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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

The American Revolution Round Table of Central Pennsylvania--dedicated to studying, discussing and preserving the founding history of the United States--would like to invite the Pennsylvania Historical Association to join them at a free event on November 4th at 2 pm at the PA Military Museum in Boalsburg… Read On

With less than a month left to go before this year's annual PHA Conference (to be held in Lancaster, PA October 12-14), we are already beginning preparations for next year! October 17-19, 2019 in Indiana, PA will be here before we know it, so please take note of the following deadlines for papers, nominations, applications for next year… Read On

The Story of the Socialists of Reading, Pennsylvania PHMC Scholar in Residence Ian Gavigan is a second-year graduate student in the Department of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Before entering graduate school, he worked as communications director for Philadelphia City Council member Helen Gym… Read On

The Scots Irish were one of early Pennsylvania’s largest non-English immigrant groups. They were stereotyped as frontier ruffians and Indian haters. In The Scots Irish of Early Pennsylvania: A Varied People, historian Judith Ridner insists that this immigrant group was socioeconomically diverse… Read On

After a more than five-year hiatus, the Pennsylvania Historical Association and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission are partnering to revive the popular Scholars in Residence Program for summer 2018!  The Scholars in Residence Program supports short-term, full-time research and study in collections maintained by the Pennsylvania State Archives… Read On

The Arline Custer Memorial Award is presented by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee… Read On

This is a reminder that the Pennsylvania Historical Association is still taking submissions for the William A. Pencak Award for Best Undergraduate Research papers until July 1, 2018. The requirements are listed below: Research papers (with endnotes and bibliography) on any subject in the history of Pennsylvania and/or the mid-Atlantic are welcome… 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 2018 Annual Meeting. This year’s meeting will be held in Lancaster from October 11-13 and hosted by LancasterHistory… Read On

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) will be held in Hershey, Pennsylvania April 12-14, 2018! The festivities will include workshops ranging from handling and caring for physical archival collections to questions of privacy in digital collections, an all-day business forum, and several breakout sessions… Read On