Lancaster University, UK, 01/03-07-2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will take place at Lancaster University. The conference is an in person event and will be programmed over three days, from Wednesday 1 to Friday 3 July. The programme will be organised thematically and incorporate panels of three 20-minute papers or four 15-minute papers.
Alongside the papers, there will be a plenary roundtable, a keynote lecture from Emma Griffin, publisher tables, more hands-on workshops, and plenty of opportunities to meet colleagues and make new connections. Further details will be released soon.
We warmly welcome proposals for individual papers and panels from new and established historians, working inside and outside Higher Education. Our conference is organised by eight thematic strands, which range across time and space. The strands have been updated for 2026 and are:
– Bodies, Sex and Emotions
– ‘Deviance’, Inclusion and Exclusion
– Spaces & Places of History and Heritage
– Inequalities, Activism and Social Justice
– Life Cycles, Families and Communities
– Politics, Policy and Citizenship
– Subalterns, Decoloniality and the Postcolonial
– Work, Leisure and Consumption
Your abstract should address at least one of our strands and indicate which is your first preference. The full details of each strand are available here. Abstracts for individual paper should be no more than 250 words. Panel proposals should include an overarching title alongside the individual details.
Please submit your proposal by midnight on 16 January 2026.

The complete call and the application form are available at this link.