Upcoming Regional Conferences

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Arkansas Regional
Mar
14

Arkansas Regional

This Regional Conference will be hosted by Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR.

Contact: Erik Gilbert - egilbert@astate.edu

December 20, 2025 is the Call for Papers deadline.

The Eta Chi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at Arkansas State University invites submissions and proposals for individual papers and complete panels for the upcoming regional conference.  Papers from undergraduate and graduate students are welcome.

The conference theme is “250 Years of America and the World.” The theme includes  papers and panels that consider the United States’ changing relationship with the world over the last 250 years.  Topics regarding politics, diplomacy, war, migration, imperialism, trade, or culture are especially welcome.  Papers and panels on other historical topics are welcome also.

Students are encouraged to submit work that they have done for previous courses or a work in progress from ongoing courses.  All students of history are encouraged to present and participate, however only members of Phi Alpha Theta are eligible to compete for awards.  Please note that new members are encouraged to present.

 

One-page paper and/or panel proposals should be emailed to Erik Gilbert at egilbert@astate.edu by Dec. 20, 2025.

Proposals should include:

·       The student’s name and university email address

·       The name of the university the student attends

·       Status (undergraduate or graduate)

·       PAT membership status (i.e. member or non-member)

·       Paper or panel title

·       Paper or panel abstract of up to 300 words

·       Panel proposals should include separate proposal for each paper

 

Papers will be selected for presentation and organization into sessions based on themes in the abstract. Notification of acceptance will be made by email by Feb. 1. 2026. Final papers eligible for awards must also be sent to egilbert@astate.edu by March 1, 2026  in a Word document.

Presenters should plan for a 20-minute presentation (roughly 9 to 10 pages or 2000-2500 words).  There will be time after the presentations for questions.

There will be sessions in the morning, then a 1-hour break followed by afternoon sessions.  The Keynote speaker will be announced by Feb. 1.  Questions should be directed to Erik Gilbert at egilbert@astate.edu.

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Virtual Arkansas and Tennessee Regional
Apr
26

Virtual Arkansas and Tennessee Regional

This regional will be hosted on Microsoft Teams by the PAT Chapters of Arkansas Tech University, Harding University, Ouachita Baptist University-Arkadelphia, and the University of Memphis (the link will be emailed to registered participants by April 22).

Host: Professor Beverly Tsacoyianis- btscynis@memphis.edu

One-page paper and panel proposals are due by March 15, 2025.

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Illinois
Nov
8
to Nov 9

Illinois

This regional will be held at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in Champaign, IL

Hosts: Professor James R. Brennan: jbrennan@illinois.edu

Professor Stefan Djordjevic: djordje1@illinois.edu

The deadline to submit an abstract is September 29.

The deadline to submit your presentation-ready paper to us is October 25.

We are now accepting submissions for titles and abstracts of papers to be presented at this conference that reasonably align with the theme of “Conflict and Culture.” We do not need your paper in its entirety, only the title and a cohesive abstract.

This call is open to the history of conflict and/or the history of culture from all time periods and geographic locations. You may also choose to challenge the theme in your paper presentation. Additionally, we welcome interdisciplinary projects that may emanate from fields outside of history. We do, however, require that your presentations focus on a historical topic or approach. 

Our submission guidelines and expectations are as follows: 

Submissions from any discipline, as long as they focus on a historical topic or approach, are encouraged. The submission deadline is September 29th, 2024  at 11:59 pm.

Submissions must be the original work of the author. These submissions should take the form of the title and abstract of the paper the author wishes to present. Abstracts should be under 250 words in total.

 

Submissions will be considered if they are submitted by undergraduate and/or recently graduated students.

Submissions should be sent to the UIUC Phi Alpha Theta’s conference email address (uiucpatconference@gmail.com) and all identifying information should be included in the body of the email, including home institution and academic year.

Submitting your title and abstract only qualifies you to be considered for a presentation at the conference. However, if your paper is accepted, you will have until October 25th to submit a completed draft of your conference paper to share with conference panel discussants. 

Additionally, Phi Alpha Theta is partnering with the Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois to create a special, Conflict and Culture-themed edition of the Journal for the Spring 2025 semester, after the conference takes place. If you are interested in submitting your paper to be considered by the Journal, in addition to presenting it at the conference, please indicate that in your email to us as well.

Finally, if you are planning to present at or attend UIUC’s Phi Alpha Theta Conference this November, please fill out the following Google Form in order to register: https://forms.gle/NGpptQRhceqcPTes9. 

Please reach out to the Conflict and Culture committee with any questions or concerns (uiucpatconference@gmail.com). We look forward to seeing you in November!

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California South Regional

Date TBD

This Regional Conference will be hosted by California State University San Marcos in San Marcos, CA.

Contact: Fernando Amador - famador@csusm.edu

Louisiana Regional

Date TBD

This Regional Conference will be hosted by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, LA.

Contact: Michael S. Martin - michael.martin@louisiana.edu

New York New Jersey Regional

Date TBD

This Regional Conference will be hosted by Mercy University in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

Contact: Caitlin Wiesner - cwiesner@mercy.edu

Northwest Regional

Date TBD

This Regional Conference will be hosted by Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA.

Contact: Caoimhin De Barra - debarra@gonzaga.edu

New York West/Central Regional

Date TBD

This Regional Conference will be hosted by Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY.

Contact: Jonathan Ablard - jablard@ithaca.edu

Oklahoma Regional

Date TBD

This Regional Conference will be hosted by Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond, OK.

Contact: Matt McCook - matt.mccook@oc.edu