March 26, 2026

AASLH-NCPH 2026 Working Groups Open

Applications for this year’s working groups at the AASLH-NCPH 2026 conference are now open until April 15, 2026!

Working groups, involving up to six facilitators and up to twelve discussants, allow conferees to explore in depth a subject of shared concern before and during the annual meeting. In these seminar-like conversations, participants have a chance to discuss questions raised by specific programs, problems, or initiatives in their own public history practice with peers grappling with similar issues. Working groups articulate a purpose they are working toward or a problem they are actively trying to solve. They aim to create an end product(s), such as a report, article, website, or exhibition.

2026 Working Groups seeking discussants

1. As Above, So Below: Guiding Historic Cemetery Futures
2. Building Humane Leadership and Work Cultures
3. Challenges and Solutions for the Public History Workforce
4. Public Historians and the Housing Crisis
5. Reckoning Well: Working Toward Reparative Institutional Histories of Slavery
6. Solid Succession: Succession Planning Tools for History Organizations
7. The Afterlives of Sacred Spaces
8. Revolutionizing the Work of Teaching
9. Working for “The Man”: Government Museum Employees Group

Please see the individual working group descriptions and other expectations at https://ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Call-for-Working-Group-Discussants.pdf

To apply, please fill out the discussant application form, making sure to select which working group you are applying to join. (You may apply to participate in a working group whether or not you have submitted another presentation or session proposal. You may apply for only one working group.) All working group discussants are expected to register and pay for the annual meeting within six weeks of acceptance. Apply at http://ncph.org/conference/working-group-discussant-application/.