For the Transnational History of the Americas
2025 Conference
Authoritarianisms and Crises of Authority: Alliances, Challenges, Futurity
July 23-30, 2025
Since 2004, the Tepoztlán Institute for the Transnational History of the Americas has convened annually in Tepoztlán, Morelos, México for a weeklong gathering that fosters transnational studies and conversations between scholars, activists, and artists from across the Americas.
Since it was conceived, the two chief goals of this conference have been, first, to encourage real exchange scholars in Latin America and the United States—typically a very fraught relationship; and, second, to dispense with the professional politicking that reduces so many conferences to livestock shows.
Instead, we have deliberately avoided inviting people who seem to be looking for a chance to show off or perform eminence in favor of people interested in having a series of intellectually satisfying, mostly bilingual, democratic seminars for grown-ups who miss being in a peer classroom.
This institute grapples with the roots of the new global order through the collaborative creation of transnational histories of the Americas.
2025 Applications Open November 1
The Tepoztlán Institute for the Transnational History of the Americas will begin accepting applications for this year's conference on Nov. 1:
Authoritarianisms and Crises of Authority: Alliances Challenges, Futurity
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The application consists of 8 parts:
Part I: Preliminary Questions
Part II: Mode of participation
Part III: Contact Information
Part IV: Language Competency
Part V: Housing Information
Part VI: Registration Fees
Part VII: Paper Proposal (Abstract)
Part VIII: Suggestions for Theory Readings
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January 15 - Applications due
February 10 - Admission decisions made
March 30 - Registration
April 20 - Bilingual abstracts due
April 30 - No cancellation or reimbursement
June 10 - Papers due
June 30 - Program available
July 24-31 - Conference
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The registration fee is dependent on your salary. Determine your registration fee by consulting the fee structure.
To ensure a wide representation of scholars from different nations, as well as different critical perspectives, the Tepoztlán Institute offers partial and full fellowships and travel grants subject to available funding. Eligibility guidelines can be found on the fee page.