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
The 2027 WMQ-EMSI Workshop
“Synthesis and Early American History”
Convened by Peter C. Mancall
May 14-15, 2027
Proposals due November 15, 2026
The 30th OI Annual Conference
“Diasporas, Dreams, and Dominions in Vast Early America”
Howard University, Washington, DC
Program Committee Co-Chaired by Frederick Knight and Thomas Foster
June 17-19, 2027
Proposals due December 6, 2026