UCLA Thinking Gender 2027 Graduate Conference

This year's theme is "Power and Care in Gendered Migrations," exploring how immigrant communities experience immigration policy and enforcement through a gendered lens, and how engaged researchers can approach this work ethically and collaboratively. We welcome submissions from graduate students (and postdoctoral scholars) in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts, including scholarly papers, dissertation/thesis chapters, and hybrid critical-creative or film/mixed-media work.

Key details:

·      Submission deadline: Sunday, October 25, 2026, 11:59 PM PDT

·      Notification: Mid-December 2026

·      Online co-writing sessions: January 14, February 11, and March 11, 2027

·      In-person workshops: Thursday, April 29, 2027 (closed to the public)

·      Public symposium with keynote: Friday, April 30, 2027

·      Location: UCLA campus

Travel funding is available for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars accepted into the conference.

Questions can be directed to thinkinggender@women.ucla.edu.