2025 American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting

2025 American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting
San Antonio, Texas, October 8-11, 2025

DEADLINE: April 15, 2025

The American Society for Ethnohistory (ASE) is the preeminent international organization in its field. Representing multiple disciplines—cultural anthropology, history, American Indian studies, archaeology, ecology, linguistics, and related fields—the society is committed to creating a more inclusive picture of the histories of Native groups across the Americas.

This year’s conference theme is Worlds Together, Worlds Apart. While we welcome presentations that privilege Indigenous experiences and perspectives on any topic, we encourage panels to consider the various ways in which Indigenous groups have interacted with Africans, Europeans, and their descendants, especially in colonial settings where inequalities of class, race, and gender both constituted and subverted these distinctions. The organizers especially seek to feature programming that engages in collaboration and dialogue with Indigenous nations and communities of present-day Texas.

We will consider proposals for a variety of session types, including panels, workshops, and roundtables. Panels should consist of three to four papers and an optional commentator or discussant, while workshops and roundtables can be more loosely formatted. All should include a designated chair and adhere to the session’s 90-minute time slot. We will consider individual paper proposals but strongly encourage individuals to consider posting to H-AmIndian, H-LatAm, H-Borderlands, or similar list servs to find others who are interested in presenting related papers. **Note we can only accommodate in-person sessions.

Please submit proposals NO LATER THAN April 15, 2025: using this Google Form

Complete sessions should include:
Chair (required) and commentator (optional)
Session title and format (panel, workshop, roundtable)
Session abstract (up to 150 words)
Names, email addresses, institutional/tribal affiliations of each participant, chair, and commentator
Title of each presentation (for formal papers)
Abstract for each presentation (up to 150 words)
Brief bio for each presenter, chair, and commentator (up to 100 words)

Individual paper proposals should include:
Name, email address, institutional/tribal affiliation of participants
Title of presentation
Abstract of presentation (up to 150 words)
Brief presenter bio (up to 100 words)

**download 2025 ASE Call for Papers here

For questions regarding the Call for Papers, contact Kelly McDonough, kelly.mcdonough@austin.utexas.edu

When making travel arrangements, be aware that sessions will be held beginning Thursday morning, October 9th, and ending Saturday evening, October 11th. A welcome reception will be held at the conference hotel the evening of Wednesday, October 8th, and the banquet and presidential address will take place Friday, October 10th. Please plan to join us for the entire conference. More information, when available, will be posted on this website.

Conference Co-Organizers