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18th Annual James A. Rawley
Graduate Conference in the Humanities
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
November 5-6, 2026
**CALL FOR PAPERS**
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s History Graduate Students Association invites all graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying the humanities to participate in the Eighteenth Annual James A. Rawley Conference in the Humanities.
The Rawley Conference strives to enhance our collective understanding of the humanities. We welcome submissions from those studying the humanities and related fields, including but not limited to: History, Classical and Modern Languages, Classics and Religious Studies, English, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies, Great Plains Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval/Renaissance Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Digital Humanities.
All proposals are welcome; preference will be given to those which address the 2026 theme:
Surveilling Movement and Regulating Identity
This year, we are looking for papers that cover issues relating to movement or where free expression of identity is limited. Possible topic areas for this conference are issues of race, gender, and migration.
| Individual Submissions should include: | Panel Submissions should include: |
| Project title | Session title |
| One-paragraph abstract outlining the topic, core argument, and methodology | One-page session abstract that includes how each paper fits the panel topic and contact info for the panel chair |
| One-page CV | One-page CV for each participant |
Please submit your full submission in a singular pdf document to hgsa@unl.edu with the subject line: “Rawley 2026 Submission - [last name, first name]”. Please also contact the HGSA if you have further questions about the event itself at this time (more formal information to follow).
This year the Rawley Conference in the Humanities will also host our Keynote speaker: Edward E. Curtis IV. Dr. Curtis is William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University, Indianapolis. He is a publicly-engaged scholar of Black, Muslim, and Arab American history and life who translates his research into practice through film, popular writing, community archiving, K-12 teacher workshops, and public history projects such as “Arab Indianapolis.”