The National Council on Public History (NCPH) and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) have opened the Call for Proposals for our 2026 joint conference, with a deadline of December 1, 2025. 

The National Council on Public History and the American Association for State and Local History have opened the Call for Proposals for our first ever joint conference, which will take place September 16-19, 2026, in Providence, Rhode Island. 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the United States, and the theme of the conference, "The Work of Revolution," asks us to reflect on the work of revolutions past and the work that lies ahead. We hope you will join us at this critical moment for public historians and all those who “put history to work in the world.”

NCPH is accepting optional topic proposals from people looking to refine proposals or meet co-presenters through October 15: https://ncph.org/conference/2026-annual-meeting/topic-proposal-form/.  Final proposal submissions are due via AASLH’s Submittable platform by December1:  

https://aaslh.submittable.com/submit/333312/2026-aaslh-ncph-call-for-proposals.