NEHA Election By Mail – Postmark Ballots by May 11

news and updates April 24, 2020 admin

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 2020 conference at Emmanuel, slated to be held last weekend, was cancelled. We are hopeful that we will meet in person again this fall at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts,…

Call for Book Prize Committee

news and updates April 24, 2020 admin

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.

NEHA Spring Newsletter posted, print version delayed

news and updates March 19, 2020 admin

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

Open Access, Transitions to Online – Resources!

news and updates March 19, 2020 admin

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 Perspectives on History is running a daily series the week of March 16, 2020, covering topics like Transitioning to Online Teaching (March 17) and Online Teaching Tools (March 18)

Spring 2020 Conference – Postponed to Fall; Election to be conducted by mail

conferences, news and updates March 9, 2020 admin

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 18th. We learned this afternoon from our host colleagues at Emmanuel College that the college has decided to cancel all outside events for the foreseeable future, including our scheduled conference.…

Spring 2020 CFP

CFP November 1, 2019 admin

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 History. As always, the program committee welcomes proposals on any subject, period, or geographical area from scholars within or outside the New England region. We are not limited to the…

Join us in Rhode Island Oct 26! Fall Meeting Info

news and updates October 1, 2019 admin

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

Fall 2019 Meeting CFP Extended to Sept 3

CFP August 17, 2019 admin

We are pleased to call for papers and proposals for our Fall meeting at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, on October 26, 2019. The CFP deadline has been extended to Tuesday, Sept 3, 2019. 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 History. As always, the program committee welcomes proposals on any subject, period, or geographical area from scholars within or outside…

CFP for Fall NEHA Meeting at Roger William Univ – Oct 26, 2019

news and updates May 10, 2019 admin

We are pleased to call for papers and proposals for our Fall meeting at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, on October 26, 2019. The CFP deadline is August 15, 2019. 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 History. As always, the program committee welcomes proposals on any subject, period, or geographical area from scholars within or outside the New England region.…

Election Results; Incoming Leadership Team 2019

news and updates May 1, 2019 admin

Congratulations to all those elected for positions in NEHA at the April 2019 meeting in Portland, Maine. We welcome our incoming leadership and new committee and board members. NEHA President 2019-2020: Elizabeth (Libby) Bischof, Professor of History at the University of Southern Maine. She is the Executive Director of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic education. A cultural historian, her research and teaching interests include 19th century American history, photography, popular culture, and the history of Maine. She is the co-author of…