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Conference Proceedings Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The abstract has not been previously published or formally accepted for presentation/publication elsewhere, unless an explanation is provided in Comments to the Editor.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • The submission follows the abstract format and requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The abstract includes the proposed research question, main argument, and methodology.
  • The submission includes title, author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), email address, and selected panel.
  • The abstract is no more than 300 words.
  • For paper submissions, the abstract includes the proposed research question, main argument, and methodology.
  • The abstract is relevant to one of the IFSR 2026 panel themes.
  • For artwork/NTRO submissions, the abstract explains the creative rationale and format of the proposed work.
  • The author agrees that accepted abstracts may be invited for full paper, proceedings, edited volume, digital exhibition, or catalogue publication, depending on the submission type and editorial decision.

Author Guidelines

Call for Abstract IFSR 2026
International Forum on Spice Route (IFSR) 2026

We invite researchers, academics, practitioners, students, cultural workers, artists, maritime communities, and relevant stakeholders to submit abstracts to the 8th International Forum on Spice Route (IFSR) 2026. Submissions should respond to the forum theme, From Commodity Routes to Knowledge Commons: Reimagining the Spice Routes in an Age of Climate Crisis, Digital Transformation, and Decolonial Futures, and should be aligned with the panel selected by the author(s).

IFSR 2026 welcomes contributions that rethink the Spice Routes beyond their conventional framing as historical trade networks. The forum encourages papers that examine the Spice Routes as maritime, ecological, cultural, diplomatic, and knowledge systems connecting past and present, local and global histories, living heritage, digital futures, and decolonial forms of knowledge production.

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and must clearly demonstrate their relevance to the selected panel. Each abstract should briefly present the background or problem being addressed, the objective of the paper, the approach or method used, the main findings or key arguments, and a preliminary conclusion. Conceptual, historical, ethnographic, policy-oriented, artistic, and practice-based contributions are welcome, provided that they make a clear contribution to the theme and panel of IFSR 2026.

Each abstract submission must include the title, author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), active email address, selected panel, and a short author biography of no more than 150 words.

Accepted abstracts must be followed by the submission of a full paper of 5,000–7,000 words. The full paper must remain consistent with the accepted abstract and relevant to the selected panel. Full papers will undergo the applicable editorial and review process before publication.

Selected papers will be published in the International Forum on Spice Route (IFSR) Conference Proceedings Series, published by Negeri Rempah Foundation in collaboration with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Selected papers may also be invited for further development into an edited volume or other publication formats related to the forum’s scholarly and public contribution.

Important Dates

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 June 2026
Notification of accepted abstracts: 1 July 2026
Full paper / artwork submission: 1 September 2026
Presentation submission: 14 September 2026
Conference dates: 21–24 September 2026

Copyright Notice

By submitting an abstract, full paper, artwork proposal, or related material to the International Forum on Spice Route (IFSR) 2026, authors and contributors confirm that the submitted work is original, properly cited, and does not infringe upon the rights of any third party.

Authors retain copyright of their individual papers, while granting the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and Negeri Rempah Foundation a non-exclusive right to review, process, archive, publish, reproduce, distribute, and make accepted works available as part of the official IFSR 2026 conference outputs, including but not limited to conference proceedings, digital platforms, catalogues, exhibitions, and related academic or cultural publications in print and electronic formats.

For artwork and non-traditional research output submissions, artists/designers retain copyright of their creative works while granting BRIN and Negeri Rempah Foundation a non-exclusive right to display, document, reproduce, archive, and publish accepted works as part of the IFSR 2026 digital exhibition, official catalogue, website, proceedings-related materials, and forum documentation.

Authors and contributors are responsible for obtaining permission for any copyrighted materials included in their submissions, including images, figures, tables, maps, photographs, archival materials, artworks, audio-visual materials, and other third-party content.

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