Academic Conference Guides in the USA

Conferences

Short, intensive gatherings where you present your own work rather than study for a degree. Some cover travel and lodging for selected delegates, others ask you to pay a registration fee and get yourself there, so each guide below spells out exactly which costs land on you and which do not.

East-West Center Graduate Student Conference 2027 - Hawaii

The 26th East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference runs 11 to 13 February 2027 at the Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu, under the theme Weaving Knowledge for Shared Indo-Pacific Prosperity. Abstracts close on 30 September 2026 at 11:59 PM Hawaii time, submitted through Submittable as a 350-word abstract plus a 100-word plain-language summary. Junior and senior undergraduates, graduate students, and anyone who finished a graduate degree in the past year can submit. The conference has been student-run since 2002 and takes academic papers, creative works, performance and film, with the choice of presenting in Honolulu or live online. Nobody funds your seat. Registration was $85 in person for IGSC 2026 if you paid before 15 December, and travel, visa and lodging are yours to arrange, though EWC residence hall rooms are held for participants from $113 a night.

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Deadline

Sep 30, 2026

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