ASALH 110TH ANNUAL - CFP
Dear Research Network, Colleagues and Friends,
Please see the enclosed Call for Papers for the 110th Annual Conference for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). This promises to be a wonderful conference for networking and sharing your research ideas.
The detail are lited below.
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The 2025 Academic Program Committee is proud to announce that it is now accepting proposals for the 110th Annual Meeting and Conference to be held September 24– 27, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Please feel free to share and distribute the following CFP widely. You may also contact us by using the form on this page.
You can submit a proposal via All Academic at the link listed below:
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/asalh/asalh25/
You can also review the FAQ for additional information
Information on conference registration will be available in late spring/summer 2025.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ASALH Members
In 2025, ASALH moved to a new membership platform called YourMembership, your password for All Academic database is the same as YourMembership. If you do not recall your password, use the link below.
Non-Members
If you are not an ASALH member, click the Join Now link below or contact Member Services at membership@asalh.org or call 202-238-5912 for assistance. Guest Non-members may submit proposals, however you will not receive ASALH member benefits. YOU MUST BE AN ASALH MEMBER to be a presenter at the conference.
2025 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Conference Theme: African Americans & Labor
The ASALH Academic Program Committee is pleased to invite proposal submissions for panels, workshops, roundtables, papers, posters, media sessions, and Woodson Lightning Rounds at the 2025 ASALH Annual Meeting and Conference. The conference will be held in person in Atlanta, GA on September 24-27, 2025.
As we approach our 110th ASALH conference, we seek to showcase versatile and innovative historical research that reaches beyond our theme of African American labor or highlights its significance to the Black experience. Black labor has been central to political, economic, social, cultural, and technological transformations across centuries of global society. Therefore, our capacity to work equates to our capacity to struggle, build, critique, and transform. Scholarship across the wide spectrum of the sociohistorical experience of African Americans will help the 110th annual conference ascend to become our greatest gathering.
Our 110th annual conference will also preserve and strengthen African American history in these stressful times. Black history continues to be assaulted on multiple political fronts, and we require scholars committed to studying the African American experience across many fields, topics, and interests. We especially call on emerging scholars and graduate students to submit research from their subfields. ASALH grows stronger each year as new scholars introduce their work at our annual conference.
Coinciding with momentous events like the 2024 election and historical anniversaries such as the 100th anniversary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, and the 40th anniversary of the 1985 bombing of MOVE, our 2025 conference will again boast cutting-edge analysis, debate, and critique that align with Carter G. Woodson’s vision of Black history. We call on all scholars, organizations, students, independent researchers, and others interested in the African American experience to convene in Atlanta, Georgia, for the continued reshaping of African American history and thought.
General Proposals of Black Life, History, and Culture
To be included on the program, your panel proposal need not be centered on the Annual Theme. The academic program committee will also accept panels and individual submissions that explore all aspects of Black life, history, and culture.
Proposal Types
Proposals should be detailed, comprehensive, and descriptive that outline the theme, scope, and aim of the session. Proposals that incorporate the annual theme are preferred, but submissions can be on a variety of temporal, geographical, thematic, and topical areas in Black history, life, and culture. Details on each can be found on the ASALH and All Academic website.
For individuals who are interested in collaborating on a panel, workshop, or roundtable, please use the Google spreadsheet, which is an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration. The spreadsheet is not monitored by ASALH or the Academic Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process.
Individual Submissions
Paper Submissions: Individual(s) can submit papers. These papers will be put together with other papers on the same theme/topic by the Academic Program Committee. Papers will ONLY be accepted by non-academics, undergraduate, and graduate students on the 2025 Annual Black History Theme: African Americans and Labor. Paper submissions are not guaranteed audiovisual during the conference. There will be limited slots for paper sessions at the ASALH annual meeting. Submissions that are performances or plays will not be accepted.
Woodson Lightning Round/Pop-Ups: Individual(s) can submit lightning round papers/presentations. These proposals will be put together with other lightning-round proposals by the Academic Program Committee.
Poster Submissions: Individual(s) and ASALH Branches can submit posters. The posters will be put together in a single or multiple session by the Academic Program Committee. Posters have both a virtual/pre-recording and in-person component.
Session Submissions
Proposals will be accepted by all affiliations and academic status. Access to audiovisuals is not guaranteed during the conference. Panels: Are sessions composed of individuals presenting different papers/presentations on a specific concept/topic/idea.
Roundtables: These are sessions that are composed of individuals presenting a single idea/concept/theme.
Workshops: These are sessions that are hands-on and work to teach attendees about a particular tool, project, idea, and theme. Sessions that are performances or plays will not be accepted.
Media: These are sessions that are comprised of an individual film or a film panel where a moderated or group discussion of a film is conducted following the screening.
Sincerely,
Gus Wood,
2025 Academic Program Committee Chair