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<div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear colleagues,</div><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am pleased to announce the call for papers for the <b>INDL-North America Symposium on Labor and Artificial Intelligence</b>.</div><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Event Details:</b></div><ul style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in"><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr;line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><b>Date:</b> April 29, 2026</li><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr;line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in"><b>Location:</b> Yale University, New Haven, CT (In-person)</li></ul><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Theme:</b> "Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI" This inaugural symposium highlights the essential role of labor not only in creating AI models but also in shaping how those technologies transform work, maintaining AI infrastructure, and developing strategies to navigate or resist AI-driven change.</div><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We invite contributions from established and early-career academic researchers (including graduate students), labor organizers and practitioners, and professionals engaged with the theme.</div><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Funding:</b> We are pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships for graduate students, non-academics, and independent scholars, funded by Yale’s MacMillan Center.</div><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Important Dates:</b></div><ul style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in"><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr;line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><b>Abstract Deadline (<500 words):</b> January 18, 2026 (AoE)</li><li style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr;line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in"><b>Notification of Acceptance:</b> February 28, 2026</li></ul><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">For the full call for papers and submission instructions, please visit the symposium website: </span><span style="color:blue"><b><u><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Findl-na.sciencesconf.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cyoehan.oh%40yale.edu%7C091c61337ac84f5f109008de39cdc4fc%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C639011753116725778%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZO%2BFZOW8kHFA9bAy8VBuSn7e%2FWWBRW4At0W263mRgwc%3D&reserved=0" id="gmail-OWA5deb514c-2388-1a66-bca5-6d92eafafdfa" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" style="color:blue">https://indl-na.sciencesconf.org/</a></u></b></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.38;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>*Apologies for cross-posting. Please share widely.*</i></div>

<br></div><div>On behalf of:<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">——————————</p><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b>Julián Posada</b>, Ph.D.</span></p><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0in 0in 5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Assistant Professor of American Studies<br><b>Yale University</b></span></p><div style="direction:ltr;line-height:12px;margin:0px;display:block;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fposada.website%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cyoehan.oh%40yale.edu%7C091c61337ac84f5f109008de39cdc4fc%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C639011753116744994%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=38Sy8KgRzapmzlS3ojZ%2Fiz%2BLAPlgxx%2BxjdEKjZ7fLU4%3D&reserved=0" id="gmail-OWAab06d1ef-2de7-2855-c8ac-836ecc227afa" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink">https://posada.website/</a></div>

</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>--</div>Yoehan Oh (he/him), Ph.D.<br>Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer, <br>Department of Computer Science, Yale University </div><div dir="ltr">Teaching course cross-listed to the Council on East Asian Studies & the Department of History</div><div dir="ltr">e-mail: <a href="mailto:yoehan.oh@gmail.com" target="_blank">yoehan.oh@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:yoehan.oh@yale.edu" target="_blank">yoehan.oh@yale.edu</a></div></div></div></div>