Call for Proposals
7th Hmong Studies Consortium International Conference
October 23-25, 2026
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, USA
The Hmong Studies Consortium (hmongstudies.wisc.edu) is an international consortium of both senior and emerging interdisciplinary scholars from around the world who approach the study of Hmong people and their histories, politics, arts and culture, literature, and lived experiences from a variety of critical lens. The Hmong Studies Consortium is planning to host its Seventh International Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Although this is an academic conference with a strong focus on fostering dialogue in Hmong Studies in the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, geography, linguistics, development studies, gender studies, literary studies, and ethnic studies, artists and activists of various kinds are also invited to present and participate. Academic research, creative activity, artistic presentations, and roundtable conversations covering any topic within Hmong Studies are welcome, but works that engage transnational and transdisciplinary frameworks, works that offer comparative and relational analysis between varied Hmong lived experiences, and works that speak to questions of politics, praxis, and/or justice for Hmong communities across time and space are particularly encouraged. Conference registration is free of charge and will be conducted entirely in-person. Although conference attendees are responsible for arranging their own hotel accommodations, a block of rooms will be reserved closer to the time of the conference. Unfortunately, the conference organizers do not have funding to support participant travel or other accommodations.
Submission Procedures:
- Individual abstract submissions: 250-word abstract, along with a 100-word bio of the presenter
- Panel abstract submissions: 400-word abstract, along with 200-word abstract of the individual abstracts within the panel, along with 100-word bio of each presenter
Questions and email submissions should be sent to Dr. Ian Baird (ibaird@wisc.edu) and Dr. Kong Pheng Pha (kpha@wisc.edu) by March 1, 2026. Notifications to presenters will be emailed by March 31, 2026.