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Across Bodies and Roles: Indigenous Identity, Gender, Sexuality, and Resistance to Colonial Power

edited by

Corrinne Sullivan

and Kim Spurway

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive justice and rights; consent and relational ethics; colonial constructions of masculinity and femininity; sexual health and wellbeing; cultural expressions of gender and sexuality; intergenerational knowledge and storytelling; spirituality and gendered embodiment; law; policy; and institutional violence; media and representation; healing and survivance; intersectionality with disability; class; and race

Journeyalogy: Other-stories and counter-mappings of migration

edited by

Lina Fadel

and Esa Aldegheri

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open

Keywords: migratory journeys; decoloniality; creative methods; migration narratives; other-stories; counter-mappings

Genealogy and Modernity: Familial, Ethnic, and National Ties

edited by

Athena Leoussi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethnic bond; family bond; nation; civilization; war and ethnic solidarity

Race, Identities and Transnational Soundscapes

edited by Natasha Pravaz and

Andrew Snyder

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 608 | Submission Open

Keywords: transnational soundscapes; race; identity; diaspora; music

Race, Family, and Identity: The Impact of Transracial Adoption

edited by

John Wainwright

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2555 | Submission Open

Keywords: transracial; adoption; adoptees; racism; ethnicity; minoritized; identity

Resettling Histories: Hmong Migrations and Identity Beyond Borders

edited by

Chia Youyee Vang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1529 | Submission Open

Keywords: war; memory; Hmong communities and placemaking; refugee resettlement; diaspora; displacement; oral traditions; transnational migration; Hmong identity cultural preservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genealogical Communities: Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Racial, and Multi-National Genealogies)

The Sacred and the Secular: Race, Gender, and Religion in Historical Context

edited by

Masiiwa Ragies Gunda

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 587 | Submission Open

Keywords: race; gender; religion; intersectionality; historical

Towards a Genealogy of the Idea of “Race” and the Ideology of “Racism”

edited by Mimi Yang

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1794 | Submission Open

Keywords: racism; anti-racism; genealogy; genealogical tree; racial hierarchy; race relations; racialization; racialized psyche; colorism; identity; discrimination; Eurocentrism; colonialism; imperialism; Global South; equity vs. equality; multiracial democracy vs. White nationalism; race vs. ethnicity; inclusion vs. exclusion

Towards a Genealogy of Americanism: Reflections on the 250th Anniversary of American Independence

edited by Mimi Yang

submission deadline 4 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 1225 | Submission Open

Keywords: Americanism; genealogy; genealogical tree; the 250th Anniversary of America; Founding Fathers; a city upon a hill; freedom; democracy; equality; the American Dream; the American Experiment; unity; diversity; multicultural; multiracial; inclusion/exclusion; immigration; nationalism; patriotism; individual rights; social/racial justice

Qualitative Methods in Genealogical Research: New Approaches to Studying Intergenerational Memory

edited by

Mark Malisa

submission deadline 26 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 1058 | Submission Open

Keywords: qualitative research; Fourth Industrial Revolution; memory; genealogy

Names as Heritage: Tracing Family and Community Identity Through Naming

edited by

Eyo Mensah

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6059 | Submission Open

Keywords: personal names; genealogy; cultural identity; family; community; African anthroponyms; society; gender; person reference

Transnational Genealogies: The Politics of Space, Migration, and Identity in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts

edited by

Nomatter Sande

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3229 | Submission Open

Keywords: colonial borders; colonial migration; decolonization; diaspora; forced displacement; hybrid identity; politics of space; postcolonial identity; spatial; segregation; transnational genealogies

Ancestral Threads: Ancient DNA and the Weaving of Human History and Migration

edited by

Sara Palomo-Díez

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1577 | Submission Open

Keywords: ancient DNA (aDNA); paleogenomics; human migration; kinship; paleopathology; admixture; biocultural interaction

Race, Gender, and the Moral State: Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

edited by Canglong Wang

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1660 | Submission Open

Keywords: race; gender; moral state; intersectionality; moral governance; cross-cultural analysis; global perspectives

Genealogies of Indigenous Knowledge: Intergenerational Transmission and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa

edited by

Yaw Ofosu-Asare

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 2551 | Submission Open

Keywords: indigenous knowledge; Africa; intergenerational transmission; cultural continuity; sustainable livelihoods; informal economies; environmental stewardship; oral traditions; community-based research; decolonial methodologies

Critical Theories and the Future of Child and Youth Empowerment: A Genealogical Perspective

edited by

Doris M. Kakuru

, Shemine Gulamhusein and

Thulani Andrew Chauke

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical youth empowerment; power and agency; decoloniality; racialized; migration; activism; voice; cognitive justice; participatory methodologies

Reclaiming Kinship: Decolonizing Indigenous Child and Family Wellbeing

edited by Cary Waubanascum Hawpetoss and Meenakshi Richardson

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: Indigenous kinship; Indigenous family wellbeing; Indigenous child wellbeing; Indigenous sovereignty; Indigenous child welfare; decolonizing child welfare; culturally grounded child welfare; decolonization; reclamation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genealogical Communities: Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Racial, and Multi-National Genealogies)

Genealogies of Place: Place (Re)naming and Heritage-Making in the Global East

edited by

Mihai Stelian Rusu

and

Hongjie Dong

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 2498 | Submission Open

Keywords: place names; toponymy; cultural heritage; social memory; Global East; post-socialism

