Annual Meeting

Each year, the CHA organizes a three-day conference that is held in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Annual Meeting provides historians in all fields an opportunity to showcase their research and discuss issues relating to the discipline.

2020

2020 CHA Annual Meeting – Western University

Call for Papers

Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting
Western University
London, Ontario
1-3 June 2020

In June 2020, Western University in London, Ontario will host the 99th annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association. This year’s Program Committee has elected not to designate a conference theme. Instead, all are invited to submit proposals in English or French on any topic related to the research, teaching, or presentation of history. Proposals are welcome from academic and public historians and from colleagues in related disciplines, from Indigenous people as well as settlers, from within and beyond Canada, and on any era, people, or place within or beyond Canada, with a special interest in transnational and comparative perspectives.

All sessions are 90 minutes, and most will consist of four presenters. The Program Committee strongly encourages submissions of full panels, including a chair, but individual submissions are also welcome. We also invite proposals for sessions in other formats, such as roundtables and film screenings. (The annual meeting will also feature a session to showcase posters and digital projects. The call for this session will be announced early in 2020.) Only one paper proposal per individual will be accepted. We reserve the right to request additional information and modify panels if necessary.

Generally, presenters must attend the conference and present in person. However, we will also plan for a small number of remote presentations, connecting over Skype, Zoom, or another video conferencing service. Those proposing a remote presentation or even full session will be asked in the submission process to provide a justification for presenting in this form. Please note that all presenters, including those presenting remotely, must be members in good standing of the CHA.

The CHA has launched a new electronic submission system, and all proposals are to be submitted through this site, at https://cha-shc.ca/abstracts. Applicants will need to sign in (if you have been a member of the CHA within the last five years) or create a user profile to access that section.

Proposals consist of contact information, a 250-word panel abstract (if applicable), a 250-word abstract for each presenter, a 1-page curriculum vitae for each presenter, a justification for presenting remotely (if applicable), and reference to anticipated AV requirements. The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2019. No late submissions will be accepted. If you have any questions about this call for papers, the electronic submission process, or the annual meeting itself, please email cha.shc.2020@uwo.ca.

2019

2019 CHA Annual Meeting – University of British Columbia

Conversations across time, place, and culture

2019 Congress Logo
June 3-5, 2019

A Beginner's Guide to the 2019 CHA Annual Meeting

Have a look at the CHA's program.

The Program at a glance

2018

2018 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Regina

Gathering Diversities

2017

2017 CHA Annual Meeting – Ryerson University

From Far and Wide: The Next 150

2016

2016 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Calgary

The Stories

The Program at a glance
Sunday & Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Recording of the Panel on Access to Information: Historical Research under Bill C-59

2015

2015 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Ottawa

Rethinking History

Listen to the podcast of CHA President Dominique Marshall's address entitled "Children's Drawings and Humanitarian Aid".

History Slam: Canadian Mysteries with John Lutz and Ruth Sandwell - http://activehistory.ca/2015/07/history-slam-episode-sixty-five-canadian-mysteries/

History Slam: Metis and the Medicine Line with Michel Hogue - http://activehistory.ca/2015/06/history-slam-episode-sixty-three-metis-and-the-medicine-line/

History Slam: Congress Recap with Michel Duquet, executive director of the Canadian Historical Association, and Benoit Longval, a graduate student at the University of Ottawa, about the graduate student experience at Congress, the pros and cons of roundtables, and the logistics of the CHA. http://activehistory.ca/2015/06/history-slam-episode-sixty-two-congress-recap-2015/

Dean Oliver's Keynote - http://activehistory.ca/2015/06/podcast-isnt-all-history-public-knowledge-wisdom-and-utility-in-the-great-age-of-storytelling/

Roundtable on Charitable Organizations and Citizen Engagement - http://activehistory.ca/2015/07/podcast-public-private-political-charitable-organizations-and-citizen-engagement/

History Slam: Commemorations in the National Capital Region: Evolution and Findings - http://activehistory.ca/2015/08/podcast-commemorations-in-the-national-capital-region-evolution-and-findings/

History Slam: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights - http://activehistory.ca/2015/08/history-slam-episode-sixty-seven-the-canadian-museum-for-human-rights/

History Slam: First Nations, Calgary Stampede, and the 1923 Raid on City Hall - http://activehistory.ca/2015/09/history-slam-episode-seventy-first-nations-the-calgary-stampede-and-the-1923-raid-on-city-hall/

2014

2014 CHA Annual Meeting – Brock University

Boundaries of Historical Inquiry

Participants share their experience at the CHA Annual Meeting.

