2026 Royster Global Conference
Time: After / Before / Now
August 5–8, 2026
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The Royster Society of Fellows (RSOF) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites proposals for panels, workshops, individual research presentations, and artistic and or performance-based contributions for the 2026 Royster Global Conference centered on the theme Time: After / Before / Now.
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Royster Society of Fellows, this conference reflects on the temporal dimensions of scholarship, mentorship, creative practice, and community-building that have shaped RSOF’s past, inform its present, and orient its future. This milestone moment offers an opportunity not only to honor the Society’s history, but also to critically examine the evolving research, artistic practices, collaborations, and intellectual trajectories that the RSOF has fostered and continues to generate across disciplines, institutions, and global contexts.