Working Group Agenda – May 2026
| May 4 and 5 | Hybrid format | San Martín, Buenos Aires |
| Conference “The times of transnationality of the Francoist dictatorship” |
| They organize the Program of Studies on Hispanic Worlds of the National University of San Martín and the Program of Contemporary History of the National University of General Sarmiento |
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| May 7 | Hybrid format | Mexico City, Mexico |
| First Forum on the Right to Academic Freedom in Paraguay |
| Organized by the National University of Asunción and FLACSO Paraguay, with the support of the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CLAA) and the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) |
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| May 8 | Hybrid format | Mexico City, Mexico |
| How to critically inhabit social networks? |
| Organized by the CLACSO Working Group on Universities and Depatriarchalization and the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences (FCPyS), UNAM. |
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| May 13 | Hybrid format | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Opening Conference: Crisis of governance, restrictions on freedoms and reconfiguration of opportunities for knowledge and advocacy |
| Organized by the CLACSO Working Group What Development? Multi-actor and Multi-level Dialogue; Alliance for Research in Central America (CARA) and the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame |
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| May 13 and 14 | San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas |
| International Forum “Breaking down barriers: the Donroe Doctrine and US aggression against the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean” |
| Participates in and organizes the CLACSO Working Group on Borders, Regionalization and Globalization |
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| From May 15 to June 16 | Virtual format |
| Lecture series: Fidel Castro and his political practice on the centenary of his birth |
| Organized by the CLACSO Working Group History and current situation: Marxist perspectives |
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| May 22th | Hybrid model | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Book presentation: Beyond the canon. Women in social thought |
| Organized by the CLACSO Working Group on Universities and Depatriarchalization and the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences (FCPyS), UNAM |
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| May 25 | Virtual format |
| Seminar: (Neo)Nazis-Fascisms and (neo)rights: debates from Marxism. |
| Organized by the CLACSO Working Group History and current situation: Marxist perspectives |
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| May 28 | Virtual format |
| Permanent Interinstitutional Seminar: Youth and Student Movements: Past, Present and Future |
| The event is organized by the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE), the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUALC), CLACSO, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the University of Buenos Aires. Several CLACSO Working Groups are participating. |
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| May 28 and 29 | Córdoba, Argentina |
| First Conference on Critical Law |
| Organized by the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba, the Chair of Criminology of the National University of Córdoba, Feminist Criminal Lawyers, and the Introduction to Human Rights Seminar. The CLACSO Working Group on Critical Legal Thought and Anti-Systemic Struggles is participating. |
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Calls for applications
| Until May 30 | Virtual format |
| Call for Papers. Encrucijadas Journal. The Critical Spatial Perspective in the Social Sciences |
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| Until May 4 | Virtual format |
| Call for papers for the 1st Congress on Racism and Structural Inequalities |
| Organized by the Center for Studies on Racism and Inequalities (UMET) and the African Diaspora of Argentina (DIAFAR). Participating is the CLACSO Working Group on Anti-racism and Afro-descendants in the Global South |
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| Until May 22 | Virtual format |
| Call for proposals. Strengthening protection mechanisms for human rights defenders and refugees or exiles for political reasons |
| Organized by CLACSO and the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD), in collaboration and ongoing dialogue with the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) |
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| Until May 29 | Virtual format |
| Call for Papers. Academic Freedom in the Global South: Social and Institutional Lessons Learned from Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa |
| Organized by CLACSO and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) |
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| Until May 31 | Virtual format |
| Call for Papers. Fourth International Research Seminar RELACI 2026: Integration of Society, Culture and Geopolitics in a Latin American Context |
| Organized by the Network of Latin American Studies and Chicano-Iberian Culture (RELACI) and the University of Colima. Supported by CLACSO, the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM), and the University of Guadalajara. Various CLACSO Working Groups participate. |
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| Until May 31 | Virtual format |
| Call for Abstracts: VII National Seminar of the ESTRADO Network |
| Organized by the Latin American Network for Studies on Teaching Work (Red Estrado) and the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters – National University of Tucumán (UNT). Co-organized and sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Tucumán; the Municipality of San Miguel de Tucumán; the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO); the National Association of Faculties of Humanities and Education (ANFHE); the Latin American Association for Educational Research (ALIE); the National Confederation of Education Workers of the Argentine Republic (CTERA); the National Federation of University Teachers (CONADU); and the National Federation of Teachers, Researchers, and Creators of Universities (CONADU Histórica). Various CLACSO Working Groups participate. |
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| Until June 4 | Virtual format |
| Call for Essays: 50 Years After the Civic-Military Coup in Argentina |
| Organized by CLACSO, CLACSO Argentina Member Centers, and the National Interuniversity Council of Argentina. Supported by the National University of Rosario (UNR), the Metropolitan University for Education and Labor (UMET), the National University of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands (UNTDF), the Institute of Social Studies in Contexts of Inequalities of the National University of José C. Paz (IESCODE-UNPAZ), the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires (FSoc, UBA), the Interdisciplinary School of Advanced Social Studies of the National University of San Martín (EIADES-UNSAM), and the Cultural Center of Cooperation (CCC). |
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| Until June 30 | Virtual format |
| Call for applications for the “Elmar Altvater” Doctoral Thesis Prize 2026 |
| Organized by the University of Kassel |
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| Until June 30 | Virtual format |
| Call for Papers | XIV International Congress of Latin American Thought “The Construction of Latin America” |
| Several CLACSO Working Groups are participating |
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| Until October 2nd | Virtual format |
| Call for Papers. XX International Conference on Caribbean Studies |
| They organize the Chair of Caribbean Studies “Norman Girvan” from the University of Havana and the CLACSO Working Group Crisis, responses and alternatives in the Greater Caribbean |
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| Until November 30 | Virtual format |
| Call for Papers. Encrucijadas Magazine. Algorithms, Bodies and Resistance: Critical Perspectives on AI and Big Data |
| Organized by Encrucijadas – Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales (Critical Journal of Social Sciences) of the Complutense University of Madrid. Several CLACSO Working Groups are participating. |
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