You can listen to this podcast on ActiveHistory.

2013

2013 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Victoria

Intersections and Edges

Lyle Dick's Presidential Address
http://activehistory.ca/2013/07/podcast-lyle-dicks-cha-presidential-address/

Tweets during Lyle Dick's Presidential Address
http://storify.com/jomac1867/chashc2013-president-s-address

Active History
Sean Graham of ActiveHistory interviews the president of the CHA Graduate Student Committee; Jo-Anne McCutcheon, treasurer of the CHA; and Jodey Nurse from Guelph University http://activehistory.ca/2013/06/history-slam-episode-twenty-three-congress-recap/#more-11367

2012

2012 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University

Scholarship at a Crossroads

CHA Keynote Address

2011

2011 CHA Annual Meeting – Fredericton (University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University)

History, Memory, People and Place

2010

2010 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal (Concordia University)

Telling Stories/Storytelling

2009

2009 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa (Carleton University)

Authority in the Past, Authority of the Past

2008

2008 CHA Annual Meeting – Vancouver (University of British Columbia)

2007

2007 CHA Annual Meeting – Saskatoon (University of Saskatchewan)

2006

2006 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto (York University)

2005

2005 CHA Annual Meeting – London (University of Western Ontario)

2004

2004 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg (University of Manitoba)

2003

2003 CHA Annual Meeting – Halifax (Dalhousie University)

2002

2002 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto (University of Toronto)

2001

2001 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City (Laval University)

2000

2000 CHA Annual Meeting – Edmonton (University of Alberta)

1999

1999 CHA Annual Meeting – Sherbrooke, Quebec

1998

1998 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1997

1997 CHA Annual Meeting – St. John’s, Newfoundland

1996

1996 CHA Annual Meeting – St. Catharines, Ontario

1995

1995 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1994

1994 CHA Annual Meeting – Calgary, Alberta

1993

1993 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1992

1992 CHA Annual Meeting – Charlottetown, PEI

1991

1991 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario

1990

1990 CHA Annual Meeting – Victoria, B.C.

1989

1989 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec

1988

1988 CHA Annual Meeting – Windsor, Ontario

1987

1987 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario

1986

1986 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba

1985

1985 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1984

1984 CHA Annual Meeting – Guelph, Ontario

1983

1983 CHA Annual Meeting – Victoria, B.C.

1982

1982 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1981

1981 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario

1980

1980 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1979

1979 CHA Annual Meeting – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1978

1978 CHA Annual Meeting – London, Ontario

1977

1977 CHA Annual Meeting – Fredericton, New-Brunswick

1976

1976 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec

1975

1975 CHA Annual Meeting – Edmonton, Alberta

1974

1974 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario

1973

1973 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario

1972

1972 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1971

1971 CHA Annual Meeting – St. John's, Newfoundland

1970

1970 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba

1969

1969 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario

1968

1968 CHA Annual Meeting – Calgary, Alberta

1967

1967 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1966

1966 CHA Annual Meeting – Sherbrooke, Quebec

1965

1965 CHA Annual Meeting – Vancouver, B.C.

1964

1964 CHA Annual Meeting – Charlottetown, PEI

1963

1963 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec

1962

1962 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario

1961

1961 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1960

1960 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario

1959

1959 CHA Annual Meeting – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1958

1958 CHA Annual Meeting – Edmonton, Alberta

1957

1957 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1956

1956 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1955

1955 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario

1954

1954 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba

1953

1953 CHA Annual Meeting – London, Ontario

1952

1952 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec

1951

1951 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1950

1950 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario

1949

1949 CHA Annual Meeting – Halifax, Nova Scotia

1948

1948 CHA Annual Meeting – Victoria & Vancouver, British Columbia

1947

1947 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec

1946

1946 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario

1945

1945 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario

1944

1944 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1943

1943 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario

1942

1942 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario

1941

1941 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario

1940

1940 CHA Annual Meeting – London, Ontario

1939

1939 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1938

1938 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1937

1937 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario

1936

1936 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1935

1935 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario

1934

1934 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1933

1933 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1932

1932 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1931

1931 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1930

1930 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1929

1929 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1928

1928 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba

1927

1927 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario

1926

1926 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1925

1925 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec

1924

1924 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec

1923

1923 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

1922

1922 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario