Chicago Women’s History Center, is partnering with Black Metropolis Research Consortium, (BMRC), Evanston History Center and the Women & Leadership Archives at Loyola University Chicago to organize the second Annual Conference on Chicago women’s history. We are also delighted to be partnering with DePaul University to create the design material. We invite you to submit a proposal for our upcoming Conference in 2026 that addresses the theme: Women’s Health Justice: Recovering from the Past to Shape our Future.

Please include an abstract outlining the format and describing the content of your submission in 500 words (this will be published in the conference program booklet), a short biography (300 words), a resume in word doc or pdf, and additional material like images or a poster (no more that two).

Please note the closing date for proposals has been extended to ?Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at midnight CST.