The Nineteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society will be held on the theme “Art for Sustenance” May 24-26, 2024, in South Korea and online. The conference offers an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the role of the arts in society. It seeks papers on the following themes: pedagogies of the arts; arts histories and theories; new media, technology, and the arts; and the arts in social, political, and community life. The submission deadline is March 24, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
Global Black French Studies across Time and Space: The Formation and Future of the Field will be held October 17-20, 2024, at Boston College. Organizers invite contributors to explore how artistic creations, lived experiences, mobilizations, and research interests historicize, complicate, interrogate, and advance the field of Black French Studies within and beyond France. Submit a 300-word abstract in English or French by April 2, 2024. For more details, visit the website.
Southern New Hampshire University’s Social Science and Liberal Arts departments invite students, faculty, independent researchers, and scholars around the world to propose presentations for its virtual conference on “The Past, Present, and Future of Human Migrations,” which will take place September 26-27, 2024. This year’s conference will explore the movement of people in all its forms and motivations—pursuing food and other resources or escaping from climate change and conflict—and the social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental consequences of those migrations. Proposals are due April 26, 2024. For more information, including submission guidelines and a list of possible topics, visit the website.
The Aging and Social Change: Fourteenth Interdisciplinary Conference will be held on the theme “Diversity over Time: Changes in Individual, Organizational, and Place Contexts” September 19-20, 2024, in Ireland and online. The conference is a forum for discussion of challenges and opportunities for a rapidly growing segment of the population worldwide. It seeks papers on the following themes: economic and demographic perspectives on aging; public policy and public perspectives on aging; medical perspectives on aging, health, wellness; and social and cultural perspectives on aging. The submission deadline is June 19, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Twenty-First International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will be held on the theme “Sustainable Development for a Dynamic Planet: Lessons, Priorities, and Solutions” January 23-25, 2025, in Miami and online. The On Sustainability Research Network is brought together by a common concern for sustainability from a holistic perspective, where environmental, cultural, economic, and social interests intersect. It seeks papers on the following themes: ecological realities; participatory process; economic, social, and cultural context; and education, assessment, and policy. The deadline is October 23, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
