Upcoming Conference
“Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation”
Washington, D.C.
July 21-24, 2026

Programs from Past Conferences
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Fusions of Culture, Space and Time
New Orleans, LA (2025)

Thresholds
Louisville, KY (2024)

Remaking the Past
Sacramento, CA (2023)

Radicalism and Reform
Rochester, NY (2022)

Discovery
Virtual (2021)

Radicalism and Reform
Virtual (2020)

Explorations
Kansas City, MO (2019)

Vistas
Philadelphia, PA (2018)

Memory and Commemoration
Charleston, SC (2017)

New and Novel
Lincoln, NE (2016)

Material Cultures / Material Worlds
Boston, MA (2015)

Urbanism and Urbanity
Chicago, IL (2014)

Loco-Motion
Fresno, CA (2013)

Spiritual Matters/Matters of Spirit
Asheville, NC (2012)

Money/Myths
Albuquerque, NM (2011)

Theatricality and the Performative in the Long Nineteenth Century
Tampa, FL (2010)

The Green Nineteenth Century
Milwaukee, WI (2009)

Politics and Propaganda
Miami, FL (2008)

Race and Ethnicity in the 19th Century
Selinsgrove, PA (2007)

Travel, Tourism, and Resorts
Salisbury, MD (2006)

Infatuation: Childhood, Youth, and Nineteenth-Century Culture
Augusta, GA (2005)

Cultural Imperialism and Competition: Travel, World’s Fairs and National/Colonial Image
St. Louis, MO (2004)

Feasts and Famine
New Orlean, LA (2003)

Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Savannah, GA (2002)

The Century of Victoria and Verdi
Roanoke, VA (2001)

Visions, Dreams, and Nightmares
Arlington, VA (2000)

Nineteenth-Century Spectacles
Philadelphia, PA (1999)

By Body Bound
Huntsville, AL (1998)

Ordinary People: Everyday Lives
Davidson, NC (1997)

Nineteenth-Century Designs
North Miami Beach, FL (1996)

Conflict and Resolution
Baltimore, MD (1995)

Time and Space
Lexington, KY (1994)

Revivals and Revisions
Decatur, GA (1993)

Color and Colorfulness in Nineteenth-Century Life
Tampa, FL (1992)