Presentation

The Association will hold its 47th Annual Conference at the University of Minho (Universidade do Minho) from 2 to 4 September 2026, under the theme “Iberian Relations, Europeanisation and Transatlantic Exchanges”. The event will be hosted by UMinho Galabra, Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, and coordinated by Dr. Carlos Pazos-Justo and Dr. Ana Bessa Carvalho. The conference will take place in person, with remote participation available for ACIS members residing on other continents.

You are cordially invited to offer a paper, panel or project. Proposals for individual papers as well as panels on specific themes (max. four papers per panel) are encouraged. Any proposed panel should be organised by one convenor, who will be responsible for inviting the speakers and chairing the session. You are also invited to suggest any speakers you think would be willing to offer a paper, but please note that ACIS does not normally offer a fee or expenses for speakers.

ACIS encourages proposals from postgraduate students and a small number of partial conference fee bursaries are available – please see application process details below and encourage your students to consider this.

Themes

Under the generic title Europeanization and Iberian relations, below are the suggested thematic areas for papers, panels and projects, which must advance understanding of nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century socio-cultural, economic and political issues and realities and relate primarily to Spain and/or Portugal and transnational issues and processes relating to the Iberian Peninsula within the wider Lusophone and Hispanic worlds. Both single-disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged and the themes listed below are not exclusive.

• Impacts of European policies on Iberian relations
• Politics, Government, International Relations, the EU, Nationalism, Regionalisms, Transnational issues and processes
• Economics, Business, Labour, Social and Welfare issues
• Cultural Production in all its forms (e.g. film, television, journalism, literature, media, advertising, digital communication & social networking)
• Social and Cultural Studies (e.g. identity, gender, ethnicity, popular culture)
• Leisure, Tourism, Sport
• Contemporary History
• Language, Linguistics, Language Policy
• Education and Pedagogy
• Relationships between narratives, communities, territories

The selection of panels/papers will be made by the Conference programme convenors in consultation with the Scientific committee and these decisions will be final.

Organization

• Organizing Committee

• ACIS President: Susana Rocha Relvas
• Organizing Committee President: Carlos Pazos-Justo
• Organizing Committee Secretary: Ana Bessa Carvalho
• Álvaro Iriarte
• Idalete Dias
• Maria João Moreira
• Elías González

• Scientific committee

• Anton Pujol (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
• Bernardo Sacanene (Escola Superior Pedadógica do Bengo)
• Cristina Martínez Tejero (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
• Deirdre Kelly (Technological University Dublin)
• Esther Gimeno Ugalde (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
• Felisa Rodríguez Prado (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
• Gabriel Sansano (Universitat d’Alacant)
• Idalete Dias (coord.) (Universidade do Minho)
• Inês Gusman (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
• Márcia Oliveira (Universidade do Minho)
• Pilar Nicolás (Universidade do Porto)
• Roberto Samartim (Universidade da Corunha)
• Rogelio Ponce de León (Universidade do Porto)
• Santiago Pérez Isasi (Universidade de Lisboa)
• Siân Edwards (Cardiff University)
• Susana Rocha Relvas (Instituto Politécnico de Viseu)
• Xaquín Núñez Sabarís (Universidade do Minho)
• Zara Pinto Coelho (Universidade do Minho)

Submission

If you wish to offer a paper, send your proposal to the ACIS 2026 Programme Convenor Carlos Pazos-Justo and Ana Bessa Carvalho, use the form by FRIDAY, 15th MAY 2026. Informal enquiries concerning papers and topics are welcome before the deadlines [CFP]

👉 Proposal Submission

Conference Fees

Early bird payments are accepted until the deadline, SATURDAY,15th JULY 2026

Standard payments are accepted until the deadline, SUNDAY, 30th JULY 2026

Deadlines

Contact

47acis@elach.uminho.pt

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