The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is delighted to host its first stand-alone conference, June 4-6, 2026, at Loyola University’s Water Tower Campus in Chicago, Illinois. The conference program will feature scholars and practitioners, including public historians, archivists, and teachers, interested in US history from Reconstruction through the 1920s. It will include a keynote by Gabriel Winant (University of Chicago), seminars with pre-circulated papers, workshops for scholars preparing books, discussion-based roundtables, as well as traditional paper panels. There will also be insider Chicago tours, social gatherings, and a plenary session and reception at the Driehaus Museum.
Please check back here soon for registration instructions, the conference program, and details about lodging and the conference site.
Conference Registration Rates:
Member: $160
Non-Member: $225
Graduate Student: $110
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Membership in SHGAPE affords you a place in the primary professional network of Gilded Age and Progressive Era scholars. Your membership gains you entry into a vibrant and growing community and helps to advance your understanding of a critical period in American history. As a self-supporting organization, SHGAPE depends on its members to continue its current activities and take on new initiatives
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