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CASCA 2025 – McGill, Montreal
May 7 – May 10, 2025
Confluences
The 2025 conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society/La Société Canadienne d’Anthropologie inaugurates the association’s second half century by inviting reflections on confluences. Confluences at once intimate the location of the meeting in Montreal, where waters, languages and peoples have long met, and the conditions and aims of anthropology as a discipline concerned with relations between persons, other-than-human beings, and their environments. Our current conjuncture is characterized by divisiveness and war, by “echo-chambers” and ecological crisis. However, in this conjuncture we are also witness to new waves of social and political mobilization and renewed efforts to fight inequalities, establish coalitions, and mitigate the deleterious effects of climate change. Our conference invites reflection on anthropology in this conjuncture, with particular attention to anthropologists’ ability to observe, analyze and interpret the relations between local realities and larger processes. How do anthropologists navigate shared and contested presents and the possible futures that might arise? Just as sharing is never a foregone conclusion but rather the outcome of material and imaginative labour, so too contestation is not only a negative act but carries within it the potential for movement in different directions. Confluences may be about convergence but they can also indicate points of solidarity that ignite productive disruption.
The conference invites contributions, in the form of research papers, panels and roundtables that together give us a picture of where anthropology is and where it is headed. What are the confluences—of history, material conditions, individual and collective choices—that constitute anthropology’s present, and what are the confluences anthropologists seek in the future? Bringing together emerging and established scholars, researchers working within interdisciplinary teams, anthropologists working in academia and in other areas, on theoretical and applied projects, and in a range of media, the conference hopes to continue building Canadian anthropology as vibrant, diverse and collaborative.
Submission and deadlines information is coming soon!
Student Travel Grant
Grant Information Every year, CASCA offers small travel grants to doctoral students who are presenting at our annual conference. Every year, the award committee struggles with the gap between the…
Grant Information
Every year, CASCA offers small travel grants to doctoral students who are presenting at our annual conference. Every year, the award committee struggles with the gap between the many strong applications we receive and our limited resources. Students tell us that even a small amount of money makes a huge difference to their ability to attend, but we would like to be able to do more. With that in mind, CASCA has added a new category to our charitable donations options: Student Travel Reimbursement. As with all CASCA donations, a receipt will be issued for tax purposes. Please consider supporting the next generation of anthropologists and strengthening CASCA by donating through the following link.
Value
Awards of up to $600 may be granted to an applicant. Approval of and the amount of the award will be calculated at the discretion of CASCA’s Executive on the basis of travel distance, financial need, stage of program, scholarly merit and number of applicants.
Funds will be disbursed at the conference, upon submission of original receipts, including proof of travel/ticket stub, a copy of student I.D. Please come prepared to provide copies.
Eligibility
- Available to Masters and PhD students who are presenting at annual conference (priority to students who have completed their fieldwork).
- Applicants MUST BE affiliated with a Canadian institution and be CASCA members in good standing at the time of conference attendance, as well as an active participant in the meeting, i.e. delivering a paper, poster or other original contribution.
- Applicants can only collect grants one time at each level of study (one MA max and one PhD max).
Submission
Applicants must submit the following for consideration:
- The abstract of your paper or panel submission
- CV (2-page maximum)
- A completed application form
Applications must be received by March 15, 2024. Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered. Do not assume your message has been received unless it has been acknowledged.
Notice to successful applicants should be available by late March 2020, giving sufficient time for applicants to make travel reservations and arrangements.
Email inquiries should include the subject line “CASCA Student Travel Grant”.
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