Conferences and Seminars
Presenting research and peer review are crucial aspects of historical work. Below are lists of conferences and seminars that focus on or are open to early American history. These are some of the best venues for early Americanists to share their research and engage with other specialists.
Conferences
American Historical Association, Annual Meeting
American Society for 18th Century Studies, Annual Meeting
British American Nineteenth Century Historians, Annual Meeting
Canadian Association for American Studies, Conferences
Colonial Williamsburg, For 2026: A Five-Year Conference Series
French Colonial Historical Society, Annual Meeting
Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Graduate Student History Conference
New England Historical Association, Spring and Fall Conferences
Organization of American Historians, Conference on American History
Scottish Association for the Study of American, Annual Conference
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annual Meeting
The Society of Civil War Historians, Biennial Meeting
Society of Historians of the Early Republic, Annual Meeting
Seminars
American History Research Seminar, Rothermere American Institute
The Atlantic History Workshop at NYU
CUNY Early American Republic Seminar
David Center for the American Revolution Seminar Series
Early American History and Culture
Friday Seminars, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies
Graduate Seminars and Workshops, Corcoran Department of History
Iberian History Seminar, University of Oxford
Latin American History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research
Missouri Regional Seminar on Early American History
North American History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research
Ohio Seminar in Early American History and Culture
Open Digital Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Studies
Oxford Early American Republic Seminar
Pauline Maier Early American History Seminar
Providence College Seminar on the History of Early America
Rocky Mountain Seminar in Early American History
Scholarly Seminars, The Newberry Library
Society of Early Americanists Seminar Series
Triangle Early American History Seminar
Upstate Early American History Workshop
Washington Early American Seminar
Workshops and Seminars, Brown University Department of History
Academic Resources
Information about resources for early American scholars.
Fellowships
A list of fellowships and funding opportunities for early American research.
Research Institutes
A list of research centers and institutes that focus on early American history.