1st Colloquium: Night Studies in North America

The 1st Colloquium “Night Studies in North America” will take place on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 February 2026, organised by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) through the Center for Research on North America (CISAN), together with the research group Spaces, Territories, Places and Sociocultural Processes (CAS-BUAP).
This online event brings together scholars working on the night from urban, anthropological, and sociocultural perspectives, with a strong focus on empirical research and theoretical reflection on nocturnal practices in Mexico and North America.
Programme highlights
Panel 1 – Territories, Practices and Experiences of the Urban Night
- Women and the Night: Appropriations of a Dance Hall in Puebla – Daniel Ramos García
- Sound as an Analytical Framework of Nocturnal Spatial Conflict – Alejandro García Sotelo & Alejandro Tort Machorro
- Food Nocturnality and the Appropriation of Public Space – Laura Penélope Urízar Pastor
- Territorial Nocturnality through Social Narratives – Laura Elena González Pérez
Panel 2 – Anthropological Perspectives on the Night
- Nocturnal Subjectivities: A Proposal for Analysis – Ernesto Licona Valencia
- Producing Urban Nights: Sensory Experiences of Nocturnality – Mariana Figueroa Castelán
- The Night as a Field of Intervention – Alejandra Trejo Poo
Panel 3 – A Conversation on Night Studies in North America
- Alejandro Mercado Celis (CISAN-UNAM)
- Yolanda Macías (UAM-C)
Panel 4 – Presentation of the Dossier “Approaches to the Urban Night” (Alteridades Journal)
- Raúl Nieto Calleja (UAM-I)
- Julio César Becerra Pozos (UAEH & ICSHu)
📅 Dates: 11–12 February 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (CDMX)
💻 Format: Online (free access)
📺 Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/cisanunamweb
📜 Certificate of attendance will be provided
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Manuel Garcia-Ruiz (February 2, 2026). 1st Colloquium: Night Studies in North America. International Night Studies Network. Retrieved March 13, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/15lxb
