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S-USIH 2026 CFP: Intellectual Historians’ Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices

Society for U.S. Intellectual History Call for Proposals The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 12-14, 2026, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The theme is “Intellectual Historians’ Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices.” Our conference co-chairs are Daniel G. Hummel and Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen. Today’s best examples of intellectual history are defined by their diversity, innovation, and rigor. Diversity in the subjects, sources, and methods employed; innovation in making audible hitherto silent or neglected voices; and rigor in the quality and breadth of scholarship. A previous era of sharp distinctions has given way to Read more