2024 CONFERENCE APPLICATION

TEPOZTLAN, MORELOS, MEXICO | JULY 24-31, 2024

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Deadline to apply: January 15, 2024

The Tepoztlán Institute for the Transnational History of the Americas is now accepting applications for this year's conference:

Indigeneities: Land, Labor, Desire

BEFORE YOU APPLY

  • Review the 2024 theme and ensure that your paper, if you choose to submit one, will address it.

  • Make sure you can attend the entire week of the Institute (July 24 - July 31).

  • Review the modes of participation and decide whether you will submit a paper or not.

  • If you are submitting a paper, review the paper guidelines.

  • Determine your registration fee by consulting the fee structure.

  • For applicants who need financial assistance, visit the fee page to learn more about our fee reductions and travel grants.

  • Read the FAQ as it provides answers to many frequently asked questions.

The application will consist of 8 parts:

  • We will ask you a set of preliminary questions.

  • Institute participants have 2 options for participation.

    Every participant serves as respondent (“commentator”) and/or facilitator (“dominatrix”) 1-3 times during the week of the Institute.

    Some serve in those capacities only, and do not submit a paper (category “A”).

    Others submit a paper to be scheduled into a programmed session, where it will be critiqued by a commentator and discussed by the group as a whole (category "B").

    Category A: No paper. A participant in this category, in honorable Institute tradition, posts no paper but simply is available as dominatrix (moderator) or commentator. This is a perfectly respected, productive, highly enjoyable way to participate in the Institute.

    Category B: Paper programmed into a scheduled session. This participant will also dominatrix and/or comment.

  • We will ask for your contact information.

  • Please let us know your dominant language. We will accommodate your language needs to the best of our abilities.

  • Housing is arranged for you—and your partner/children—by the Tepoztlán Institute, and is paid by your registration fee (a modest extra fee covers partners and children for those who choose to bring them). Because we pay for your housing in advance, it is very important that we have accurate information about your housing needs. We will work to the best of our ability to accommodate your needs.

    IMPORTANT: Should any of your housing needs change between now and the conference, immediately notify us at: tepoinstitute@gmail.com. Last minute changes often end up costing the Institute money. We have a small budget, so please be respectful of this.

  • The registration fee is on a sliding scale that is dependent on your salary. You will be asked to note the amount of your conference fee, according to guidelines found in the fee structure.

    To ensure a wide representation of scholars from different nations, as well as different critical perspectives, the Tepoztlán Institute offers partial and full fellowships and travel grants subject to available funding. Eligibility guidelines can be found on the fee page.

    If you qualify for a travel grant or fee reduction according to these guidelines and would like to apply, you will be asked to explain how/why you are eligible and how much support you will require in order to afford to attend the Institute.

  • If you will be submitting a paper, please provide an abstract of paper proposal of 150 words or less. Please note that you will have a chance to update this information: we will solicit revised abstracts in the spring (due April 22, 2024).

    Graduate students: please note that only those who are ABD may present papers--no dissertation prospectuses.

    Please submit your abstract as an electronic document (Times New Roman, 12 point font, and double spaced) either in either Word .doc or PDF format.

    You abstract MUST contain the following information in the order listed:

    - Name

    - Institutional affiliation

    - Research areas

    - Essay title

    - Abstract (100 words maximum)

    If you are NOT submitting a paper for this year's conference, you will be asked to list your research interests.

  • Every year, participants are asked to read the papers of the presenters before the conference, as well as relevant theoretical readings provided by the Tepoztlán Institute.

    For this year's conference, we are requesting suggestions for theory readings or objects that have informed your own work, or on the topic of the 2024 conference:

PAPER GUIDELINES

  • Papers must be 25 pages or less, notation style of your choice. If your submission is longer than 25 double-spaced pages, we will ask you to reduce it to the allowed length.

  • Saved as Word or PDF files, carefully labeled with “Author(s) last name(s) + Tepo24.”

    • Examples: YoungTepo24.pdf, PeñaNietoTepo24.docx, ShakiraTepo24.pdf

    • If you have two documents, use last name plus an identifying word. Examples: BriggsEmpireTepo16.pdf, BriggsImágenesTepo16.pdf)

  • In the actual text, please begin with your title, name and affiliation, contact information and an informal, short preface connecting your piece explicitly to the conference theme and one or more of the shared theory readings.

  • Please include a short (2-3 sentence) explanation of what type of work it is (an article, chapter, work in progress, and so forth) to orient the reader.

  • Papers are due by May 23, and you will receive access information by email ahead of the April 23 deadline for uploading abstracts.

  • Only admitted participants have access to the papers, and participants are asked to use the papers uploaded there as works in progress, not to be circulated or cited without permission from the author.