(A microsymposium is one or more special sessions which are thematic and are organized as part of one of our general (non-thematic) conferences. If you want to organize such a thematic event, please review our policy and guidelines, for more details) | |||
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| Interior Architecture as part of the 16th Annual International Conference on Architecture Academic Responsible: Dr. Atlihan Onat Karacali, Research Fellow, Architecture & Design Unit, Athens Institute and Lecturer, University of Lancashire, UK. This microsymposium seeks to explore emerging dialogues, theoretical frameworks, and design practices that are redefining the interior as a site of cultural, social, and ecological engagement. We welcome abstracts that address topics such as adaptive reuse, sustainability, digital fabrication, immersive technologies, spatial politics, post-pandemic interior environments, materiality, and the narrative potential of interior space. Interdisciplinary approaches and contributions in interior architecture, design, history, and related fields are encouraged. | |||
| TAM (Tense-Aspect-Modality) in and across Languages as part of the 19th Annual International Conference on Languages & Linguistics Academic Responsible: Dr. Krasimir Kabakciev, Deputy Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division, Athens Institute. Papers from all areas of TAM (tense-aspect-modality) in and across languages are welcomed. | |||
| Waste Management and Recycling as part of the 21st Annual International Symposium on Environment Academic Responsible: Dr. Isaac T. Rampedi, Deputy Director, Sciences Division, Athens Institute & Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. This session aims to explore current challenges, innovations, and best practices in the management of municipal solid waste, including but not limited to topics such as waste collection and disposal systems, recycling and resource recovery, waste-to-energy technologies, circular economy strategies, smart waste management solutions, regulatory frameworks, community engagement, and environmental impacts. | |||
| Criminal Law in an Age of Democratic Decline: Institutions, Power, and Resistance as part of the 23rd Annual International Conference on Law Academic Responsible: Dr. Jamelia Morgan, Professor of Law, The Regents of the University of California, USA. This microsymposium examines the role of criminal law and criminal procedure in the United States amid accelerating democratic backsliding and the global rise of authoritarian politics. As political actors expand policing, immigration enforcement, protest suppression, and prosecutorial power, criminal law becomes both a tool of authoritarian consolidation and a site of resistance. Participants will explore how these tendencies reshape doctrine, institutions, and everyday enforcement—through the suppression of dissent, expansions of “public order” and “national security” offenses, erosion of procedural safeguards, and the criminalization of migration. The discussion will also consider the heightened risks faced by marginalized communities already disproportionately targeted by the punitive state. Beyond diagnosis, microsymposiumists will reflect on the legal academy’s role in resisting antidemocratic pressures through teaching, advocacy, and theory-building. By placing current developments within longer histories of racial capitalism, colonial governance, and moral panic politics, the conversation aims to illuminate both the normalization of coercive state power and emerging sources of resilience, including community movements, litigation strategies, and scholarly interventions. Ultimately, the microsymposium asks how criminal law scholars should understand their responsibilities at a moment of democratic strain and expanding state punishment. |
