Hello all!

We are delighted to share with you the Call for Papers for the upcoming GRACLS conference this November. Our conference, entitled “Configurations of Place and Death,” draws from the writings of Achille Mbembe to ask participants to consider the ways in which necropolitics shape how places and spaces are conceptualized and administered. The ubiquity of necropower as a determining force in the various ways in which humans inhabit the planet calls on us to engage with necropolitics as they relate to a vast array of fields and disciplines. Please see the attached CFP for a more in-depth description of the conference theme and suggested topics.

We are looking for 20-minute presentations in the form of scholarly papers, creative works, performances, etc., and they may be given in languages other than English. We are constructing the conference with a hybrid format in mind, so we will consider proposals for both in-person and virtual presentations. Our goal in doing this is to make the conference as accessible and broad-reaching as possible, so if you know of someone who you think would like to participate, please feel free to share the CFP with them and encourage them to submit a presentation proposal.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Muhammad Farooq https://www.shu.edu/profiles/farooqm2.html

Submissions for presentations for the conference can be made at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2eGJWlWrcoBLn6fdF17AThuYU6sP82iD5jdmGNqhOwiQlSA/viewform

For any questions, please contact us at conferencegracls@gmail.com.

All best,

Ali Eren Yanik and Gwendolyn Walker

GRACLS 2025 Conference Organizers