UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion
Queering the Academic Conference since 2019
UCR-QTSR IX – February 12-14, 2027
Theme: Responding to Times of Crisis
The program committee of the UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion welcomes proposals for the ninth annual conference, to be held February 12-14, 2027. The conference will be hybrid; sessions will be held during standard business hours Pacific time, and will be open to both audience members and presenters over Zoom.
In addition, following our tradition, we invite all who are interested in taking part to co-create the conference with us. What do you need from this conference? What would you like to have included? We welcome creative proposals, including performances and exhibits; proposals for workshops and informal discussion spaces; proposals for work-in-progress sessions; conventional paper and panel presentations; and any other possibility you can dream up.
We encourage you to work with other colleagues to submit a proposal. However, if you have an idea or topics you’re interested in, but don’t know people working on similar areas, please feel free to reach out to us via email! We can’t guarantee we’ll find matches for every paper, but we will do our best to encourage collaboration.
Please submit your proposal via google form here. To receive full consideration, your proposal must include each of the following:
· Your name and email address
· The name(s) and email addresses of any co-presenters
· For full session proposals, the name of the person leading the session (or, if you want to have a certain session available but can’t or don’t want to lead it, please indicate that)
· If applicable, the title of your proposed session, paper, or activity
· A detailed description of your proposed session, paper, or activity in approximately 300 words; for proposed papers or presentations please summarize your argument and key sources as part of this description. Please also ensure that your description makes clear how your proposed presentation or session engages the study of religion and how it engages queer and/or trans studies.
· Any space and/or tech requirements for your proposal (so that we can confirm they’re possible in our available spaces).
Only proposals containing all of the above information in the same document will receive full consideration. The deadline for proposals is August 15, 2026. A decision will be reached on potential presenters’ proposals by November 1, 2026. Any questions about the conference can be sent to UCRQTSR@ucr.edu.