Call for Papers
University of Colorado Boulder’s 26th Annual
October 3–5, 2025
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025
The graduate students of the History Department at the University of Colorado Boulder are pleased to announce the twenty-sixth annual Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference.
This academic conference provides an opportunity for students to present papers, gain experience in public speaking, and attend workshops on professional development and teaching. First-time presenters are especially encouraged to participate.
This year’s conference will be based around the theme of Moments of Disruption: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assessing Change
Please apply online at: https://forms.gle/AzKT7xb3HBPCWdK39
You can email your CV and abstract to rmihc@colorado.edu
Complete the submission form and upload a one-page abstract of the paper and a current CV (all files should be uploaded in .pdf). The abstract should clearly express an original argument rooted in extensive primary source research.
Join us for a conference that transcends the boundaries of history. Our wish is to bridge disciplines, weaving a tapestry of understanding that transcends the frontiers of our disciplines. We wish to explore the intersections of crisis, dialogue, dispute, and representation, fostering interdisciplinary conversations, since these are questions connected beyond the historical field. Papers that address these themes might include political, socioeconomic or cultural questions, transnational, comparative, global histories, art, music, or other cultural mediums.
We welcome submissions with a historical element from graduate students working in any discipline. Exceptional undergraduate papers will be considered. Past participants have come from fields as diverse as history, political science, economics, cultural studies, philosophy, comparative literature, sociology, film, art history, religious studies, anthropology, women’s and gender studies, geography, ethnic studies, and theater.
PRESENTATION DETAILS
Every paper will receive commentary by another graduate student, and a faculty member will moderate each panel session. Presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS
Presentations will be strictly limited to 15 minutes, thus, papers should be 8 pages in length, not including endnotes and bibliography.
There will be a small monetary award for the best conference paper.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor Mithi Mukherjee
"The Russo-Japanese War, Asianism, and Anticolonialism in British India (1905-1919)"
WORKSHOPS
TBA
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