Call for Papers
Immanuel Wallerstein: Celebrating his Life and Legacies
Conference Date: August 10, 2022
Venue: Royce Hall, UCLA
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 1, 2022
On August 10, 2022, the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) section of the American
Sociological Association is hosting a day-long conference in honor of Immanuel Wallerstein (1930-2019).
This event, held at the University of California-Los Angeles, will recognize Wallerstein’s enduring
influence as a preeminent scholar of historical capitalism and a founder of world-systems analysis, as
well as a student of postcolonial Africa, a theorist of anti-systemic movements, an advocate for a unified
social science, and a public intellectual committed to liberation struggles around the world.
We invite extended abstracts (2-4 pages) for papers that build on and extend Wallerstein’s work and
assess its ongoing relevance for contemporary research programs in the social sciences. Submissions
can focus on a wide range of topics, reflecting Wallerstein’s own broad engagement with theory,
methods and empirical analysis. We particularly encourage submissions from graduate students and
junior scholars.
A set of papers received in response to this call will be selected for presentation at the meeting. In
addition to these sessions, the day-long conference will include invited panels featuring reflections from
Wallerstein’s contemporaries and former students.
Extended abstracts should be emailed to wallersteinconference2022@gmail.com by May 1, 2022
deadline. Decisions will be announced by May 15, 2022.
The conference is organized by the Political Economy of the World System section of the American
Sociological Association (ASA). A partial list of co-sponsors includes the ASA sections on Labor &
Labor Movements, Sociology of Development, Global and Transnational Sociology, Marxist Sociology,
Environmental Sociology and Comparative Historical Sociology.
For questions, contact Jenn Bair at jlb5md@virginia.edu