4th Sociology Days (9-11 May 2024)

Ibn Haldun University Sociology Department is pleased to announce the 4th Sociology Days and Student Research Symposium. Student Research Symposium will be held on May 9-11, 2025, at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey. This year’s symposium will bring students together to discuss the theme of “Suffering Bodies, Resilience and Resistance”. 

Our symposium aims to critically examine globally and historically significant topics such as the Palestinian issue, migration, resilience and resistance tactics, and the right to return. We seek to explore the multifaceted effects of war and migration on individuals and communities, focusing how these processes reshape family structures, gender dynamics, identity formations, and the cultural and sociological consequences of displacement. Additionally, we are particularly interested in the role of narratives and practices of resistance in the construction of identity, belonging, social memory, and social movements. By fostering an interdisciplinary dialogue, the symposium aims to contribute to the development of critical analyses and alternative approaches for understanding and addressing these complex and pressing issues.

We highly encourage submission of papers that explore new approaches and paradigms related to the theme of the symposium. Additionally, we encourage students to engage with and extend their analyses on a number of focal areas such as, but not limited to: 

• Palestine: The Right to Return
• Belonging and Citizenship
• Borders, Nation-State, and Colonialism
• Family, Gender and Youth
• New Approaches to Addressing Displacement and Genocide
• Sociology of Emotions
• Memory and Identities
• Tactics and Strategies of Resistance
• Suffering and Resistance in Art
• Social  Movements
• The Politics of Place, Migration and Gender
• Genocide and Cultural Erosure 

Language: English and Turkish 
Location: Ibn Haldun University, Başakşehir Campus, Istanbul 
Mode: Face-to-face

Submission Guidelines: 

• The call is open to students at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels.
• All inquiries and abstract submissions should be sent to the Ibn Haldun University Sociology Days Committee at sociologydays@ihu.edu.tr.
• Abstracts must be no more than 300 words, with an accompanying author’s bio of 100 words.
• Institutional affiliation, position (undergraduate or graduate student), and full contact information are required.
• Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified and are required to submit a draft of their papers. 

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission Deadline: February 28th, 2025
Acceptance Notification: March 17th, 2025
Draft Paper Due: April 18th, 2025 
Symposium: May 9-11, 2025

For more information, please email the Ibn Haldun University Sociology Days Organizing Committee at sociologydays@ihu.edu.tr