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The Pennsylvania Historical Association (PHA) invites applications for a Business Secretary with a start date of July 1, 2019… Read On

Nominations are now open for the Pennsylvania Historical Association’s 2019 William Pencak Award for the best undergraduate research paper about Pennsylvania and/or mid-Atlantic history (featured image is last year's winner, Anne Morgan). The award, named for Bill Pencak (1951-2013), a prolific scholar and much-loved Penn State University history professor and former Editor of Pennsylvania History, honors the academic year’s best written undergraduate paper in history… Read On

We are just about two weeks from the deadline! ****RE-POST**** The conference theme will be “Constructing Citizenship and Community,” but the program committee welcomes proposals on all aspects of Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic history. In addition to sessions focused on traditional scholarship, the program committee encourages panels that feature pedagogy, public history, or material culture… Read On

The Pennsylvania Historical Association formally apologizes for neglecting to include this advertisement in our program during the last annual conference… Read On

Judith (Judy) Ridner, Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State University, has recently published a new book: The Scotch Irish of Early Pennsylvania. She recently blogged the following on The Website of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society to discuss the book and its message. The Scots Irish are surely among the most mythologized immigrant groups in America… Read On

Recognizing the importance of introducing the next generation of scholars and teachers to the best practices of the profession, the Pennsylvania Historical Association is pleased to announce the inclusion of a poster session for student research at its 2019 Annual Meeting… Read On

The Pennsylvania State Archives and the Pennsylvania Historical Association are now accepting applications for the 2019 Scholars in Residence Program. The Scholars in Residence Program provides support for up to four weeks of full-time research and study in the manuscript and state record collections maintained by the State Archives… Read On

Social Media/Web Editor Sydney Van Leeuwen recently spoke with 2018 prize winners Anne Morgan and Emma Tierney about their backgrounds and bodies of work. Here is a summary of their conversations: Anne Morgan of St. Louis, Missouri and student at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri is this year's recipient of the William Pencak Prize… Read On

The Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) Ambassadors Awards provide funding for student groups (undergraduate and graduate) from North American institutions, with a faculty sponsor, to attend VAF's annual conference… Read On

The William A. Pencak Award for 2018 goes to Anne Morgan of Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, for her paper, “The Philadelphia Riots of 1844: Republican Catholicism and Irish Catholic Apologetics.” Ms. Morgan is a student of Professor Daniel Mandell. The Pencak Award committee found Morgan’s paper original and impressive… Read On