Center for InterAmerican Studies

Focus Area Shift invites you to the international conference “Shifting Worlds: InterAmerican (Dis)Entanglements,” taking place on 21–22 October 2026 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University.

The conference brings together international scholars to explore political, social, economic, and cultural transformations across the Americas and their global entanglements. The programme features four panels: Geopolitical Constellations, examining political ideologies and authoritarianism; Orders of Knowledge, exploring Indigenous philosophies and ecological knowledge; Moral Economy, discussing shifting economic moralities and political interconnections; and Technology and Creativity, addressing algorithmic racism and the implications of artificial intelligence. The conference offers a space for interdisciplinary exchange and critical debate on the connections, tensions, and transformations shaping the InterAmerican world. 

Venue: Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University

More information: Focus Area Shift

Conveners: Kirsten Kramer and Olaf Kaltmeier

Coordination: Matti Steinitz, shift_coordination@uni-bielefeld.de