Center for Media, Religion, and Culture

A few days left, and still a seat for you!

The deadline to submit to our conference, "Why We Come Together": Media, Religion, and Community, is this Saturday, May 30 2026

Submission details:
Individual abstracts: 300 words, plus a 100-word bio
Panels (3-4 presenters): 250-word overview plus individual abstracts
Non-traditional sessions: 300-500-word proposal

📅 Deadline: May 30, 2026
📧 Submit to: [email protected]

Know someone whose work belongs in this conversation? Please share this post or send it their way. The table is wide, and there's a seat for them.

A few days left, and still a seat for you!

The deadline to submit to our conference, "Why We Come Together": Media, Religion, and Community, is this Saturday, May 30, and there's still space in the program for more voices.

If you've been meaning to submit, this is your moment. We gather at CU Boulder October 21-23, 2026, with Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Nichole M. Flores, and Jen Deerinwater, to ask what it means to be in community in a fractured world.

We welcome scholars, artists, activists, and media practitioners, and we're especially eager to hear from graduate students and emerging voices. Individual papers, panels, roundtables, and experimental sessions (performances, workshops, screenings) are all welcome.

Submission details:
- Individual abstracts: 300 words, plus a 100-word bio
- Panels (3-4 presenters): 250-word overview plus individual abstracts
- Non-traditional sessions: 300-500-word proposal

📅 Deadline: May 30, 2026
📧 Submit to: [email protected]

Know someone whose work belongs in this conversation? Please share this post or send it their way. The table is wide, and there's a seat for them.

There's still room at the table.

The deadline to submit to our conference, "Why We Come Together": Media, Religion, and Community, is this Saturday, May 30, and there's still space in the program for more voices.

If you've been meaning to submit, this is your moment. We gather at CU Boulder October 21-23, 2026, with Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Nichole M. Flores, and Jen Deerinwater, to ask what it means to be in community in a fractured world.

We welcome scholars, artists, activists, and media practitioners, and we're especially eager to hear from graduate students and emerging voices. Individual papers, panels, roundtables, and experimental sessions (performances, workshops, screenings) are all welcome.

Submission details:
Individual abstracts: 300 words, plus a 100-word bio
Panels (3-4 presenters): 250-word overview plus individual abstracts
Non-traditional sessions: 300-500-word proposal

📅 Deadline: May 30, 2026
📧 Submit to: [email protected]

Know someone whose work belongs in this conversation? Please share this post or send it their way. The table is wide, and there's a seat for them.

What does it mean to come together, now?

We're calling scholars, artists, activists, and friends back to Boulder this October to join us as we convene for our 12th international conference at CU Boulder this fall!

"Why We Come Together": Media, Religion, and Community
October 21–23, 2026 | CU Boulder

Drawing on Fred Moten's sermon "This Is How We Fellowship" and Achille Mbembe's The Earthly Community, the conference asks where community can be found amid social fragmentation, planetary crisis, and networked substitutes for belonging.

Featured speakers:
• Fred Moten
• Stefano Harney
• Nichole M. Flores
• Jen Deerinwater

We welcome individual papers, panels, roundtables, and experimental sessions (workshops, performances, screenings) from scholars, artists, activists, and media practitioners — across disciplines, traditions, and geographies.

📅 Submission deadline: May 30, 2026
📧 Submit to: [email protected]

If this resonates, please share with colleagues, students, or communities who might want to gather with us in Boulder this fall. Old friends and new voices both welcome.

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