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…

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Join us April 13 on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine for the Spring 2019 New England Historical Association Meeting. Secure online registration is now open, through April 6. Preliminary Conference Program now posted online and in the Spring newsletter. Click here for the latest updates on conference information.

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NEHA finds we have room for a few more session, presentation and paper proposals for the Spring 2019 meeting, to be held at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, ME on April 13, 2019. Please send them in by Sunday, Feb 24 Download / Print / Share our Flyer 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…

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Join us April 13 on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine for the Spring 2019 New England Historical Association Meeting. Secure online registration is now open, through April 6. Click here for the latest updates on conference information.

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NEHA invites session, presentation and paper proposals for the Spring 2019 meeting, to be held at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, ME on April 13, 2019. CFP Deadline Feb 1 Download / Print / Share our Flyer 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…

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Congratulations to Richard Brown, winner of this year’s James P. Hanlan Book Prize for Self-Evident Truths: Contesting Equal Rights from the Revolution to the Civil War (Yale University Press, 2017).

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Please join us at the Fall NEHA Meeting, held Saturday October 27, 2018 on the campus of University of Connecticut Storrs. Luncheon ticket guaranteed if you register by October 6. Online registration open now Mail-in registration should be postmarked by October 15. Conference Information for Attendees and Program Participants Preliminary Conference Program

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Current Call for Papers Our next meeting is Fall 2018 at UConn in Storrs, CT on October 27. Download / Print / Share our Flyer 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 history…

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We enjoyed a well-attended conference at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on April 14, 2018. During lunch, voting was held for the next year’s officer positions. The winners are: President: Erik Jensen Vice President: Libby Bischof Secretary: Tona Hangen Executive Committee: Tom Balcerski Melanie Murphy Kristen Petersen Public Historian on Executive Committee: Patricia Bruttomesso Nominating Committee: Christian Gonzales Melanie Gustafson

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Please join us for the 100th meeting of the New England Historical Association, to be held at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Goffstown / Manchester, NH on Saturday, April 14, 2018. We have planned special teaching sessions for middle and high school history / social studies teachers in the two morning sessions. The day also includes our annual luncheon business meeting, election of officers, and a department chairs’ council in the afternoon. Online registration is now…

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