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Indiana University – Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
College of Arts and Sciences Bloomington
2026 Herman C. Hudson Symposium on:
“(re)VISION: Through Fracture, Focus. Through Vision Freedom.”
27-28 February 2026

Call for Papers

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FRIDAY February 1, 2026
Dear Colleagues:
In the spirit of Colored Conventions, where visions were transformed into strategies for collective freedom, the Herman C. Hudson Symposium invites us to reconsider, readjust, and reimagine in a time of shifting political and cultural landscapes. This event centers the lived experiences and wisdom of Black people—spanning African Americans, members of the diaspora, and the continent itself—who are committed to civil rights, economic sovereignty, social justice, and community engagement. (re)VISION fosters cross-disciplinary and intergenerational dialogue, acknowledging the resilience of Black communities, documenting dissent, and re-envisioning the next chapter in the long fight for Black liberation. It challenges us to reflect on how we currently experience freedom and how we can shape Black life, critically engaging with culture, ideologies, epistemologies, aesthetics, and practices that sustain freedom as both a guiding principle and a lived reality.
We welcome submissions that engage with themes including, but not limited to the following:
● Histories and futures of Black organizing
● Means of education and educating
● Cultural production as resistance and (re)visioning
● Community practices in times of crisis
● Economic sovereignty and community-based liberation models
● Freedom practices in art, literature, and performance
Please complete this form to submit your paper, and email Latonya Wilson at latowils@iu.edu for questions.
We look forward to your submissions and welcoming you to IU Bloomington!

Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be empirical, rhetorical-critical, interpretive, theoretical, or artistic. All appropriate research methodologies are welcome.

Affiliated with the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, the journal espouses an explicitly feminist positionality, though articles need not necessarily engage or advance feminist theory to be appropriate fits for the journal, and articles that critically examine feminisms are welcome. Other potential topics include but are not limited to studies of human communication in dyads, families, groups, organizations, and social movements; analyses of public address, media texts, literature, activism, and other cultural phenomena; the role of gender in verbal and nonverbal communication, intercultural exchanges, listening, relationship building, and public advocacy; linguistic analysis; and many others. The journal operates from a nuanced and expansive understanding of gender, so contributions about sexuality, gender identity, and the complexity and limitations of gender as a concept are especially appropriate. Contributions that center intersectional perspectives are particularly encouraged, as are those that explore gender and language from non-Western or global perspectives. Articles published in Women & Language need not come from a communication perspective, but should reflect thoughtful engagement with language and/or communication processes or theory.

Submissions are welcome from scholars, students, activists, and practitioners at any stage of their careers. All submissions undergo rigorous peer review in a mentorship-centered process committed to developing excellent scholarship.

To submit, email Leland G. Spencer at editorwomenandlanguage@gmail.com.

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Submission Deadline:  Articles for general issues are accepted on a rolling basis, with initial decisions typically issued in about 3 months.