{"id":69,"date":"2026-03-01T21:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/afroalgorhythms2026\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:25:35","slug":"call-for-proposals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/afroalgorhythms2026\/call-for-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Important deadlines: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oral presentations and funding <strong>(now full and closed)<\/strong>: April 7th, 2026; Decisions: April 15th, 2026; Registration by May 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posters: May 5th, 2026 or until full; Final registration due: May 7th, 2026 or until full. The recommended dimensions for posters is landscape, 48\u201d wide by 36\u201d high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Program in Africana and the Program in Digital &amp; Computational Studies (DCS) at Bates College are pleased to announce <strong><em>AfroAlgorhythms<\/em><\/strong><em>: A Symposium on Race, Data Science, and AI.<\/em> This symposium honors the relationships between Black studies, the data-driven technological world, and our joint search for justice. We invite you to join us in an intellectual exploration of data, activism, community partnerships, knowledge production, artificial intelligence, research, and storytelling on May 14 &#8211; 15th, 2026, at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We now write to invite abstract proposals for oral and poster presentations. We have a limited number of travel awards available for those who apply to deliver oral presentations. We will prioritize these travel awards for early-career researchers (recent PhDs or graduate students near PhD completion) whose research is of particular interest to the theme of the symposium.&nbsp;<strong>Tuesday, April 7th<\/strong> is the deadline for <strong>priority consideration of oral presentations and funding<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decisions\u00a0for oral and funding proposals submitted by April 7th will be communicated by April 15th, 2026. However, the call for proposals will remain open until registration is at capacity. Submissions for posters will remain open until Tuesday, May 5th or until registration is at capacity with decisions by May 7th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For presentation proposals, have a title, abstract, and keywords ready. For those applying for a travel award, please have ready a pdf of your CV and a response to the following question: &#8220;Why are you interested in attending <em>AfroAlgorhythms <\/em>at Bates College?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdKQmTNZ9JlYugOtPPbRNxaOfFMwMguFOc7i6Le7vbuAkj2Fw\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proposal Submission Form<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Please complete the registration to confirm attendance. 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