “advancing a Black sociological tradition of scholar activism” that can deepen and broaden understandings of Black people, Black life, and Black communities and all those who we co-labor and co-struggle with in our work and efforts. How might we account for our current statuses and experiences across social institutions, spaces, and places? How can we look back to learn from the past to better understand the present, while also holding space for looking forward as well? And, how do we make space for our multidimensional Blackness? Let us use our convening as an opportunity to be in and sustain community, to learn and share knowledge and research, and to engage with and build on ABS’ tradition of scholarship and service.

All program participants must be current 2025 ABS members. The ABS membership year runs from January 1 through December 31 each year. To be included in the final program, all participants must join and register no later than August 1, 2025. Membership renewal can be completed online here.

2025 Special Focus—All Black Everything: Advancing a Black Sociological Tradition of Scholar Activism

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2025 Conference of the Peace & Justice Studies Association @ Swarthmore
October 9-12, 2025

This year the Peace and Justice Studies Association is joining with the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College outside of Philadelphia, PA.

We will feature 4 days of engaged scholarship, action-orientated research, and building capacities for intersectional social change.

Day 1: Pre-conference trainings

Days 2-4: Conference sessions--panels, keynotes, plenaries, workshops, and more!

All registration fees include three breakfasts, three lunches, coffee service, and two banquet/keynote dinners. Shuttle service will also be provided free of charge between conference hotels and Swarthmore College.

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Media Trainings
The Diversity Scholars Network is hosting three Faculty Media Trainings in October and three Advanced Media Trainings in March.

The media trainings held in October are designed to help faculty prepare for and feel confident conducting print and broadcast interviews. While the media trainings offered in March build on our previous sessions and will include mock interviews. Each of these trainings will be led by Fernanda Pires of Michigan News at U-M. Click here for more information on these training sessions. 
  • Introduction to Media training
    • October 28th, 29th, & 30th from 12:00pm - 1:30pm
    • 412 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  • Advanced Media training 
    • March 10th, 11th, and 12th from 12:00pm - 1:30pm. 
    • 412 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Twentieth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy + Online
25-27 February 2026

The Twentieth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices offers an interdisciplinary forum to explore the meaning and purpose of design. Our aim is to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. The 20th anniversary of DPP provides a valuable opportunity to assess how well our principles and practices have performed and to envision how Design must adapt to meet the challenges of the near future. This moment invites us to reinforce Design’s cultural role as a catalyst for meaningful, lasting change. We call on researchers across all domains of Design to explore the concept of Time, reflecting on its influence in any aspect of Design practice or research. What changes would you advocate for in the next 20 years? Learn more about registration.

2025 Special Focus—Design Across Time

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CfP: 16th International Conference on the Constructed Environment
Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
14-15 May 2026

The Sixteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment invites participants to explore the intersections between spatial design, human experiences, and contemporary global challenges. Under the theme From the Home to the City: Designing Spatial Experiences, this conference addresses how thoughtfully designed environments—from intimate domestic interiors to expansive urban landscapes—can foster human well-being, community connection, and environmental sustainability.

At the domestic scale, we examine how homes shape daily routines, emotional health, and social interactions, highlighting the critical role of design in creating spaces of care, comfort, and dignity. Amidst ongoing global shifts such as remote work, aging populations, and housing crises, we invite research to consider both technical dimensions—including sustainability, adaptability, and healthy materials—and sensory experiences involving spatial form, natural light, and tactile qualities. Echoing architect Kazuo Shinohara, we reflect on how domestic spaces are deeply embedded in human identity and cultural expression.

At the urban scale, we aim to understand how cities can cultivate inclusive, resilient, and engaging environments amidst rapid urbanization, climate change, and socio-economic disparities. We invite contributions investigating participatory urban planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and empathetic design practices that foster safety, accessibility, and belonging. As urbanist Jan Gehl observed, thriving cities are spaces of joyful human interaction designed for lingering, sharing, and meaningful connection.

Additionally, we welcome research on intermediate scales—such as shared community spaces, transitional interiors, neighborhoods, and collective housing—that bridge private and public realms. These environments represent thresholds of care and encounter, requiring responsive design strategies that address complex and overlapping needs.

Proposals are invited across disciplines including architecture, urban planning, interior design, engineering, environmental psychology, and interdisciplinary fields. We particularly encourage submissions aligned with the following four thematic areas:

1. The Design of Space and Place: Exploring how spaces are defined not only by physical boundaries but by rituals, memory, and emotional connections, emphasizing the choreographic role of design in fostering meaningful inhabitation.
2. Constructing the Environment: Examining the role of everyday objects and material systems in shaping human experiences, from small-scale domestic artifacts to flexible, adaptive structures that support both rootedness and mobility.
3. Environmental Impacts: Investigating how the built environment mirrors and influences our ecological relationships, emphasizing aesthetics and sustainability as interlinked values guiding ethical design practices.
4. Social Impacts: Reflecting on how spatial design can promote inclusivity, equity, and social justice, addressing critical questions of belonging, care infrastructures, and community visibility in built environments.

We invite innovative, multidisciplinary contributions that critically engage with these themes, advancing the discourse on designing resilient, empathetic, and sustainable spaces for contemporary life.

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Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society
Department of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 10-12 June 2026

We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society, to be hosted by the Department of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 10-12 June 2026.

All presenters are also encouraged to submit their paper to the companion journal collection The Arts in Society Journal Collection. Find out more about the journal collection.

2026 Special Focus—Modeling Life Systems: Art, Algorithms, Ecologies

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Sixteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society
Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Peru and Online, 22-23 June 2026

Founded in 2011, the Religion in Society Research Network explores the relationship between religion in society and the changing nature of spirituality. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions. Learn more about submission and registration.

