Open Call
Call for Papers — Contours of Pain: Perspectives from the Humanities
The Reevaluating Care in the Global Economy Humanities Working Group at the University of South Carolina invites proposals for an interdisciplinary workshop, “Contours of Pain,” to be held at the University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) on February 18 and 19, 2027. Elaine Scarry remarked in The Body in Pain (1985) that pain has three […]
Call for Papers: Infrastructure(s) and Care
Infrastructure(s) and Care, our second issue of our upcoming, open-access journal, Care in Common, is now open for submissions! We invite scholars, practitioners, activists, and artists to submit work and join us at Duke University, December 3-5, 2026. We welcome scholarly articles, practitioner and activist writing, and creative work in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Call for Papers: Lessons from Latin America (All Inaugural Issues + Workshops)
Care in Common — our new open-access, interdisciplinary journal — will be assembled through a series of four inaugural workshops at Duke University, each dedicated to a thematic issue. Each issue is part of our broader series, Lessons from Latin America, which centers Latin America as a global leader in care-related social, political, and economic transformation. We will be opening CfPs for each workshop as they approach. Browse what we have planned here!
Call for Papers: Care Against Violence
Care Against Violence: Gender Violence, Reproductive Justice, and Social Reproduction is now open for submissions. We invite scholars, practitioners, activists, and artists to submit work and join us at Duke University, October 22–24, 2026. We welcome scholarly articles, practitioner and activist writing, and creative work in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Abstract deadline: 1 August 2026.
Call for Papers (Rolling): Care in Common
Care in Common is accepting submissions on a rolling basis! Whether you have a finished piece or a work in progress, we’d love to hear from you. We welcome scholarly articles, practitioner and activist writing, and creative work in English, Spanish, and Portuguese — on any aspect of care in its social, cultural, and ecological dimensions.