The World History Association

08/30/2026

It's only August 30th and the proposals in response to our Call for Proposals for our 36th annual World History Association conference (in Pittsburgh, June 27-29, 2027) are already coming in at a steady clip!

Our theme couldn't be more timely: "Living in Interesting Times: Inflection Points in World History." Are we in an inflection point right now or....what?

If you haven't already done so, please check out our Call for Proposals: https://www.thewha.org/copy-of-2027-wha-call-for-papers

The deadline for proposals is October 19, 2026

Proposals should submitted using our portal: https://pretalx.com/worldhistassn-pittsburgh-2027/






New England History Teachers Association
World International Big History Association

The World History Association’s 2027 Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA will be organized around the theme of inflection points past and present.

08/24/2026

We're excited to announce our Call for Proposals for the 36th annual World History Association conference in Pittsburgh (June 27-29, 2027)! This year's theme is "Living in Interesting Times: Inflection Points in World History." Please consider submitting a proposal! And please join us.

03/14/2026

Should we wonder if this is what some folks consider global awareness?

03/11/2026

The World History Association will be launching its new and much-improved website around March 20! Be on the lookout for a new and improved interface.

WHA 2026: Closed Borders and Global Connections: Being Global after Globalization The WHA will be hosting the 35th WHA Annual Meeting in Incheon, Korea, from 25- 27 June, 2026, co-sponsored by George Mason University Korea. Please visit the conference website for more details! Conference Website New...

09/25/2025

Submissions for the 2025 Dissertation prize are due next week on 1 October, 2025. To be eligible for the 2025 prize, the dissertation must have been defended as part of Ph.D. or equivalent degree between the dates of 31 August 2023 and 21 August 2025. Eligible candidates are allowed to submit once, not multiple years. The deadline date for submissions is October 1, 2025. Apply here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/WorldHistoryAssociation/WHADissertationPrize

09/11/2025

The WHA is excited to announce the Call for Papers for our next conference to be held in Incheon, Korea, June 25-27, 2026. Find the full CFP and submission information on our conference website: https://thewha.org/conferences/korea-wha.html.

To accommodate people's schedules, we have decided to implement rolling acceptances for our 2026 conference:
- 1 December, 2025: Early submission deadline with notice of acceptance by mid-December 2025
- 1 March, 2026: Standard submission deadline with notice of acceptance by mid-March 2026
[Image: Incheon Grand Bridge, by Cameron Henderson via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0]

04/14/2025

It's not too late to register for today's Monograph Workshop co-sponsored by the WHA and Bloomsbury! We'll walk you through the process of turning your PhD thesis or dissertation into a successful book proposal.

April 14, at 12:30 ET/16:30 UTC

Register for free:

This workshop will focus on revising a PhD thesis into a monograph and how to write a good book proposal for an academic press. The workshop will be led by Maddie Holder, the Senior Commissioning Editor for History at Bloomsbury.

04/10/2025

Calling all graduate students & early career scholars: The WHA with Bloomsbury are hosting a virtual workshop on revising PhD theses into monographs and writing successful book proposals on April 14, 2025 at 12:30pm EDT/16:30 UTC

Register Here: https://members.thewha.org/event/bloomsbury_monograph_workshop_2025

This workshop was designed in service of our Bloomsbury-WHA Diversity in World History Prize, though participation in the monograph prize is not required for attending the workshop.

Find more information about the prize here: https://www.thewha.org/wha-awards/bloomsbury-wha-monograph-prize/