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Are you registered for the biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith History?

John Fea   |  February 24, 2022

As president of the Conference on Faith and History, I invite all of you to Baylor University in Waco, TX from March 31-April 2, 2022 for our biennial meeting. Lisa Diller of Southern Adventist University has put together a great...

Conference on Faith and History postpones biennial conference

John Fea   |  September 4, 2021

From CFH president Beth Allison Barr: Dear CFH community, We have not released registration for the Baylor conference because circumstances changed this week. Although Baylor University is doing well in regards to keeping COVID numbers lower, Central Texas is not. In...

What I learned this weekend

John Fea   |  June 14, 2021

It was good to get back to conferences this weekend. I forgot how much there is to learn through attending conferences and how much face-to-face engagement is so much more effective at stimulating thinking than ZOOM events. On Thursday I...

The American Historical Association cancels its annual meeting

John Fea   |  July 21, 2020

No, it is really cancelled, as in “not taking place.” 🙂  It looks like I am not going to Seattle in January. Here is the AHA letter sent today to its affiliate societies: Dear Colleagues After careful deliberation, the American...

Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History Delayed Until 2021

John Fea   |  April 30, 2020

More here....

CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED: Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History

John Fea   |  March 14, 2020

The new deadline is May 1, 2020 for both the professional conference and the undergraduate conference.  More details about the conference can be found here....

Call for Papers: Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History

John Fea   |  January 24, 2020

See below.  I should add that I have not decided yet on the title of my presidential address.  I will not be speaking on Believe Me.  –JF Call for Papers, Conference on Faith and History Protest, Resistance and Transformation: Agents of...

Conference of Faith and History Events Today

John Fea   |  January 4, 2020

The Conference on Faith and History is sponsoring several events today at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. This morning at 8:30 the Conference will host its annual breakfast reception.  There is no program for this event.  Stop...

Let the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association Begin!

John Fea   |  January 3, 2020

Thousands of historians have converged on New York City this week for the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association (and other history-related meetings). I arrived in New York this afternoon, checked into my hotel, and headed straight to 30...

Correspondents Wanted: 2020 AHA Meeting in New York City

John Fea   |  December 16, 2019

Is anyone interested in a writing a post or two (or three or four or five…) from the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association (and/or related meetings) in New York from January 3-6, 2020? Once again The Way of Improvement Leads...

News from the Conference on Faith and History!

John Fea   |  November 13, 2019

As Vice-President of the Conference on Faith and History, I want to share some news. FIRST, WE HAVE 2020 CONFERENCE DATES! The CFH Biennial Meeting will take place October 7-October 10 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The Program will...

Writers Talk Wendell Berry and Community

John Fea   |  October 10, 2019

This is a session on Berry and community at the recent Front Porch Republic conference.  It includes Jeff Bilbro, Eric Miller, and Jake Meador. Check out Eric Miller‘s talk beginning of the 27:40 mark: [vimeo 363324500 w=640 h=360] Front Porch...

My Favorite Moment From the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society of the History of the Early American Republic (SHEAR)

John Fea   |  July 20, 2019

Yesterday I was part of a panel of early American historians who write op-eds and other public pieces for public consumption.  The panel included Jill Lepore, Erica Dunbar, Yoni Appelbaum, and Grantham Rao. I will blog about this panel later...

Are Scholarly Conferences Accessible to Non-Academic Employers?

John Fea   |  July 10, 2019

Ben Dumbauld, director of content at the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, does not think so.  I think his recent piece at The Chronicle of the Higher Education is worth considering.  Here is a taste: I work for a nonprofit organization that...

SHEAR 2019

John Fea   |  May 3, 2019

On July 17, 2019 I will be in Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend the annual meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.  You can check out the program here. I will be part of a roundtable titled...

#OAH19: “Revisiting Reconstruction Political History”

John Fea   |  April 9, 2019

Katie Lowe, a graduate student in American history at Towson University, is back from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians where she was covering the conference for The Way of Improvement Leads Home.  In this conference dispatch,...

Reflections on a First Visit to the Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians

John Fea   |  April 9, 2019

Katie Lowe, a graduate student in American history at Towson University, is back from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians where she was covering the conference for The Way of Improvement Leads Home.  In this conference dispatch,...

Correspondents Wanted: 2019 OAH in Philadelphia

John Fea   |  April 4, 2019

I know it is late in the game (the conference started today), but is anyone interested in writing a post or two (or three or four or five…) from the Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Philadelphia...

I’m Headed to SHEAR This Year!

John Fea   |  February 8, 2019

That is the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.  It will be good to go back.  I haven’t been to SHEAR in close to a decade!  Here is my panel.  Thanks to Caitlin Fitz for the invite. Roundtable:...

Talk: The State of the Evangelical Mind on Christian College Campuses

John Fea   |  January 11, 2019

This 12-minute paper presentation is from the “State of the Evangelical Mind” conference in Indianapolis.  The conference took place in Fall 2017. [vimeo 294166362 w=640 h=360] What Is the State of the Evangelical Mind on Christian College Campuses?, by John...

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