Second Annual Student Conference: October 18, 2025
Hosted by the Africana Studies at The University at Albany-SUNY
Theme: “Research Day on Gender Sexuality, Heritage, Identity/Ethnicity: A Quest for Understanding”
Call for Abstracts
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 undergraduate and graduate students attending non-SUNY schools in the Capital District and all SUNY Africana/Black Studies Departments. It will be held on the UAlbany campus, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222.
Undergraduate and graduate Students interested in presenting papers, should submit a 250-300 word abstract by July 31, 2025. Abstract submissions must include the student’s full name, institutional affiliation, and contact information, including academic email address and phone number, and indicate if the paper will be delivered in-person or virtually.
Abstract submissions must provide 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.