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The Program Committee is excited to announce an extension of the deadline to May 15, 2025, as we work to gather a vibrant collection of panels and papers for what is shaping up to be an exceptional conference experience… Read On

The Pennsylvania State Archives is excited to announce the return of in-person Archives Without Tears (AWOT) training. AWOT is a workshop that focuses on practical ways to preserve and make available the historical records in your care… Read On

The Pennsylvania State Archives and the Pennsylvania Historical Association invite applications for the 2025 Scholars in Residence Program. The program provides support for up to four weeks of full-time research and study in manuscript and state record collections maintained by the Pennsylvania State Archives… Read On

The Pennsylvania Historical Association annually bestows the William A. Pencak Award for the best undergraduate research paper about Pennsylvania and/or Mid-Atlantic history… Read On

Dear Friends and Colleagues: Thank you for your unending support of the Pennsylvania Historical Association.  Your active engagement with the association drives our ability to fulfill our mission—advancing knowledge about the history and culture of Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic region. Our journal, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, continues to produce top-flight scholarship… Read On

Our colleagues at PCN are hiring a History & Culture Producer. The network is accepting applications through October 31, 2024. See the full job posting below for details on how to apply… Read On

The Summer 2024 issue (91.3) of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies is a special theme issue on “African Americans and the Urban Landscape,” guest edited by Samuel W. Black of the Heinz History Center.  Mr… Read On

The Lepage Center is funding up to six grants of up to $5000 this year on the topic of "Labor in Historical Perspective" for projects that creatively engage with the broad range of questions, concerns, policies, and practices raised by the study of the role of labor in history, and how historical study can further public understanding of the present moment… Read On

Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, published by the Pennsylvania Historical Association, is issuing a call for articles to be included in a special issue on the history of crime and vice in Pennsylvania. It is guest edited by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and will be published in July 2025 (92… Read On

The Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association will take place from 10-12 October 2024 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania… Read On