Difficult Histories in a Global Context

Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting
29-31 May 2023

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

In May 2023, York University in Toronto, Ontario will host the 102nd annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The CHA annual meeting will be in-person with a very limited number of hybrid sessions. 

Reflective of the Congress 2023 theme “Reckonings and Re-Imaginings,” the CHA conference theme for 2023 is Difficult Histories in a Global Context. The identification of unmarked graves on the grounds of Residential Schools in 2021 has brought Canadians face-to-face with one of the most difficult chapters of their history. Other countries are also grappling with challenging issues, including the histories and consequences of colonialism, racism, gender-based violence and environmental degradation. How are scholars investigating these difficult histories?  And how do such analyses sit alongside histories of joy, love, resistance and achievement?  How can centring Indigenous, Black and other marginalized voices reframe national historical narratives? How can history contribute to the “reckonings and re-imaginings” critically needed today? These are some of the questions that will be addressed at the Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting. As per usual, the program committee welcomes any other proposal related to the research, teaching, or presentation of history. 

Congress 2023

The Program Committee invites all scholars interested in presenting papers at the CHA’s 2023 conference to submit abstracts for individual papers or proposals for sessions (typically 3 papers) on topics related to the research, teaching, or presentation of history including, but not limited to, the theme of Difficult Histories in a Global Context. 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.

• Meeting languages: The CHA is a bilingual society. Individual papers may be given in English or French, but efforts to broaden participation are appreciated (e.g., a presentation in English could be accompanied by a PowerPoint in French, and vice versa). Panel sessions can be presented in either English or French, but bilingual sessions are especially welcomed.
• The CHA’s 2023 Annual Meeting will be held in person; but we have the capacity for a very small number of hybrid sessions which will permit off-site presenters to participate (the capacity for remote streaming of sessions to off-site audiences is to be determined). If you or your panel can only present if the format is remote, please indicate this on the submission form. Please keep in mind that only a very small number of remote presentations will be possible and that your chances of being included in the program are less likely should you choose the option to only participate virtually.
• Number of submissions: Individuals can only submit one abstract for the CHA meeting (i.e., either an abstract for an individual paper or an abstract as part of a session proposal).
• Individual paper submissions should include the completed form (with author’s name, contact information and list of keywords) as well as an attached file with a title and a brief abstract (250 words).
• Session proposals should include the completed form (with presenters’ names and contact information as well as the name and contact information for the session organizer, and a list of keywords) as well as an attached file which lists (in a single file) the session title, paper titles, and brief abstracts (250 words) for each paper.

You do not have to be a member to submit your proposal but you will need to create a profile to do so. However, should your proposal be accepted, please note that all participants at the annual meeting must be members of the CHA.

Click on the link to submit your proposal https://cha-shc.ca/submissions/call-for-papers-2023-cha-annual-meeting.
Deadline to submit a proposal: October 30, 2022

Michele A. Johnson and Kathryn M. McPherson
Co-chairs of the 2023 CHA Annual
Contact email: chashc23@yorku.ca. 

Canadian Historical Association’s 100th Anniversary Meeting
May 16-18 2022

The Canadian Historical Association offices are located on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People as is the virtual platform that we are using to host this conference.  But we come together on-line from many different territories, all of which have experienced the effects of colonization.  We encourage all participants to take a moment to acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples on whose land they live, work and play.

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Final Program

Daily Programming

2021 Program

2021 CHA Prize Winners

Click on the image for History and Classics Titles

The CHA Annual Meeting was cancelled due to COVID-19

     Cancelled Program

AGM Minutes

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

Program

The Program at a glance

The Program at a glance
Sunday & Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

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

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/

Participants share their experience at the CHA Annual Meeting.

You can listen to this podcast on ActiveHistory.

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

CHA Keynote Address