2026 Conference
Join us for our 96th Annual Meeting:
Transformation & Repair: Worldmaking in Contexts of Struggle and Restraint
Worldmaking is a capacious concept. Far from imagining Empire, sociological treatments of worldmaking are expansive, anchoring the building of new systems, new scaffolds of belonging, and new ways of being in everyday work and collective practices. Through worldmaking processes, new interpretations can gain footing that make alternate conditions of existence possible. It is a collective activity rooted in place and space, that enriches our collective life, wards against human vulnerability and despair, disrupts the flow of power, and pushes back against ‘big’ structures. The 96th annual Eastern Sociological Society meetings, to be held in Washington DC, a city that belongs to the people, will consider worldmaking as it emerges in contexts of struggle and constraint, as a complex of everyday doings that have the capacity to stem the tides of subjugation and anti-democratic mobilizations, upend harmful systems, challenge the cultural logics of domination, and make possible transformation and repair.

​Washington Marriott at Metro Center
775 12th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.  20005
Submission Portal:
Eastern Sociological Society | Ex Ordo
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($255+tax/night):
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​DC ‘26 Institute on Teaching Social Action

REGISTER FOR OUR ITSA WORKSHOP:

ESS will host the DC ‘26 Institute on Teaching Social Action on March 5-6, 2026 as part of its annual conference. Lots of sociology courses teach about democracy and social change, but far fewer embrace a ‘learning by doing’ approach. The DC '26 Institute is for faculty who want to develop an experiential social action course.

 

DC '26 Institute will be led by Scott Myers-Lipton (Professor Emeritus of Sociology, San José State University) and Dr. Eugene Pringle (Faculty Profile: Eugene Pringle, School of Education, American University). To learn more about this democracy in action course model, visit Teaching Social Action and explore the 30 social action courses taught this Fall, along with 60+ student-led campaigns (Student Campaigns) developed this past Spring.

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DEADLINE FOR PRIORITY REGISTRATION FOR ITSA WORKSHOP: ​

DECEMBER 1, 2025

Registration will remain open until February 1, 2026 or

until all spots are filled. 

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General Paper Submissions & Panel Proposals

CGE, CSERR, CCC Committee Paper Submissions

(DEADLINE, 31 October)

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Undergraduate Posters Deadline: December 15, 2025

Click here for Poster guidelines.

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