EASA2026 Call for Papers

The EASA2026 conference "Anthropology: Possibilities in a Polarised World", held at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, 21-24 July, 2026, call for papers is now open and closes on 26 January 2026.

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EASA2026 Call for Papers

The Call for Papers is now open and closes at 23:59 CET on 26 January 2026.

Before proposing a paper, please read the conference theme, the conference rules, and then browse the list of panels.

The Call for Laboratories is also open and will end at the same time as the CFP. Please read the CFLabs page for details.

Rules

1. There is a ‘one role just once, up to four roles altogether’ rule at EASA conferences. A delegate may:

  • Present one paper

  • Be a convenor of one panel

  • Be a chair in one panel

  • Be a discussant in one panel (participation in a roundtable counts as being a discussant)

We cannot stop you from making several proposals, but would urge you to be prudent, as so much time gets lost in the subsequent chasing for withdrawals, and the potential upset to panel convenors. (See some advice below*.) 

2. All authors and panel convenors must be members of the EASA by the time they register for the conference (note that for presenting/convening, being a member of another WCAA organisation does not count), but one does not have be an EASA member in order to propose a paper and have it accepted (in other words, it’s fine to join once you’ve found out your paper has been accepted). However, as there’s usually a rush to join once registration opens, please try to sort it out beforehand to avoid delays in processing your conference registration.

There is a financial incentive to become an EASA member for all delegates, as non-members pay a higher registration fee (approximate fees will be published in due course).

3. All proposals must be made via the online form, not by email. There is a ‘Propose paper’ button in the title section of each open panel. Navigate to the panel you are interested in and click on the button to propose directly to that panel. Proposals sent to panel convenors during the call via email or messenger instead of the online form will not be considered as eligible for selection when the call ends.

Please also familiarise yourself with the full list of conference rules on the FAQs page.

Roundtables and Lightning panels

Please note that there are also roundtables and lightning panels (short format presentation panels) in the panels’ list. Not all roundtables are open (there will be no link for proposing a paper on a closed roundtable’s page), but some do take in contributions for short provocations.

Lightning panels are the only panels that will be allowed to accept more than 10 presenters per panel.

Do pay attention to the format of the panel you are applying to, and make sure you understand the requirements of alternative panel formats. If in doubt of what is expected of you, send a message to the panel convenors from the panel page.

Proposing a paper

Paper proposals must consist of:

  • a paper title

  • the name/s and email address/es of author/s

  • a short abstract of less than 300 characters

  • a long abstract of less than 250 words

All proposals must be made via the online form, not by email. There is a ‘Propose paper’ button in the title section of each open panel. Navigate to the panel you are interested in and click on this button to propose directly to that panel. If you then decide you’d like to propose to another panel, first click ‘Cancel’ on the proposal form, before returning to the panel explorer (otherwise you’ll remain locked into that panel).

On submission of the proposal, the authors will receive an automated email confirming receipt. If you do not receive this email, please first check the login environment via the link in the toolbar above, to see if your proposal is there. If it is, it simply means your confirmation email got spammed/lost; if it is not, you will need to re-submit, as for some reason the process was not completed. Co-authors can be added or removed, but papers cannot be withdrawn by the proposers themselves – for that, please email conference(at)easaonline.org

Proposals will be marked as pending until the end of the Call for Papers (26/01/2026). Convenors will then be asked to make their decisions over the papers proposed to their panel (by 19/02/2026) and to communicate those to the proposers, marking them up within the login environment.

Transfer process

If a paper is of high quality but cannot fit into a panel for any reason, it may be set as “transfer”. This status means that authors can have a second chance at finding a home for their paper after the call. Please note however that:

  1. Authors may not request a transfer, only convenors may mark papers this way

  2. This is not a different type of acceptance, the paper may not find a home and be set as rejected at the end of the process

If you have proposed a paper to a panel by mistake, or have found another panel which suits it more, please propose the paper once more to the relevant panel while the call is still open, and request a withdrawal through the administrator at conferece(at)easaonline.org, rather than requesting a transfer.

More information will be shared with authors and convenors when the call for papers ends and papers are marked.

*Possible strategic advice

You may notice that alongside the ‘Propose paper’ button for each panel there is a statement as to how many papers have been proposed to that panel to-date. If you are proposing early, this statement will not be very instructive. However, if you are part of the 80% who propose within the last 48hrs of the call, you might factor these statements into your consideration of where best to target your paper. If weighing up between two panels where one is heavily oversubscribed, you may have a higher chance of acceptance within the panel with fewer proposals. Obviously that’s not guaranteed, but it’s worth considering these statements.

Good proposals not accepted in their original destination may be entered into a transfer process which affords one more possibility of housing your paper.

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