2011 Conferences

FEBRUARY 2011

National Association of African American Studies
National Association of Native American Studies
National Association of Native American Studies
International Association of Asian Studies
National Conference
February 14-19, 2011 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates will host its national conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 14-19, 2011. This conference is expected to have more than 3,000 attendees. In addition, not fewer than 325 research sessions, round tables, panel discussions, performances and demonstrations will be scheduled throughout the week. In addition to the many scholarly sessions, the conference will also include many exhibitors, a career fair and health screenings.

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute 29^th National Conference
February 17 -20 | Chicago, Illinois
Early registration deadline is December 23, 2010

The USHLI Conference mission is to train a broad cross section of Hispanic leaders by promoting education, unity and leadership development and creating a servant leadership community.  Conference participants come together to develop and/or strengthen their leadership skills and to grow as servant leaders. It is an exceptional venue where vendors can meet consumers, unions can meet prospective members, universities can recruit students, constituents can meet national policy-makers, and employers can meet future employees. This conference provides sponsors an extraordinary opportunity to contribute to the development of this nation's present and future leaders and connect with a broad cross section of America's nearly $1 trillion Hispanic consumer market.

National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Regional Conference
“De Diosa a Hembra to Chicana: Celebrating the Last 40 Years of Chicana Activism.”
February 18 – 20, 2011 | South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
Call for Paper Deadline: December 7, 2010
The year 1971 can be considered a turning point in Chicana activism as a group of Chicana leaders from across the United States came together to voice their concerns as women. These concerns stemmed from discrimination in the home, work place, school, and within the Chicano Movement itself. Other issues addressed at the conference included concerns over healthcare and the relationship to other feminist movements and sexuality.


MARCH 2011


National Council for Black Studies Conference (NCBS)
March 16 – 19, 2011 | Cincinnati, Ohio
Call for Paper Deadline: November 15, 2010
NCBS is accepting abstracts for individual paper, poster, panel, session, roundtable discussion, workshop, town hall meeting that explore the Black experience locally, nationally, and/or globally from a variety perspective. Of particular interest are presentations that comparatively explore these experiences, as well as those that examine the discipline of Africana/Black Studies using multi-layered frameworks and methodologies.  

National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS)
State of Education for Social Jusitce
March 30 – April 2, 2011 | Pasadena, California

For the 38th NACCS conference we call for submissions on education from a broad perspective, not just the four walls of a school, college, or university classroom. Let us examine how we, the membership of NACCS, both academics and activists, are educators who promote educative acts that move us toward social justice.
MAY  2011

Association for Asian American Studies Conference  (AAAS)
Consuming Asian Americans
May 18-21, 2011 | New Orleans, Louisiana
The theme for the 2011 AAAS conference "Consuming Asian America" is inspired, in part, by the site of the conference itself-New Orleans, the city that measures the success of its Mardi Gras celebration by weighing the garbage collected the morning after and whose shopping and nightclub district for locals is called "Fat City." The title "Consuming Asian America" has a double sense, referring both to the consumption performed by Asian Americans and the consumption of objects, people, and practices that are marked as Asian American. We are interested in the material practices, actions, and cultures of different versions of the consumer, such as eating, buying, viewing, as well as the larger metaphor of consumption.

National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in America Higher Education (NCORE)
May 31 – June 4, 2011| San Francisco, CA
Call for Presentation Deadline: January 20, 2011

The NCORE conference series constitutes the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and ethnic relations on campus and to expand opportunities for educational access and success by culturally diverse, traditionally underrepresented populations.

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference (NAISA)
May 19-21, 2011 | Sacramento, California
http://naisa.nas.ucdavis.edu/