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[Commlist] CFA: Shapeshifter's symposium: Plasticity – Here, There, and Everywhere

Wed Sep 16 18:33:04 GMT 2026





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CFA: Shapeshifters Symposium: Plasticity – Here, There, and Everywhere

We would like to invite you to join and contribute to the 2nd Shapeshifters Symposium: Plasticity – Here, There, and Everywhere. This symposium brings together people interested in plasticity from a broad range of perspectives, from the natural and formal sciences to the social sciences, humanities, and art. During the symposium, we hope to further expand the concept of plasticity across disciplines.


Who are we? We are a group of interdisciplinary researchers working on the concept of plasticity, sponsored by the Dutch<https://unusualcollaborations.ewuu.nl/unusual-collaborations/communicating-plasticity/>Centre for Unusual Collaborations.


Date & Venue

19th – 21st November 2026, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Day 1: Museum Speelkok

Day 2 & 3: Utrecht University Museum


Keynote speakers

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    Zakkiyah Iman Jackson – Department of Literature, Duke University,
    North Carolina, USA

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    Suparna Choudhury – Department of Applied Human Sciences, Faculty of
    Arts and Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

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    Heleen Slagter – Department of Applied and Experimental Psychology,
    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam


Submissions

We welcome submission of abstracts for talks from symposium contributors, on topics related to plasticity as you conceive it, spanning, but not limited to:

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    Complexity

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    Identity

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    Boundaries

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    Circular Causality

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    Time

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    Mind

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    Meaning Making

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    Directionality

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    Gendered and Racialized Plasticity

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    Power and Plasticity

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    Plasticity and Nature

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    Political Plasticity.


Abstract Submission:https://tally.so/r/ODMy7R <https://tally.so/r/ODMy7R>

Online Registration:https://tally.so/r/QKlyxk <https://tally.so/r/QKlyxk>


More info on the programme, submission guidelines and registration here: https://unusualcollaborations.ewuu.nl/unusual-collaborations/communicating-plasticity/the-2nd-shapeshifters-symposium-plasticity-here-there-and-everywhere/ <https://unusualcollaborations.ewuu.nl/unusual-collaborations/communicating-plasticity/the-2nd-shapeshifters-symposium-plasticity-here-there-and-everywhere/>

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