2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

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Criminal Justice Association of Georgia (CJAG) Annual Conference
Albany State University, Albany, Georgia, 25-26 September 2025

We welcome proposals for research presentations, roundtables, panels, workshops, and student-led sessions.
Submit your abstract here. CJAG’s official peer-reviewed journal, The Pursuit, is currently accepting manuscript submissions. Presenters and non-presenters alike are encouraged to submit original research, practice-based articles, and scholarly essays related to criminal justice, criminology, or public safety. More information found on the website.

2026 Special Focus—The Future of Criminal Justice: Navigating the New Normal

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Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting
North Augusta, South Carolina, 15-18 October 2025

Globally, in a world of interlocking networks, the likelihood that most residents will experience a major disaster in their lifetimes is increasing significantly. Whether caused by natural, technological, synergistic, social, cyber, or new means, disasters are becoming more complex, frequent, stronger, longer-lasting, and more devastating in their impacts. As each disaster receives only limited national attention, the extended, slow recovery process forces change and transition at all levels of society, reshaping the pathways forward. Disasters force endings and offer new beginnings. Their destruction spotlights human losses, community ties, deep social change, power dynamics, gender inequalities, wealth and poverty disparities, as well as themes of security, insecurity, and civil rights across varied geographies and cyberspaces. For this conference, we encourage you to submit papers around the theme of disaster with a focus on the humanistic impacts, to understand the texture of loss, the emergence of care and love amidst such devastation, and the process of recovery in a myriad of social and cultural contexts. We are also interested in ways disaster concepts and theorization can apply to new social contexts, expanding our understanding of the theories and bridge the gap between disciplines and perspectives. Learn more about submission and registration.

2025 Special Focus—Disasters: Understanding the Textures of Loss, Love, and Recovery Amidst Forced Social Change

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Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Stigma
Howard University, Washington, D.C., 18-20 November 2025

This hybrid conference aims to increase awareness of the stigma of HIV and other health conditions and to explore interventions to eradicate this stigma. This conference also serves to educate healthcare providers and the general public about stigma as both a major barrier to prevention and treatment of illnesses and a human rights violation. We are looking for original research that addresses HIV stigma or other mental or physical health-related stigma to be presented as a virtual poster during the conference virtual poster session on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. During the virtual poster session, each presenter will have the opportunity to give a live or pre-recorded presentation of their work with a live Q & A session to follow. Abstracts that focus on this year’s theme of, “Beyond the Labels – Living and Thriving” are particularly encouraged. A limited number of non-research, community-based project posters may be accepted for presentation during the virtual poster session.

For questions about abstracts, contact Victoria Hoverman and the Scientific Committee at HU.Stigma.Conference@gmail.com. For general questions about the conference contact Patricia Houston at phouston@howard.edu. Learn more.

2025 Special Focus—Beyond the Label - Living and Thriving

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Virtual Events

Virtual Writing Retreats
The Diversity Scholars Network is hosting monthly writing retreats via Zoom. These events are co-sponsored by the Anti-Racism Collaborative and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Writing retreats are scheduled throughout each month on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. We are offering writing sessions designed for faculty, staff, and graduate students. We hope you drop in for silent writing with optional breakout rooms for discussion and feedback.
 

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Other Opportunites

Call for Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship Applications

The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) is seeking applicants for its 2026-2027 Early Career Work and Family Fellowships. The goal of the program is to help promising young scholars establish career successes and integrate them within the WFRN research community. Fellows receive a 2026 membership in the WFRN, conference registration, and $250 to attend an Early Career Fellowship Preconference (June 17, 2026) and the 2026 WFRN Main Conference (June 18-20, 2026) in Montreal, Canada. To be eligible, candidates must have received their doctorate in 2023 or later and have yet to progress into tenured or secure senior-level positions. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2025. Questions about the program can be addressed to the program co-directors, Nicole Denier (ngdenier@gmail.com) and Yang Hu (prof.yanghu@gmail.com). Application submission information and further details on the Early Career Fellowship program can be found on the website.

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Call for Work and Family Researchers Network Predoctoral Preconference Applications

On June 17, 2026, the Work and Family Researchers Network will hold a Pre-Doctoral Preconference at Concordia University in Montreal Canada during its 8th Biennial Conference. The Predoctoral Preconference will provide workshops intended to help graduate students form meaningful connections with diverse scholars, learn about publication strategies, as well as how to engage with stakeholders such as organizational leaders or policy advocates. Questions can be directed to organizers Wen Fan (wen.fan@bc.edu) and Jaeseung Kim (jkim1203@o365.skku.edu). Space is limited. Applications close January 15, 2026. Those selected to attend the preconference will be notified in February 2026. Information about the 2026 WFRN conference and the preconference application can be found on the website. 

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Book Drive in collaboration with the Trotter Multicultural Center
NCID is conducting a book drive in collaboration with the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center. We are asking members of the DSN to donate books (new and gently used) to assist in creating an independent in-house library at Trotter, which will center books addressing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility topics and/or banned books. We would welcome, and are especially interested in, books that you have authored or edited. 

We see this book drive as an opportunity to extend your reach as scholars and to place your books directly in the hands of students interested in the topics you research. In addition, we would like to use this book drive to offer the students who frequent the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center with words of inspiration, affirmation, and guidance. 

To that end, we invite those who donate to write a note of inspiration to the students inside the cover of your donated text… to say the words that you would have loved to hear as a student, to present students with messages of hope, to explain what you got out of reading the book to persuade someone to read it as well, or to offer what you (as the author of the text) hope a reader would gain from reading it.

Anyone interested in donating can bring their books to the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center front desk or send their books to Trotter, which is located at 428 S. State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and closed on the weekends through the summer. You can find continued communication about this event here.