CFP: HERA Conference and Undergraduate Prizes

The Humanities Education and Research Association (HERA) Conference has extended their CFP deadline to February 1, 2021. The virtual conference will take place March 4–6, 2021. Submissions are encouraged from educators at all levels as well as all those with an interest in the arts and humanities.

Proposals for papers, panels, or workshops (150–200 words) must be submitted through the conference submission portal on HERA’s website.

HERA’s Undergraduate Humanities Prize

A prize of $500 will be awarded to the best undergraduate conference paper that addresses race, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality. Creative presentations, readings, and exhibitions are also welcomed. Undergraduate students applying for the prize, must indicate this on their submission abstract.

HERA Undergraduate Research Prize

A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the best undergraduate conference paper (or divided among a panel of papers), sponsored by an attending professor (with a $500 prize awarded to the professor). See HERA’s website for more details.

Creative presentations, readings, and exhibitions are also welcomed.

Undergraduate students may apply for only one of the two undergraduate prizes. Questions may be directed to the conference organizer, Marcia Green, at [email protected].

Presentation time for individual papers is limited to 15–20 minutes.