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*New* Call for Proposals: Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) Meeting (05/29/26)

We are pleased to invite presentation proposals for the upcoming Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) meeting to be held at Rice University in Houston, TX. This event will be held from August 14th through 15th, 2026, and it promises to be a dynamic forum for discussing cutting-edge research on the political dimensions of race, immigration, and ethnicity.

Hosted by: Rice University, University of Nottingham, and University of Texas at Arlington

Proposal Guidelines: We welcome proposals that explore a wide range of issues related to the politics of race, immigration, and ethnicity. Proposals may focus on any level of analysis (national, state, local) and any area of the political system (legislative, executive/bureaucratic, judicial). We are especially interested in research that:

  • Features institutions, governance, and public policy.
  • Examines comparative and/or transnational perspectives with a focus on the U.S.
  • Includes interdisciplinary approaches or community-engaged research.

Who Should Submit: We encourage submissions from academic scholars, social scientists (political scientists and sociologists particularly) across various disciplines, and policy practitioners. We particularly welcome contributions from graduate students and early-career researchers. This is an ideal venue for sharing research at any stage of development, whether it is a work-in-progress or a more developed study.

Presentation Format:

  • Duration: 10-12 minutes per presentation.
  • Discussion: Time will be allocated for comments and discussions after each presentation.

Submission Instructions: Please submit your proposal by Friday, May 29th here. Your proposal will include: Name/Affiliation, Title of the Presentation, Abstract (250-300 words).

Deadline: May 29, 2026

For more information, please contact Samantha Chapa at schapa2@nd.edu.

Call for Abstracts: 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (05/31/26)

The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA). The conference will be held on September 24–25, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, and will center on the theme Aging and Health in the Americas. We invite abstract submissions from emerging and early-career scholars in the social sciences, particularly those whose work focuses on Latino health and aging. Abstracts are due by May 31, 2026. All emerging scholars will also have the opportunity to participate in a mentored publication program. Submit your abstract here: https://forms.gle/oLd2RovyFZkts42G6
Questions: a.reyes@cornell.edu

International Migration Review (IMR) Call for Submissions: Migration in the Classroom: Pedagogical Innovations and Student Engagement (06/01/26)

A key theme emerging from the 2026 Academic Symposium of the Center for Migration Studies was the need to invest intentionally in the next generation of migration scholars. Students at all levels, including graduate, tertiary, secondary, and even primary, should benefit from evidence-based, rights-oriented education on human migration and population movements, as well as on the policies and programs that shape these dynamics.

In response, the International Migration Review (IMR) invites submissions that illustrate creative and innovative approaches to teaching and curriculum development on international migration and mobilities, immigrant experiences, displacement, and forced migration. This call seeks critical essays that examine pedagogy, curriculum design, and student learning, with particular attention to how teaching can advance both knowledge generation and meaningful engagement with migration issues and migrant student communities.

We invite essays of 1500-2500 words, excluding supporting materials, that describe the goals of the course, program, or instructional approach; its implementation and evaluation; and its outcomes for students and, where relevant, communities. Submissions may include descriptions of curricula, classroom practices, experiential or community-engaged learning, or interdisciplinary approaches.

Essays should be submitted by June 1, 2026. Interested contributors are invited to send their essays to Dr. Narayani Sritharan (nsritharan@aiddata.wm.edu) and Professor Ellen Percy Kraly (ekraly@colgate.edu). The guest editors will review submissions and invite selected authors to submit their essays for consideration by IMR.

Essays will be considered for publication by the IMR editorial team, based on the originality of the approach and demonstrated outcomes for student learning and engagement.  We welcome contributions spanning the social sciences, health sciences, arts, and humanities.

Please feel free to contact Professor Ellen Percy Kraly at ekraly@colgate.edu with any ideas or questions.

Call for Abstracts: 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (05/31/26)

The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA). The conference will be held on September 24–25, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, and will center on the theme Aging and Health in the Americas. We invite abstract submissions from emerging and early-career scholars in the social sciences, particularly those whose work focuses on Latino health and aging. Abstracts are due by May 31, 2026. All emerging scholars will also have the opportunity to participate in a mentored publication program. Submit your abstract here: https://forms.gle/oLd2RovyFZkts42G6
Questions: a.reyes@cornell.edu

Ice Geographies and Critical Demography – Jen Rose Smith

We look forward to welcoming Jen Rose Smith from the University of Washington on Friday, May 29 from 12:30 – 1:30 PM, in Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom (Register Here). This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative.

Ice animates the look and feel of climate change. It is melting faster than ever before, causing social upheaval among northern coastal communities and disrupting a more southern, temperate world as sea levels rise. Economic, academic, and activist stakeholders are increasingly focused on the unsettling potential of ice as they plan for a future shaped by rapid transformation. Yet, in Ice Geographies, Jen Rose Smith demonstrates that ice has always been at the center of making sense of the world. Ice as homeland is often at the heart of Arctic and sub-Arctic ontologies, cosmologies, and Native politics. Reflections on ice have also long been a constitutive element of Western political thought, but it often privileges a pristine or empty “nature” stripped of power relations. Smith centers ice to study race and indigeneity by investigating ice relations as sites and sources of analysis that are bound up with colonial and racial formations as well as ice geographies beyond those formations. Smith asks, How is ice a racialized geography and imaginary, and how does it also exceed those frameworks?

Jen Rose Smith (dAXunhyuu) is assistant professor of Geography and American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. She works at the intersection of critical Indigenous studies, cultural human geography, and environmental humanities. Her book Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic was published with Duke University Press and she has also published in EPD: Society and Space, The Geographical Journal, and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. She serves on the advisory board for the Eyak Cultural Foundation, a non-profit that organizes language and cultural revitalization gatherings.