National Council for Black Studies 41st Annual Conference
Local Host Committee, University of Houston
Houston, Texas

Conference Site
Hilton Houston Post Oak
2001 Post Oak Boulevard
Houston, TX

REGISTER for the 2017 National Council for Black Studies Conference 

NCBS is accepting abstracts for individual paper, poster, panel, session, roundtable discussion, workshop, town hall meeting that explore the Black experience locally, nationally, and/or globally from a variety of perspectives. Of particular interest are presentations that comparatively explore these experiences, as well as those that examine the discipline of Africana/Black Studies using multi-layered frameworks and methodologies.

Papers that incorporate various combinations of race/nationality, class, gender, and sexuality, through the lens of but not limited to Afrocentric, cross and multicultural, diasporic, feminist, post-colonial, post-modernist or transnational interpretative schemes are welcomed.

Send a 75-150 word abstract for a panel. Each panelist will need to submit their panel subject and abstract. The panel chair submits the topic and panel participants. Individual paper and poster presentations are also welcome. For roundtable discussions submit a 75-150 word abstract that explores the discussion topic. Email allacademic@ncbsonline with questions.