Call For Abstracts: 26th Annual East-West Center’s International Graduate Student Conference
11-13 Feb 2027 | Abstract Submission | Deadline: September 30th, 2026
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) offers a collaborative and supportive space for graduate students to share their work, receive thoughtful feedback, and build conversations across fields and regions.
The IGSC 2027 theme is Weaving Knowledge for Shared Indo-Pacific Prosperity. We welcome proposals for presentations in diverse formats including academic papers, creative works, performance, and film. Undergraduates are also welcome to submit proposals that meaningfully engage with the conference theme.
Participants may choose to present in-person at the East-West Center or virtually via a live online platform, enhancing accessibility for international and remote attendees. Presentations should clearly connect to the conference theme, both in the abstract and delivery.
Description of Conference Theme
Knowledge we engage with today is not fixed or static. Knowledge systems are continuously evolving and adapting to the needs, aspirations, and emerging challenges of people and communities around the planet. Knowledge systems are also shaped through relationships, across cultures, and with the environment, and as such, learning is not merely the acquisition of information, but a relational and reciprocal process grounded in interaction, experience, and connection.
IGSC 2027 encourages conference participants to elevate their approaches to addressing economic security in the Indo-Pacific region, across social, technological, political, and environmental challenges. These issues cannot be addressed through isolated disciplinary perspectives alone. As such, IGSC 2027 invites participants to explore how cross-cultural dialogue, relational learning, innovation, and collective action can make communities more resilient, build sustainable economies, and foster regional cooperation.
For any other questions not covered in Frequently Asked Questions, please send your inquiry to the IGSC team at igsc@eastwestcenter.org.