DEADLINE EXTENDED: 30 April 2026
Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, and co-organized and hosted by the Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio (IIDYCPA-CONICET-UNRN).
The organizers of the international conference “Mass Violence, Genocide, and Their Lasting Impact on Indigenous Peoples: The Americas and Australia/Pacific Region” invite scholars and knowledge holders to submit proposals for papers, panels, and alternative forms of presentation related to the themes of the conference. Proposals and presentations in either English or Spanish are welcome.
The conference will provide a forum for leading and emerging scholars and knowledge holders from around the world to present groundbreaking research on the topics of genocide against Indigenous peoples (especially in Latin America, North America, the Arctic and subarctic, and Australia/Pacific Region), the long-lasting impacts of mass violence on those communities, and their resistance, agency, and initiatives to effect change. The objective of the conference is to foster an international, interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue on these subjects, across a variety of historical, cultural, and geographic contexts.
The conference will focus on cases of genocidal violence and its aftermath in contexts as diverse as genocide and mass violence against the Mapuche in Argentina; Maya in Guatemala; Native Americans in the United States; Indigenous peoples in Canada; Aboriginal peoples in Australia; Maori in New Zealand, and others.
Proposals can be for fully constituted panels, individual papers, and posters. The organizers also encourage proposals for alternative forms and methods of presentation, such as artistic presentations, such as films, songs, musical recitals, poetry, dance, verbal and visual art, or other creative works related to the themes of the conference.
Proposals should be submitted to cagr@usc.edu.