Africana Studies at The University at Albany, SUNY, is hosting a student conference on Saturday, November 2, 2024, on the following theme: “RESEARCH DAY ON GENDER, SEXUALITY, HERITAGE, IDENTITY/ETHNICITY: A QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING”
In this Call for Abstracts, we invite submissions that demonstrate the themes of gender, sexuality, heritage, and identity/ethnicity. Through a multidisciplinary approach and world-views framework, we encourage research that emphasizes diverse perspectives and promotes multivocality. We are also keenly interested in research papers in the field of Africana/Black Studies. As an initiative of the Mellon Foundation Grant awarded to the UAlbany Department of Africana Studies, this event, to be offered both in-person and virtually, is open to all SUNY Africana/Black Studies students and to students from non-SUNY schools in the Capital District, and will be held on the UAlbany campus, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222.
Undergraduate and Graduate Students interested in presenting papers, should submit a 250-300 word abstract by October 12, 2024.
Abstract submissions must the student's:
- full name
- institutional affiliation
- academic email address
- phone number
- abstract and/or paper
- an indication if the paper will be delivered in-person or virtually.
The online submission form can be accessed through the Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies webpage, or by visiting the Calls for Papers and Abstract Submission page.