Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference (AGIC)

Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference Call for Proposal

RE:

Remembering, Rebuilding, and Rebecoming

Movements Backward, Forward, and Again

Cycles, Second Chances, and New Beginnings (I like this one best I think but I’m open)

Returning, Renewing, and Reimagining

“The loss of stories sharpens the hunger for them.” – Saidiya Hartman, “Venus in Two Acts”

The Department of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University is proud to hold its 31st Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference (AGIC). We invite both academic and creative submissions (research papers, short films, workshops, visual arts/media, etc.) from all disciplines engaging with this year’s theme: “RE: Missing Perspectives”.

Every act of remembering is also a political act, often in response to our contemporary socio-political circumstances. How do we return to these lost or forgotten perspectives to reimagine a liveable future? 

To prefix is to act: to re-turn, re-member, re-imagine, re-cover. The “re-” is never innocent; it is a site where repetition can reinscribe dominant structures or open fissures within them. Each gesture of “re-” disturbs linear temporality and loosens the hold of authorized meaning, drawing attention to the politics embedded in returning itself. To invoke “re-” is to acknowledge that what appears as repetition is always already transformative: an encounter with what persists, resists, or refuses disappearance.

What does it mean to revisit what was never granted the dignity of being remembered, or to reclaim that which was systematically unmade by colonial, patriarchal, racial, and extractive regimes? How do we differentiate between recovery as a practice of care and recovery as a reproduction of the very frameworks that produced the loss? Every act of recall is a political intervention—a decision to contest the myth of the neutral archive, to challenge the presumption that narrative closure is possible, and to insist that history remains unfinished, porous, and contested. To remember is to expose the infrastructures of forgetting, those deliberate mechanisms that render some lives legible and others disposable.

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AGIC is excited to announce that our Call for Proposals is officially open for this year's event on the theme of ''Journeying''! The due date for submission is December 1, 2024. Head on over to our website: agic-concordia.ca for more info!

We are pleased to announce that registration for the 29th Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference (AGIC) is now open!

Join us on April 10th, either in-person or virtually, for an exploration of religions, cultures, and contemporary social challenges that will include keynote presentations, panels, and more.

We hope to see you there!

AGIC 2024 - Interconnected Realities Join us for an exploration of religions, cultures and social challenges that will include keynote presentations, panels, and performances.

New Year, New Conference. AGIC is excited to announce that our Call for Proposals is officially open! The due date for submission is December 1, 2023. Head on over to our website: agic-concordia.ca for more info!

Meet the team, and come say hi at ! We're looking forward to seeing you this Thursday! 😊 Clockwise from top center:
Lou Laverty - Event Coordinator
Melanie Voegel - Support Team
Tara Wood - Event Coordinator
Macalister Arendt - Communications Officer
Katrina Kardash - Co-Chair
Ellen Dobrowolski - Co-Chair
Jennifer Gagné (not pictured) - Support Team

Photo by Munit Merid.

The final countdown has begun! We look forward to seeing you next Thursday for "Religion Performed," part 1! We've got some exciting programming planned for you. Join us in person or online! On our website (agic-concordia.ca), you'll be able to download the schedule and access zoom links for March 9th, as well as register for the March 16th webinar. See you soon!

New programming details are now up on our website! 🎉 We have a few in-person places left for the 9th, and lots of room in our webinar! Registration links can be found at agic-concordia.ca (link in bio). See you in March!

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The 28th Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference is sponsored by Concordia's Department of Religions and Cultures, the Office of the Dean of Student Life, The Concordia Council on Student Life, the Multi-faith & Spirituality Centre (), the Concordia University Alumni Association, and the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies ()

Pre-registration closes today!

Be sure to secure your spot for AGIC 2023: Religion Performed! Day of registration will be available but limited, so make sure to reserve your space today!

AGIC presents: "Religion Performed" (In person) Join us for an interdisciplinary exploration of religion and performance that will include keynote presentations, panels, and performances.

LAST CHANCE!

Registration for our in-person event on Thursday, March 9th is closing tomorrow! If you are interested in any and all intersections between religion and performance, you will not want to miss this event. Join us in person and attend our diverse panels, a live keynote presentation by Dr. Miranda Crowdus entitled "Religious Musicking as Intervention: Examples from the Quebecois Everyday," and live performances!

Registration link for in-person attendance (March 9th, 2023, 9 AM - 5 PM, reception to follow, Concordia University SGW Downtown campus):

AGIC presents: "Religion Performed" (In person) Join us for an interdisciplinary exploration of religion and performance that will include keynote presentations, panels, and performances.

CALLING SCHOLARS AND ARTISTS! - We are currently accepting paper and performance proposals! Please see our website for more information. Proposals must be submitted to [email protected] by November 15th.

2023 Call for Proposals This year, we invite scholars and artists alike to explore the fascinating interplay of religion and performance, broadly conceived. We encourage prospective presenters to think, work, play, and/or…

Team AGIC 2023 is pleased to announce the theme of this year's conference. RELIGION PERFORMED will be a two-day, hybrid multimedia event you won't want to miss. More details to come, including our call for paper and performance proposals. Please check back regularly for updates - and prepare to engage with the fascinating intersections of religiosity, performance, and performativity!