Conference Opportunities

This page is updated regularly with news about conference opportunities, outside of annual professional conferences.

NEW 2025 Data-Intensive Research Conference The Big Microdata Network and Network for Data-Intensive Research on Aging (NDIRA), a collaboration between IPUMS and the University of Minnesota Life Course Center, is inviting abstract submissions for the 2025 Data-Intensive Research Conference being held August 6-7 in Minneapolis and online. The 2025 conference theme is Understanding Health and Population Dynamics through Big Microdata and will feature research that demonstrates the enormous potential of a growing volume of full count census microdata for operationalizing historical and present-day contexts: linking persons, families, or communities to examine trajectories; and elucidating experiences of small demographic groups that often cannot be adequately studied using other data sources. We welcome submissions that apply these big microdata sources to examinations of health and population dynamics, including those that feature linkages across time, create place-based measures, or link them to other individual or contextual data. Review the call for proposals and submit an abstract.

CAFÉ Climate and Health Conference 

Keep your eyes out for submission deadlines for workshops, sessions, posters, and more. Registration for the conference is open to all in the climate and health community and will open Fall 2024.

🗓️ Event Dates: March 3-6, 2025

NEW 2025 NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day This event will provide an opportunity to connect with a growing number of humanities advocates from around the country. During our Annual Meeting, we will explore approaches to year-round advocacy on college campuses and in local communities while also preparing for Capitol Hill visits. On Humanities Advocacy Day, we will meet with House and Senate offices to make a persuasive case for federal funding for the humanities.

Welcome Reception – March 9

Connect with fellow conference participants at our evening welcome reception. 

NHA Annual Meeting – March 10

The NHA Annual Meeting brings together faculty, administrators, and representatives from scholarly societies, museums, archives, and other humanities organizations and builds their capacity to advocate broadly for the public value of the humanities. 

Highlights include:

• Sessions on engaging students in the humanities
• Trainings for Capitol Hill advocacy
• A Capitol Hill reception and the presentation of the Yates Award for Distinguished Public Service to the Humanities

Humanities Advocacy Day – March 11

On Humanities Advocacy Day, state-based delegations will travel to Capitol Hill to meet with Members of Congress and their staff. This is an essential opportunity to build relationships with policymakers on both sides of the aisle and ensure we are well-poised to confront threats to the NEH and other federal humanities programs.

We hope that you will join us to continue building bipartisan support for the:

• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Department of Education’s International Education programs (Title VI and Fulbright-Hays)

Prior to Humanities Advocacy Day, we will offer a virtual orientation on Capitol Hill advocacy. New and experienced advocates are welcome—learn more here.

Sponsorship Opportunities and Student Group Discount Available!

This event would not be possible without the support of our sponsors, whose contributions defray direct costs associated with the event. Sponsors at the Silver Level will receive one complimentary event registration, and sponsors at the Gold Level will receive two. All sponsors are recognized on the NHA website, program, and event signage. Learn more about sponsorship and sign on here. 

The Student Group discount is designed for higher ed departments, centers, and institutions interested in bringing a group of three or more undergraduate or graduate students to the conference. Please email Kassandra Wahlstrom Ford at kwahlstrom@nhalliance.org if you are interested and would like more information.

🗓️ Event Dates: March 9 – 11 in Washington, D.C.

Posted 12/12/24

2025 International Conference on Urban Affairs – Triangulating the Urban-H (Housing, Heat, Health) in Cities Session – Call for Papers:

In 2023 the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing warned of a global housing crisis in which millions were struggling with access to safe, secure and habitable housing. That same year heat records were broken on all continents and the world saw the highest global temperatures in over 100,000 years. The frequency, duration, and intensity of heatwaves are expected to increase. Individuals living within urban heat islands are more vulnerable to heat than those living outside of them. High temperatures can exacerbate already present negative physical health effects, especially for vulnerable groups, including young children, older adults, and those with chronic conditions. Exposure to extreme heat, especially during heatwaves, can also have detrimental effects on mental health. The quality and stability of housing plays a crucial role in mitigating or worsening the effects of extreme heat on physical and mental health, living in substandard or unaffordable housing heightens the impact on health. Socioeconomic stressors associated with housing displacement and insecurity, such as financial strain, social isolation, and disruption in access to healthcare, can compound the impact of extreme heat on mental wellbeing.

The proposed session seeks papers that explicitly triangulate research, policy and/or practice on housing-heat-health. As the impacts of climate change and the housing crisis worsen around the world the public health impacts will no doubt be severe. We feel that this triangulation is critical going forwards.

Session Organizers: Loretta Lees, Professor of Sociology, and Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Research Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University Initiative on Cities

If interested in participating in this conference session, please email your name, institution, paper title, and short abstract to Loretta Lees at llees@bu.edu and Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba at sedc@bu.edu.

🗓️ Event Dates: April 15-19, 2025

Where: International Conference on Urban Affairs, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada