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CEP Virtual Pre-Conference Colloquium

Friday, October 23, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PDT)

Virtual via Zoom

Event Details

This registration is for CEP Virtual Pre-Conference Colloquium only. If you are planning to attend the In-Person Pre-Conference as well, please register through the Annual Conference for both events.

Considering the Pre-Con theme and role of ‘home,’ the Virtual Pre-Conference Colloquium is designed as a relational space for scholars to center critical self-interrogation and communal accountability. Rather than positioning Puerto Rico as a site to be consumed, studied, or experienced, this colloquium invites participants to examine how colonial histories, desires, and academic formations shape how we arrive, move, listen, and engage. The colloquium focuses on interrogating the colonial self, how power, longing, entitlement, and curiosity are produced through empire and reproduced through scholarly travel, research, and conferencing. Participants will be invited to reflect on their positionalities, the languages they carry, and the relational responsibilities that precede physical arrival.

This colloquium prioritizes relational practices over content accumulation, emphasizing slow preparation, ethical presence, and collective accountability. In this space, we will together consider the following questions:

  • Who are you beyond academia? How do you (re)member who you are?

  • What does it mean to arrive responsibly?

  • How do we practice refusal, humility, and care in spaces shaped by ongoing colonial conditions? And how might preparation itself become a decolonial practice?

  • What are your commitments towards liberation in praxis?

Registration Information

  • Events are live captioned through Zoom. An opportunity to share how the event can be more accessible for you is provided in the registration form. For questions about accessibility, please reach out to the ASHE Staff at office@ashe.ws.
  • We encourage participants to engage throughout the event in various ways. To provide an environment that is conducive to learning and engagement and to provide a safe space (to the extent possible), this event is not recorded.
  • Attendees will review and agree to the ASHE Events Code of Conduct (ashe.ws/code-of-conduct) and Payment Policies (ashe.ws/payment-policies) during registration.