We are saddened to learn of the passing this week of Bruce Cohen, longtime member and former Treasurer of the New England Historical Association and professor emeritus at Worcester State University. He died Thursday, May 7, in Worcester Massachusetts of complications from COVID-19. We will certainly miss his thoughtfulness, passion for labor history, and personal…
All NEHA members were emailed candidate bio and ballots earlier this month. Please remember to print and mail your ballot to Martin Menke, postmarked by Monday, May 11. If you do not have access to a printer at home, you may hand-write your ballot if you wish. We thank you in advance for your vote,…
We are proud to announce a call for papers and proposals for the NEHA Fall 2020 meeting, planned for Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, on October 17, 2020. We are committed to holding a conference on that date, whether in-person or virtual. Final decision to be made later this summer. As always, the program committee…
Letter from NEHA President Libby Bischof (4/24/2020): This semester has brought unprecedented changes to our personal and professional lives, and the NEHA Executive Board is keeping you all in our thoughts as you finish out your academic years and cope with varied museum, library, historic site and historical society closures. As you know, our Spring…
We have an opening on our Book Prize Committee for 2020. If you’re interested, please contact Executive Secretary and Book Prize Chair, Martin Menke at mmenke@rivier.edu.
Regretfully, we are unable to have a print edition of the NEHA News made and mailed this month. The PDF version is available here: Spring 2020 NEHA News
As a public service during this time of social distancing, meaning rapid transition to online learning and digital access for scholarship across the academic and public history landscapes, we offer a few links, and we welcome more in the comments. Open Access Resources – A Crowdsourced List – editable Google Doc American Historical Association’s AHA…
Update: March 10, 2020 Dear NEHA Colleagues, As I’m sure you are all aware, preparations and restrictions related to COVID-19 and travel and conferences, have evolved rapidly in 48 hours since we last communicated about plans for the New England Historical Association spring conference scheduled to be held at Emmanuel College in Boston on April…
We invite submissions for our Spring meeting at Emmanuel College on April 18, 2020. Submission deadline is February 1, 2020 has been extended to Feb 14! The New England Historical Association embraces not only the history of our own region of New England and the United States, but is equally concerned with European and World…
NEHA is pleased to announce that our Fall 2019 meeting will take place Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. Meeting registration is now open Preliminary Conference Program Conference, Travel, and Accommodation Information for Participants