"Intellectual Historians' Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices"

The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held on November 12-14, 2026, at the University of Wisconsin's Pyle Center. This conference seeks to foster practice-based conversations about the research, writing, and teaching of intellectual history. Topics include new approaches to the history of: slavery, political thought and culture, technology, education and universities, religion and spirituality, drugs and consciousness, literature and the avant garde, and more.