Population Pathways: Intergenerational Migration and Settlement Patterns

edited by

Samuel Otterstrom

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: settlement geography; family history; genealogy; generational migration

Multiraciality and Social Mobility: Challenges Faced by Racialised Citizenship Across Europe

edited by

Tjaša Učakar

, Damjan Mandelc and Ana Ješe Perković

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6835 | Submission Open

Keywords: race; ethnicity; multiraciality; social mobility; migration; citizenship; institutional racism; Europe; inclusion; belonging; intersectionality

Genealogies of Resilience: Family and Cultural Continuity in Colonial Latin America

edited by Amos Megged

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 2031 | Submission Open

Keywords: Latin American familial patterns and structures; cultural transformations; changing patriarchal norms; migration and instability; Latin American ethnic familial variations; African/mixed bloods familial patterns in Latin America

Narratives of Impact: The Influence of Family Stories on Personal Meaning

edited by

Brian Hill

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1768 | Submission Open

Keywords: family narratives; storytelling; meaning making; family history; genealogy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Family History)

Narratives of the Unseen: Tracing Conspiracy, Religion, and Popular Culture

edited by

Nicola Luciano Pannofino

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: conspiracy theories; religion/spirituality; popular culture; digital culture; media; narrativity; digital folklore; perception; (in)visibility; secrecy

Kinship and Connection: Genealogy and Geography in Indigenous Australia

edited by James Rose and Joel Liddle

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinship; population health; cultural heritage preservation; social anthropology; history; linguistics; forensic and expert social anthropology; FESA; legal pluralism

Heritage and Memory: Jewish Cultural Narratives in Historical Context

edited by Ilan Fuchs

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: halakhic cultural memory; jurisprudential narratives in jewish tradition; messianic temporality and futurity; exile– redemption ideologies in religious zionism; pedagogies of jewish historical consciousness; digital preservation of jewish textual heritage; archival silences and marginalized jewish histories; reconstruction of post‑war eastern european jewry; collective memory and jewish political theology; mythmaking and narrative transmission in jewish communities; heritage formation across migration and displacement; legal memory and identity formation; cultural production in contemporary jewish movements; historiography of sectarian and minoritarian traditions

Decolonizing East African Genealogies of Power

edited by

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes

and Eyob Balcha Gebremariam

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 22213 | Submission Open

Keywords: East Africa; decolonization; indigenous; nature; coloniality; ethnicism; nationalism; geopolitics; Indian Ocean; security

Fatherhood, Memory, and Identity

edited by

Martin Robb

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 551 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatherhood; memory; identity

Exploring Gender Roles and Identities in African Rituals and Culture

edited by Hundzukani Portia Khosa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: rituals; culture; identities; gender; integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genealogical Communities: Community History, Myths, Cultures)

Father Involvement and Family Heritage: A Genealogical Perspective on Parenting and Ethnic Diversity

edited by

Kai Chung Lo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: father involvement; fatherhood; men; genealogy; cross-culture; ethnic diversity

Critical Reflections on the Erosion of African Burial and Mourning Traditions

edited by

Magezi Elijah Baloyi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: African funerals; death; mourning; community; rituals; religions; philosophy

Beyond Borders: Youth Migration, Inequality, and Social Change

edited by Ninna Nyberg-Sørensen and

Tekalign Ayalew Mengiste

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: youth mobility; youth transitions; youth aspirations; trajectories; uncertainties; border experiences

Kinship, Care, and Coercion: Historical Narratives of Family and Power in U.S. and Global Contexts

edited by Gwendoline Alphonso and

H. Howell Williams

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinship; family; politics; intimacy and relationality; power and justice; public policy; historical institutionalism; affect and memory; transnationalism; United States; care; coercion

Genealogies of Youth Narratives: Race, Voice, and Education in Intergenerational Perspective

edited by

Lasana D. Kazembe

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: genealogy; youth; intergenerational; pedagogy; urban education; race; ethnicity; culturally relevant pedagogy; heritage; community; youth agency; dispositions; identity

Language, Education, and Genealogy: Heritage Language Maintenance in Families, Communities, and Schools

edited by

Hari Prasad Sacré

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2415 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage language maintenance; family language practices; community language schools; multilingual education; plurilingual pedagogies; intergenerational language transmission; language policy frameworks

Roots and Routes: African American Narratives, Folklore, and Cultural Memory

edited by

Neal A. Lester

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: folklore; history; past; stories; narrative

Colonial Mentalities and Family Histories: Documenting Intergenerational Impacts

edited by

Paula Jane Byrne

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: colonization; family; violence; war; mentalities

Perspectives on Global Diasporas: Ethnic Return Migration to the Ancestral Homeland

edited by Takeyuki Tsuda

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 883 | Submission Open

Keywords: diasporas; ethnic return migration; unskilled and skilled migration; homeland; ethnic and national identity; discrimination and racism; generation; socioeconomic mobility; transnationalism

Youth and Everyday Multiculturalism: Negotiating Identity, Community, and Transcultural Notions of Social Justice

edited by Lorne Foster and Naomi Couto

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open

Keywords: everyday multiculturalism; digital communication platforms; digital literacy; transcultural identities; grassroots social justice

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