Nation, Race, Religion CEMFOR conference 2026

CEMFOR invites you to the international conference Nation, Race, Religion. The conference brings together researchers from different disciplines to discuss how notions of nation, race and religion shape boundaries, belonging and exclusion in both historical and contemporary contexts. The aim is to stimulate new conversations, perspectives and research collaborations with a bearing on the very current issues. We welcome both theoretical as well as methodological and empirical contributions. The conference will be held in September 2026 at Uppsala University. Abstracts should be submitted no later than March 15, 2026.

The conference aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary and thematic confines to discuss how these categories appear and operate in both historical and contemporary settings. By fostering dialogue across diverse fields,the conference seeks to advance theoretical and methodological development and provide space for the presentation of new empirical research.

The conference takes place 16-18 September 2026 and is organized by the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism at Uppsala University in collaboration with the Unit of Research and Analysis at the Church of Sweden.

We welcome all proposals related to the conference theme that engage with both historical and contemporary perspectives. The list below is indicative rather than exhaustive and not ordered by priority:

• Methodological and theoretical developments in studying race, nation, and religion
• The concepts race, nation, and religion in relation to various forms of racialisation
• Researcher positionality, reflexivity, and vulnerability in this field
• Mass violence and genocide in relation to religion, racism, and nationalism
• Christian nationalism and evangelicalism in global and local settings
• Indigenous knowledge vs settler colonialism
• Colonialism, racism(s), and decolonial struggles
• Hegemonic whiteness in relation to race, nation and religion
• Antiracist practices in relation to religion and nationalism
• Religious nationalism, racialisation, and identity formation
• Theology in the construction of nation, race, religion
• Media, popular culture, and digital spheres as sites for negotiating race, nation, and religion
• Law, citizenship, and the governance of race, nation, and religion
• Interreligious relations, conflict, and racism

Please Submit your abstract at https://www.cemfor2026.com/

Funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond