DISRUPTIVE STORIES | Cultural Production and Global Understanding Beyond Boundaries
This year’s conference explores the transformative power of storytelling as a mode of disruption. We ask:
- How can storytelling challenge dominant ways of knowing?
- How do diasporic narratives push back against boundaries of genre, identity, and culture?
We aim to showcase the innovative ways cultural production reimagines identity and social relations in a transnational world. Whether through film, photography, oral histories, or digital media, storytelling becomes a site for resistance, remembrance, and redefinition.
Conference Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
Location: NYU (In-Person)
Keynote: Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed/ Cornell
We welcome presentations that explore (but are not limited to):
- Methods for Intercultural Storytelling
- Recording and Archiving Histories
- The Role of Film and Photography in Cultural Expression
- Diasporic Identity and the Global Media Landscape
- Community Narratives and Global Understanding
- Amplifying Marginalized Voices Across Diasporas
- Storytelling Tools to Address Migration and Displacement
- Practices of Remembrance in Media and Art
This interdisciplinary conference is open to NYU graduate students across fields such as Media Studies, Film/Television Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, Diaspora Studies, History, and Visual Arts.
Submission Guidelines:
Please submit a 250–300 word abstract by September 15th using the following Google Form link.
Presentations should be no longer than 10 minutes.
All selected presenters will be notified no later than October 1st.