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African American Intellectual History Society’s Twelfth Annual Conference

Organized by African American Intellectual History Society

Proposals for this event are closed (the deadline was September 30, 2026). The event itself is still ahead. Many organizers open their next call around the same time each year. Below are open calls you can apply to now.

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South Dakota Humanities Council Speakers Bureau

South Dakota Humanities Council · South Dakota

PaidSouth Dakota historyNative American culture

Closes Oct 30, 2026

SC Humanities Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud

SC Humanities · South Carolina

PaidSouth Carolina historyLiterature

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Timberland Regional Library performer and presenter application

Timberland Regional Library · Washington

PaidArts and cultureSTEM

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Missouri Speakers Bureau

Missouri Humanities and State Historical Society of Missouri · Missouri

PaidMissouri historyCulture and heritage

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Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau

Humanities Iowa · Iowa

PaidIowa historyLiterature

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17th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Interdisciplinary Conference

African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center at James Madison University · James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States, and online · Feb 2027

HybridAfrican, African American, and diaspora studiesReparations and restorative justice

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Submission deadline: September 30, 2026
Event date: March 5, 2027
Format: In person
Location: Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
Compensation: Not listed

About this call

The African American Intellectual History Society’s twelfth annual conference explores Black worldmaking and the ways African-descended peoples have imagined and created alternatives to dehumanizing systems. It welcomes researchers across the humanities and social sciences, including scholars at all career stages and independent scholars. The conference invites individual and panel proposals for short presentations, as well as experimental formats, workshops, art displays, film screenings, roundtables, and musical performances.

Topics

Black worldmakingBlack intellectual historyAlternative futures and spacesArt, popular culture, and literatureGlobal and international dimensions of Black worldmaking

Audience

Humanities and social sciences researchersGraduate students, faculty, and independent scholars

Session formats

12–15-minute individual presentations75-minute panel sessions with 15 minutes for audience participationWorkshopsArt displaysFilm screeningsRoundtablesMusical performancesExperimental presentations