{"id":40802214748,"date":"2018-06-13T14:39:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T18:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/interdisciplinary-conference-on-race\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:24:51","slug":"interdisciplinary-conference-on-race","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/interdisciplinary-conference-on-race\/","title":{"rendered":"International Interdisciplinary Conference on Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Past Conferences<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Call for Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

International Interdisciplinary Conference on Race<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Theme: \u201cRace and Democracy\u201d (Online Conference)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Monmouth University<\/strong>
Feb. 11\u201312, 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monmouth University (New Jersey, USA) is seeking participants for its ninth biennial Interdisciplinary Conference on Race in the spring of 2027. The conference will focus on the theme of \u201cRace and Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last 250 years, herrenvolk democracies, or democracies that implicitly and explicitly operate for the benefit of dominant racial or ethnic groups, have been the prevalent form. These societies maintain the boundaries of full citizenship, personhood, and humanity by racially demarcating whose lives matter, between those who \u201cbelong\u201d and those who are \u201coutsiders.\u201d Abolitionist, anti-segregationist, and anti-racist movements have long exposed the fundamental contradictions within modern democracies, presenting a central puzzle: Is it possible to decolonize a herrenvolk democracy using its own democratic tools? Which principles or methods or cultural practices can be used to reconstruct a democratic society?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite papers from a range of disciplines, including history, anthropology, philosophy, gender studies, ethnic studies, sociology, geography, political science, communications, education, economics, and other disciplines\u2014in addition to organizers, community-based organizations, and change practitioners. We welcome individual presentations or complete panels from scholars, educators, artists, and activists whose work engages with race, its intersections, and democracy. We especially welcome proposals that explore how music and art engage racism within democratic contexts, both as sites of critique and as catalysts for equity and transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suggested Themes and Sub-Topics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n