Call for papers

We invite graduate students and early career researchers from across disciplines to submit abstracts for our annual conference themed ‘Colonialism, Conflict & Commemoration.’ Abstracts can address, but are not limited to the following subthemes:

• Settler colonialism: Exploring the enduring impacts and contemporary manifestations of settler colonial projects.

• Asymmetric Conflicts: Reckoning with occluded histories of irregular warfare, civil wars, counter-insurgencies, wars of national liberation, and their effects (including but not limited to forced migration, ethnic cleansing, and mass captivity).

• Memory and transnational justice: Investigating how memories of colonialism and conflicts are preserved, contested, and reconciled on transnational scales.

• Truth and reconciliation: Analyzing mechanisms of truth-telling, justice, and reconciliation in post-colonial and post-conflict contexts.

• Networks and methods: Discussing innovative methodologies and theoretical frameworks for studying colonial legacies, conflict dynamics, and commemorative practices.

• Lived embodiment of research: As a seminar, we are interested in learning about the lived embodiment of research. We are also interested in submissions exploring commemoration in praxis, including an exploration of these themes through performance arts.

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit your abstracts and author bios to conference@oxfordtghs.com.

• Abstracts should be 300 words or less.

• Please include a short author bio (100 words max) listing your university affiliation, and preferred mode of presentation if selected (online, in-person) 

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission Deadline: 15th April, 2024

Notification of Acceptance: 10th May, 2024

Tentative conference dates: 20th-21st June, Online and in-person