Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies (IAS)
Laboratories of Change: The Americas between Progress and Backlash
June 2 – 4, 2027
Bielefeld University, Germany
The present historical moment is marked by far-reaching global upheavals, many of which are closely related to current events in the Americas. Over the past five centuries, developments originating in or profoundly shaped by the Western Hemisphere have transformed societies across the globe —from European conquest, colonialism, and transatlantic slavery to the US, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions, the Cold War and the political and cultural movements of the 1960s and 1970s to #blacklives matter, #niunamenos and the rise of Trumpism. Today, technological innovations, political realignments and social struggles in the Americas are once again generating shifts far beyond the hemisphere …
The conference languages are English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Proposals and presentations may be delivered in any of these languages.
Please submit proposals by December 1 to info(at)interamericanstudies.net
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