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Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

Call for Panel Proposals – XIII NOLAN Conference 2026

Encounters in Transition: Latin American Struggles, Horizons, and Global Connections

Overview

We are pleased to invite scholars and researchers to submit complete panel proposals for the upcoming XIII NOLAN Conference 2026, to be held at Stockholm University, Sweden, from 10–12 June.

Conference Theme

NOLAN 2026 invites participants to reflect on the role of encounters—across borders, disciplines, communities, states, markets, and histories. These encounters emerge amid a global context marked by turbulence, uncertainty, socioeconomic disparities, transitions, and possibilities. We encourage proposals that explore how encounters—both conflictual and collaborative—have informed the lived experiences, intellectual traditions, and institutional frameworks of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Program Format

In keeping with the theme Encounters in Transition, the conference program is intentionally designed to foster diverse forms of intellectual and collective engagement. Rather than traditional keynote addresses, the program will be structured around roundtables, collaborative meetings, and sessions of complete panels.

 

Suggested Panel Topics

We welcome complete panel proposals that engage with, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • Democracy and political transformations
  • Social movements and grassroots activism
  • Migration, displacement, and diasporic communities
  • Environmental justice and sustainable development
  • Cultural production, literature, and artistic imaginings
  • Gender and sexuality
  • Economic reforms, trade, and regional integration
  • Organized crime
 

Complete Panel Proposals

International Collaboration

The conference strongly encourages submissions that reflect cross-border perspectives and foster international academic collaboration. We welcome joint proposals from scholars in the Nordic countries, in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from other parts of the world.

Submission Guidelines

  • NOLAN 2026 invites the submission of complete panels only.
  • Please send your proposal to NOLAN26@su.se, using the Template EN- Complete Panel Proposal - Nolan 2026.docx (17 Kb) provided.
  • Deadline: January 30, 2026
  • Panels should include four to five papers to fit a two-hour session (including time for discussion).
  • Panel organizers (main and co-organizer) should belong to two different universities, preferably located in two different countries.
  • Each participant may submit only one panel proposal and present only one paper at the conference.
  • Individual papers outside of a panel will not be accepted.
 

Instructions for Submission

Proposals for complete panels must be submitted as one Word file. Please use and rename the provided template. The document must include:

Panel title (max. 15 words)
Panel description (max. 50 words, including references)
Name(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es) of panel organizer(s)
Name(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es) of panel members
Titles of all papers (max. 15 words)
Abstracts of all papers (max. 300 words, including references)
Titles, abstracts, and presentations may be in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

 

Review and Notification

Proponents will be notified about acceptance by the end of February. The committee reserves the right to accept or reject abstracts.

Related:
Template EN- Complete Panel Proposal - Nolan 2026.docx (17 Kb)
Template EN- Complete Panel Proposal - Nolan 2026 (52 Kb)

Last updated: October 8, 2025

Source: Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

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