2025 NCHE Conference

All History is Local

Hyatt Regency at The Arch
St. Louis, MO | March 20-22, 2025

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Keynote Sessions

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Educator Panel

 

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Submission deadline is: September 23, 2024

 

NCHE Call for Proposals
All History is Local
March 20-22, 2025

On April 6, 1846, a married couple walked into a government building that took up an entire city block and filed paperwork that 300 others had filed before them. Afterward, they continued with their daily lives, working and raising their daughters and living amongst neighbors in their riverside community of nearly 40,000 people.

This rather ordinary story becomes extraordinary when we learn that the couple was Dred and Harriet Scott, and that the paperwork filed in St. Louis launched 11 years of litigation and a US Supreme Court landmark ruling that upheld the expansion of slavery into the territories and withheld the rights of citizenship from enslaved Americans.

The Scotts’ story is local history at its core. Though this particular freedom suit had a far-reaching impact, it began as an individual story of an enslaved man brought to free territories, where he lived, worked, married, and had children. This family’s local experience was catapulted into a significant historical legacy.

All history is local. Every event takes place where people live ordinary lives. A place that was an anonymous part of a local landscape takes on new meaning when historic actions occur. Individuals fuel national movements in their local communities, taking part in wars and protests and social movements that would not be possible without their cooperative involvement. The history of our places is important – sometimes just to a local community, and sometimes to communities that span regions, nations, and beyond. It’s critical that our students understand how their local history fits into a national narrative, and vice versa.

The National Council for History Education invites proposals focused on the concept of “All History is Local.” How have seemingly localized actions impacted national or international history? How have sprawling historical events affected people in local communities? How did ordinary people make extraordinary history – individually, collectively, famously, or anonymously? We invite presenters to consider the many ways in which local people and places play significant roles in historical narratives, and how larger historical events are experienced in specific places

Sessions may focus on local, regional, national, or world history for elementary, middle, high school, and college classrooms. NCHE encourages submissions that offer rich historical content, innovative pedagogical strategies, and that foster inquiry and critical thinking.

We encourage proposals that make vibrant connections between global and local histories; that highlight underrepresented histories from Indigenous, African, Asian, Pacific, Latine, MIddle Eastern, and European diasporic communities; that explore rural experiences and connect them to larger contexts; and that place LGBTQIA+, disability, and religious communities in local, national, and global settings.

Breakout Session:  These teacher workshops are typically interactive “how to” sessions designed for the K-12 educator and are 50 minutes in length.

Mini Session: Mini Session topics range from teaching ideas to research reports. Presenters have 15 minutes to present information and answer questions. Each mini session typically includes three separate 15-minute presentations in the same room within a 50-minute time period.

Poster Session: Poster Session topics range from teaching ideas to research reports. Poster presenters display their information visually (ex. poster/display board) and interact with interested attendees during the 30-minute session. Presenters remain with their posters. The poster session period may include 8-15 simultaneous presenters.

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Opening Night Reception
Thursday, March 20
5:00 – 7:00 PM

Join fellow attendees, keynote speakers, and the NCHE Board of Directors for light refreshments in the NCHE Exhibit Hall.  Visit with the exhibitors, catch-up with old friends, and make new friends during this relaxing start to the conference.  Only those registered for the Conference may attend. There is no charge for the Opening Reception.

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Friday, March 21

Conference Hotel:

Hyatt Regency at The Arch
315 Chestnut Street
St. Louis, MO  63102
(314) 655-1234

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The 2025 NCHE Conference is located at the Hyatt Regency at The Arch.

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Airport Information:

St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is located 14 miles from the Conference Hotel.

Hyatt Regency at The Arch

STL is served by the following carriers:

Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit, and United Airlines

Greyhound Information

Station is located at:
430 S 15th Street
St. Louis, MO  63103
(800) 231-2222
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Amtrak Information:

Station is located at:
430 S 15th Street
St. Louis, MO  63103
(800) 872-7245
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