36.3326, Confs: Migration in the Americas: Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders (USA)

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Subject: 36.3326, Confs: Migration in the Americas: Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders (USA)

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Date: 31-Oct-2025
From: Albin Aichberger [axa4140 at miami.edu]
Subject: Migration in the Americas: Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders


Migration in the Americas: Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders
Short Title: MIA Conference 2026
Theme: Language and Migration

Date: 26-Feb-2026 - 27-Feb-2026
Location: Miami, FL, USA
Meeting URL:
https://sites.google.com/view/mia-conference2026/conference-overview?authuser=0

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)
                     Haitian (hat)
                     Portuguese (por)
                     Spanish (spa)

Submission Deadline: 07-Nov-2025

Visit our Conference Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/mia-conference2026/call-for-papers?authuser=0
Send your abstracts to: MIA.Conference2026 at gmail.com
Indicate the category that most represents your abstract.
Languages for Submissions: Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole,
French, and English.
Motivations and goal:
Migration is not only a demographic phenomenon but also a site where
power, ideology, language, class, sex, gender, and identity intersect.
This conference is motivated by the urgent need to challenge
discriminatory practices and systemic inequalities that affect
migrants across North, Central, and South America in the 21st century.
This event aims to challenge dominant narratives that often frame
migration through discriminatory ideologies, stereotypes, and
exclusionary practices, and instead center the diverse experiences and
voices of migrants, with special attention to women and gender-diverse
communities. It interrogates borders and identities, understanding
them not only as physical barriers but also as symbolic and cultural
constructs that shape the lives and subjectivities of migrants.
We aim to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue anchored in
linguistics, literary and cultural studies, and critical theory to
explore strategies of resistance and solidarity, including activism,
social media platforms in cross-border collaboration. We also
highlight the role of art and literature as powerful tools for
narrating migrant experiences, preserving memory, and making visible
realities overlooked by dominant discourses about migration.
Conference Focus Areas and Topics:
Migration and Languages:
 - Language and Identity among (Im)Migrants
 - Language Contact
 - Heritage and Second Language Acquisition of (Im)Migrants
 - Protection of Minoritized Language in the Diaspora
 - Multilingualism and Global Im/migration Policy Shifts
 - Migration and Language Ideologies
 - Im/migration Discourse
 - Migration Linguistics
Migration, Nationalism, Racism, and Identity:
 - Migration and racial stereotypes in film, literature, and media
outlets
 - Digital media, xenophobia, and counter-narratives
 - Art as resistance to racism and nationalism
 - Populism, nationalism, and anti-immigrant movements
 - Race, security, and border discourses
 - Afro-descendant and Indigenous migrant experiences
 - Sense of identity in migration: loss, transformation, and new
identity ownership
 - Religious identity challenges for migrants
 - Classification and the obsession with race in the Americas (“What
are you?”)
 - Reimagining the nation through multiculturalism
 - Global South–South migration patterns and trends in the 21st
century
 - Permanent vs. temporary migration: stories and trials
 - Return migration and the process of acclimation to one’s country of
origin
 - Types of migration: forced, international, environmental
 - Emerging migrations: digital nomads and their impact
 - Anti-racist and pro-migrant activism
 - Migrant networks and solidarity across borders
 - Contributions of migrants to other countries beyond the
socioeconomic
Refugees, Displacement, and Asylum Processes:
 - Forced displacement and humanitarian crises
 - Refugee camps, shelters, and living conditions
 - Asylum policies, international law, and human rights
 - Narratives of exile, trauma, and survival
 - Refugee integration and challenges in host societies
 - Statelessness and legal liminality
 - Gendered and generational refugee experiences
 - Transnational networks and refugee diasporas
Migration and Women:
 - Literature by migrant women: Denuntiation, creativity and
flourishing
 - Film and social media as tools for migrant women’s empowerment
 - Challenging gender stereotypes: mobility and autonomy of migrant
women as agents of change
 - Women migration through the lens of race, gender, sexual
orientation and age
 - Visibility and activism of lesbian migrants through digital spaces
 -  - Violence and vulnerability of migrant women in contexts of
departure, transit, and arrival
Trafficking of migrant girls and women
 - Prostitution and migration: exploitation or sex work?
 - Sexual and gender division of labor at borders: Feminist and
transfeminist analyzes
 - Motherhood in migration: Separation and transnational families
 - Transnational surrogacy: Migrant babies and mothers in global
fertility markets
 - Survival and collaboration strategies for women in transit
LGBTQ+ Migrants:
 - Intersectionality: Race, class, and sexuality in migration
narratives
 - Trauma and resilience among LGBTQ+ refugees
 - The intersection of trans identities and migration experiences
 - Facing the intersection of xenophobia and homophobia
 - Media representation of LGBTQ+ refugees and migrants
 - Oral history projects documenting queer migration journeys
 - Art as a tool for healing and visibility in migrant communities
 - Queer migration in popular culture: How film, literature, and
social media shape narratives about queer migrants
 - Role of universities in supporting LGBTQ+ migrant students
This event is sponsored by the Michele Bowman Underwood Department of
Modern Languages and Literatures and the Joseph Carter Memorial Fund.



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