Deadline: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 10 AM EST

Since 1973, trained scholars and community members have presented their work at this welcoming annual gathering. This interdisciplinary community conference prioritizes the local city but includes the federal city, as well as nearby Maryland and Virginia.

The DC History Conference’s mission is to highlight outstanding recent scholarship and engagement with the history of Washington, DC and to share that knowledge with scholars, neighbors, students, history enthusiasts, policy makers, activists, artists, and others in a community-based setting. The DC History Conference values academic history as well as community member perspectives, lived experience, memory, and dialogue. We strongly encourage submissions from all community members.

Read the 2027 Call for Submissions.

Panel Themes:

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

  • Targeted Communities

  • The Wilson Building and the White House

  • Made in DC

  • Art for the People

  • Space and Place

  • Early America

  • Spiritual Communities

  • Youth in the City

Check back later for how to apply to the History Network.

Connecting individuals and organizations doing humanities-based work in DC