Calls for Papers, Conferences, and Events

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Call for Papers
Call for Contributions
Call for Participants
Conferences and Events
Virtual Events
Fellowships and Scholarships

Call for Papers

Submission Deadline Conference/Event Location Theme/Special Focus Dates
10/1/26 87th Annual Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting Norfolk, Virginia Futures, Fractures, and Fixes 3/23/27-3/27/27
10/10/16 Focus on Pedagogy Conference 2026 Various Locations Across Teaching, Theory, Technologies & Times 11/18/26-11/20/26
10/15/26

Eastern Sociological Society 97th Annual Meeting

 Philadelphia, PA Understanding Difference in a Divided Age 3/4/27-3/7/27
10/19/26 Twenty-Third International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa 1/20/27-1/22/27
10/27/26 2027 Global Meeting on Law and Society University of Hong Kong + Virtual Law in Motion: Reimagining Mobility, Boundaries, and Belonging 6/22/27-6/26/27
12/21/26 Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting Milwaukee, Wisconsin Interdisciplinary Sociology: Subverting Narratives of Scarcity 3/18/27-3/21/27

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Call for Contributions

Submission Deadline Journal Submission Type Theme/Special Focus
10/1/26

Southern Anthropologist

 Special Issue Call for Papers Medical Pluralism in the New South
12/8/26 Critical Sociology Articles and Essays An Attack on Academic Freedom and the Racial Politics Challenging DEI: The Case of Jason Arday
Ongoing Spark Magazine Essays
Ongoing Bedside Books Column in Sociological Review Essays
Ongoing Sociological Fiction in Sociological Review Fiction
Ongoing Sociological of Race and Ethnicity Book Proposals

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Call for Participants

Call Organizer/Institution Participation Type Participant Requirements
Generative AI in Academic Publishing: Perceptions and AI Hesitancy Christopher Miller, Information Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Survey (5-25 minutes) The survey is anonymous, open to adults 18+, and intended for graduate students, faculty, researchers, and publishing professionals.

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Conferences and Events 

Dates

Conference/Event

Location

Theme/Special Focus
10/1/26-10/2/26 Seventeenth International Conference on the Image

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore + Online

 The Image as Advocate: Shaping Cultural Conversations

10/5/26-10/9/26

SVRI Forum 2026

Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre, Centralworld, Bangkok, Thailand
10/9/26-10/10/26 28th Canadian Ethnic Studies Association (CESA) Biennial Conference (English Site) (French Site) Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, Alberta Ethnic Dynamics and Immigration in a World in Flux
10/10/26-10/12/26 Sixteenth International Conference on Food Studies

University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan + Online

 Living with Water: Food and Life
10/15/26-10/16/26 Aging & Social Change Sixteenth Interdisciplinary Conference Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey Demographic Futures: Political and Social Transformations
10/15/26-10/16/26 Queer Ecologies Across Socialisms University of Regensburg, Regensburg-Galgenberg, Germany
11/13/26-11/14/26 2026 SAR US General Assembly Ida Noyes Building, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Truth Matters: Defending Scholars & Academic Freedom in Challenging Times
11/18/26-11/20/26 17th Annual Conference on Stigma Howard University, Washington, D.C. Shattering Stigma: Let Your Light Shine. Break the Stigma
6/15/26-6/17/26 2027 SAR Global Congress

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Virtual Events

Dates Event Organization Special Focus/Theme
11/5/26 2026 Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research American Educational Research Association Admitted but Not Equal: What George McLaurin’s Story Tells Us About Race, Racism, and Education in 1948 and Today
11/12/26 Journal of Institutional Ethnography Kickoff Event  Journal of Institutional Ethnography (JIE)
Various Virtual Writing Retreats Diversity Scholars Network & Anti-Racism Collaborative