The 5th edition of the Thinking Andean Studies conference will take place on April 11-12, 2025 at Northwestern University (Chicago Area)! We will continue our mission to strengthen the interdisciplinary network of scholars thinking through theory and praxis from the Andes. We invite you to another opportunity to help foster a mentoring relationship between established and emerging scholars.
As always, our event will provide a space for participants to share their research through paper presentations and roundtable discussions, and hopes to showcase the increasing number of scholars globally conducting research in and about the Andes.
In previous editions, we have asked participants to consider the importance of working across disciplines, and how to potentially theorize the Andes (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia, as well as northern Argentina and Chile). This year, we invite participants to reflect on the long historical arc that has led to contemporary developments in politics, economics, cosmovision, philosophy, and culture in the region. What were the conditions that set up contemporary states of affairs in the region, and how can studying the relation between past and present help us (potentially) make interventions today.
Ideally, papers will reflect on some of the power dynamics that intersect to shape various facets of Andean societies. This interdisciplinary conference also will also aim to connect scholars with Indigenous language and culture advocates. In this spirit, the Conference will include presentations that explore the intersections of indigenous languages of the Andes and media and activism, language pedagogy, literature, performance, and community organizing.
Papers from any theoretical perspective and examining any aspect of the Andes are welcome, including, but not restricted to: cultural studies, cultural policy, literature, indigenous studies, language planning and policy, bilingual education, decolonization, colonial studies, anthropology, sociology, cultural heritage and reclamation, political science, linguistics, media studies, ethnicity, ethnomusicology, and history. Papers can be in English, Spanish or any of the languages spoken in the Andean region.
Sessions will take place on April 11 and 12, 2025 at Northwestern University, in Evanston, IL (on the border of the city of Chicago).
Center of Peruvian Arts will present the studies about Teaching Peruvian Indigenous Dance to Non Indigenous People.
