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Reminder! 2025 New York History Conference Call for Proposals Due Sunday!

The New York History Conference is accepting proposals that deal with the history, culture, economy, politics, geography, anthropology, or archaeology of New York State. We also welcome proposals that use New York’s history as a lens to understand a regional, national, or international issue. Special consideration will be given to topics that directly relate to the theme of the 2025 conference.

We encourage submissions from historians, anthropologists, archeologists, educators, high school and college students, and/or digital humanists engaged in the study of New York’s history at libraries, archives, historic sites, museums and historical societies, and educational institutions. We particularly welcome proposals that illuminate the diversity of New York’s history in regard to race, ethnicity, religion, ability, and/or gender.

Date: June 5-6, 2025

Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY

Proposals Due: December 15, 2024

CONFERENCE THEME: 

Constructing the Empire State: Innovation, Environment, and Imagination in New York History

The upcoming Erie Canal bicentennial is a reminder of New York’s rich history of pathbreaking developments in transportation, commerce, and industry. It is also a reminder that such innovations have amplified debates about the use of resources and the role of the government in managing and mediating change. Likewise, the state’s long record of innovation has repeatedly transformed the way New Yorkers see themselves while sparking lively conversations about historical memory and historic preservation.