Calls for Proposals
The OI’s mission is to support, produce, and advance scholarship focused on early American history and culture and an important part of that mission is the production of conferences, workshops, and other gatherings each year. Each is meant to serve as a forum for a rich variety of scholarship on early America and we encourage scholars across the academic spectrum as well as at all stages of academic career development to propose topics, panels and papers.
Current Calls for Proposals
Last meeting in the “For 2026” series
“For 2026: New Republic, New Worlds”
Williamsburg, Virginia
October 23-24, 2026
Proposals due April 1, 2026
NEW! A workshop premised on the belief that historians of vast early America are writers, too.
The Historian’s Writerly Craft: A Summer Intensive Grounded in Discipline and Artistry
Offered ONLINE
Twelve sessions to be scheduled during Summer 2026
Proposals due April 20, 2026