66th Annual Meeting Call for Submissions

66th Annual Meeting Call for Submissions

We are delighted to announce that the 66th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Andean Studies will be held as an in-person meeting on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley, California on Friday, January 9th and Saturday, January 10th, 2026. Advance registration for the meeting is required no later than Friday, January 2nd, 2026, and will open on this website in early November.

Please note that only in-person presentations will be accepted for the 2026 meeting; virtual meetings now alternate years, and thus, the next virtual meeting will be held in January 2027. Therefore, please do not submit a proposal this year unless you are certain that you will be able to travel to Berkeley to attend the meeting in January 2026.

Meeting Format

During the two-day meeting, there will be no more than nineteen 20-minute papers, a 40-minute talk by this year's Travel Grantee, a 40-minute Saturday evening public lecture, and an unspecified number of posters. Ten minutes are scheduled for discussion after each paper. A computer with video and audio projection will be provided. All submitted abstracts will be considered for regular 20-minute talks. If you wish your presentation also to be considered for the longer public lecture, please indicate how it could be expanded, or provide an alternate abstract for a longer talk of broad interest and visual appeal. Accepted abstracts will be posted publicly on the Institute’s website.

Posters are about 3x4 feet (92x122 cm), and are displayed continuously during both days of the meeting. One 45-minute period each day is scheduled for discussion with poster authors.

Topics are open to Andean anthropology, archaeology, history, art history, sociology, ethnomusicology, and other related subjects.

Submission Guidelines

Abstract submissions for paper and poster presentations can be made online using the below webform and must be submitted by Monday, September 22nd, 2025. As part of the submission process, authors must also affirm the Code of Conduct agreement for themselves and on behalf of any co-authors or contributors. After submitting the webform, you should receive an email confirmation. If you do not, your submission was probably not received, so please contact the IAS Program Chair: (ias-program-chair@andeanstudies.org). Applications will be peer-reviewed and a notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by Monday, October 20th, 2025.

Your first name *

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First Name

Last Name

Your last name *

Email address *

Preferred presentation type *

Paper (20 minutes)

Poster

Public Lecture (40 minutes)

Presentation title *

Presentation abstract (250 word limit) *

Code of Conduct Agreement (Part I) *

Neither myself nor any of my co-authors or contributors have been the subject of adverse findings from a discrimination or harassment proceeding, lawsuit, administrative complaint, or disciplinary action.

Code of Conduct Agreement (Part II) *

Neither myself nor any of my co-authors or contributors are currently the subject of a open investigation or proceeding related to professional misconduct, such as a discrimination or harassment lawsuit or administrative complaint.

Has the work been presented previously? *

The presentation has not been made publicly in any form, nor has it been published in a journal or as a conference paper.

The presentation has been made publicly and/or published in the following form(s) (describe below):

Information about prior publication:

In-person meetings agreement *

I am aware that the meetings will be in-person this year and affirm that I will be able to attend them in Berkeley, CA from January 9th through the 10th

I am aware that the meetings will be in-person this year but I will not be able to attend them.

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