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2026 CONFERENCE: PORTLAND!

The Western History Association is pleased to announce that the 2026 WHA Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon. Mark your calendars for October 21-24, 2026! The WHA will meet at the Hilton Portland Downtown. 

Rooms will be $220/night.



2026 PRESIDENT: TBA IN 2024

 


2026 CALL FOR PAPERS

66th Annual Conference Call for Papers

October 21-26, 2026

Hilton Portland Downtown

Portland, Oregon

TBA IN 2025




Policy: Diversity of Program Participants Statement


1) The Program Committee will actively promote the full and equitable inclusion of racial and ethnic minorities, diverse Indigeneities, religious minorities, people with disabilities, women, LGBTQ+ people, and people with various ranks and career paths on the Annual Meeting program.


2) Although not all sessions can reflect the entire diversity of the profession, the Program Committee will encourage proposers of sessions to include diverse sets of participants, addressing gender diversity, racial and ethnic diversity, sexual diversity, religious diversity, disability-based diversity, and/or LGBTQ+ diversity.


3) The Program Committee will encourage session proposers to consider the benefits of including on their panels historians in various career paths and of various ranks (i.e., senior scholars, public historians, graduate students, independent historians, etc.) within their organizations/institutions.


2026 Program Committee Co-Chairs

TBA


2026 WHA President

TBA

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The CFP deadline is December 5, 2025. Guidelines for submitting full sessions (preferred) are available at www.westernhistory.org/2026. The paper and panel submission process will open on September 1, 2025. If you have questions, please contact the 2026 Co-Chairs listed above. You can also contact the WHA office: wha@westernhistory.org


SUBMIT YOUR WORK! (COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2025)


If your work is accepted for the conference program, you must pay a registration fee for the conference. The WHA Policy on Conference Participants requires all conference program participants, regardless of professional status, to register for the conference if your work is accepted.


WHA PARTICIPANT POLICY

2026 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: TBA



2026 PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS: TBA




2026 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS: TBA



2026 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS: TBA



Western History Association

University of Kansas | History Department

1445 Jayhawk Blvd. | 3650 Wescoe Hall

Lawrence, KS 66045 | 785-864-0860

wha@westernhistory.org 


The WHA is located in the Department of History at the University of Kansas. The WHA is grateful to KU's History Department and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for their generous support!