Call for Panels and Individual Papers

The symposium is open to proposals for complete panels or individual papers in Social Sciences and Humanities, focussing on Timor-Leste and Southeast Asia, that fall within one or more of the following thematic areas:

1. Knowledge production, education and research
2. Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia: historical and contemporary perspectives
3. Development policies, economic and social transformations
4. Diasporas, migrations, circulation of people and ideas
5. Feminist studies, gender and diversity
6. Ecology and climate justice
7. Memory, historical justice and reconciliation
8. Artistic expressions, heritage and cultural policies

Proposals for panels and papers should take the following into account:

• Each panel should have 3 to 4 papers and should be no longer than 90 minutes. Multiple sessions will not be accepted.
• Panel proposals must refer to one or two thematic areas from the selection above and indicate the papers and authors who will be part of the panel. Abstracts of the panel proposals and submitted papers must include the name of the panel convener(s)/authors, the title, and have a maximum of 250 words and 5 keywords.
• Individual paper proposals should refer to one or two thematic areas from the selection above. Abstracts of paper proposals should have a title, a maximum of 250 words and 5 keywords.

Languages accepted at the symposium: Portuguese, Spanish, English.

Please submit your proposal online, starting on the 19/01/2026, by filling the corresponding form:

• Panel proposal submission (including information on the panel and participants)
• Individual paper proposal submission

Submission of panels/individual papers:

19/01/2026 to 20/02/2026 31/03/2026

Notice of acceptance of submissions:

31/03/2026 11/05/2026