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The Institute of Sociology and The Culture Club @ ELTE TaTK at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, invites Early Career Researchers and Students at the Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral level to submit papers to the; 3rd Students’ Letters Conference, 2025
On the 21st of November, 2025 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
In-Person Conference. Registration is FREE
Conference Theme:
Social Change in Global Perspectives: Migration, Populism, Postcolonial Legacies, and the Language of Transformation
This conference is an opportunity to pause and reflect on the fast-changing path of our social world. We are living in a time when the ground beneath our societies is shifting politically, economically, culturally at a pace that challenges our ability to make sense of it all.
As Bourdieu (1977: 170) reminds us :
“Situations… call for an extraordinary discourse… capable of giving systematic expression to the gamut of extra-ordinary experiences… Because any language that can command attention is an ‘authorized language’, invested with the authority of a group, the things it designates are not simply expressed but also authorized and legitimated.”
We believe that diversity in perspectives augment our understanding of the surroundings and only by bringing together different ways of seeing can we gain a more comprehensive understanding of what we are living through. This gathering is about more than sharing academic knowledge. It is also about awakening using the tools of science, research, and reflection to ask what must be done collectively. Critiques are welcome, as are solutions. We invite contributions that not only examine the problems and challenges of our time but also imagine and design ways forward. This conference won't be limited to mere academic analyses. We ought to address current issues to reach a shared plan of action and we believe in a contested path to the solution: critiques are welcome as they may refine an action-oriented design. Mixing perspectives might be the bridge we need to close the gaps between disciplines, between communities, between ideals and realities. We are focussing on a multidisciplinary approach.
Submissions from all disciplines are welcome including: Anthropology, Humanities, Social sciences, Political science, Legal studies, International relations, Psychology, Philosophy, Communication, Journalism, Management, Business, and Economic studies.
This conference is an open invitation to assess our current reality and to explore the doors that could lead us closer to it. We welcome papers in English Language on themes such as:
• Migration and the politics of belonging
• Populism and political fragmentation
• Social psychological aspects of change and resistance
• Postcolonial and decolonial approaches to justice and recognition
• Legal and institutional responses to crisis
• The role of media and communication in shaping public life
• International relations in an age of instability
• Economic, managerial, and interdisciplinary approaches to transformation
• Any other related theme
Selected papers will be published in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Social Science Research and Review.
Important Dates:
10 October 2025 – Abstract submission deadline (Max 500 words)
15 October 2025 – Notification of abstract acceptance
5 November 2025 – Final draft paper submission (Max 6,000 words)
10 November 2025 – Publication of the Book of Abstracts
21 November 2025 – Conference date – presentations, discussion, and feedback from session chairs and participants. End of Conference Networking Dinner .
30 November 2025 – Decision on selection for special issue publication (Max 6-7 papers chosen for publication, but we will send 10 for review.)
Post-Conference Publication Timeline:
15 January 2026 – Revised papers submission deadline (for those selected)
15 February 2026 – Review reports returned to authors (single-blind review: reviewers might know the author’s identity, but authors will not know the reviewers’ identities)
15 March 2026 – Revised submissions deadline
30 March 2026 – Final decision: acceptance or rejection
15 April 2026 – Final editorial approval and submission to publisher
Conference Editorial Committee:
1. Dr. Majd Jamal Rasmi Hammoudeh, PhD
2. Dr. Dora Boelens, PhD
3. Edit Paulo
4. Eva Ale
5. Rusudan Margiani
6. Nazan Eren Kaya
7. Sumit Kumar
Contacts:
1. Ons Chaabane - [email protected]
2. Alina Mikheeva - [email protected]
3. Ema Koxha - [email protected]
📩 Submissions and inquiries: [email protected]
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/letters-conference-2025/home
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A, Budapest, Hungary, 1117
