CFP: Mapping Post-Truth across Disciplines

Key Information
Proposals due June 30th, 2026 to posttruthconference@gmail.com
Decision of acceptance communicated by July 15th, end of day 

Dates: October 29th-30th, 2026
Location: University of Memphis, specific locations TBD 
Fee: TBD

Overview
“Post-truth,” broadly understood, denotes a general erosion of mutually shared reality, resulting in what some term an “epistemic crisis.” Such an ostensible epistemic crisis ranges in degree from the outright negation of commonly understood truth to a shift in how we categorically define, measure, or use truth. “Post-truth” as conceptual problematic has thus also been instantiated and reflected in various practical applications: mis-/dis-information; “fake news”; the rise of conspiracy theorization; artificial intelligence; censorship, suppression/repression, and manipulation; etc. 

The growing pervasiveness of such an epistemic crisis (i.e., “post-truth”) has implicated numerous academic disciplines: communication and rhetoric; psychology; journalism; political science; history; sociology; philosophy; writing studies; etc. While practical divergences emerge between disciplines in terms of how “post-truth” is pursued in specificity, there is now an exigence for inter- and trans-disciplinary collaboration on such an epistemic crisis. 

The University of Memphis Post-Truth Collective invites 250-word (max) abstract proposals for the Mapping Post-Truth across Disciplines Conference, to be held at the University of Memphis on October 29-30th, 2026. We invite submissions from graduate students and faculty from all disciplines on a range of related topics, including but not limited to:

  • Epistemology
  • Social Ontology
  • Fake news
  • Mis- and Dis-information
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Rhetorical Invention
  • Conspiracy Theories
  • Censorship, Repression/Suppression, Manipulation
  • Journalism Ethics and Laws
  • Bots and Algorithms
  • The Mandela Effect
  • Affect
  • Aesthetics
  • Screen Culture
  • Education Policy
  • Media Literacy
  • Jurisprudence
  • Writing Studies
  • History
  • Group Psychology
  • Popular Culture
  • Media Studies/Theory
  • Religious Studies

We are particularly interested in proposals that produce generative solutions to the “post-truth” problematic, rather than critical, analytic diagnostics and descriptions of what it is. The goal of this conference is to seek trans- and inter-disciplinary collaboration on potential resolutions, (re)appropriations, and productive rethinking of (post-)truth, especially in the service of common good well-being. 

Conference Objectives
Because the primary objective of the conference is to facilitate inter- and trans-disciplinary collaboration on similar sub-topics pursued by scholars in different disciplines, panels will include 3-4 presenters from different disciplines. In the event a group of inter- and/or trans-disciplinary scholars would like to propose a complete panel, please submit an abstract with 250-word (max) abstracts and a 250-word (max) summative rationale for the panel. As an alternative to publication of conference proceedings, this conference will generate a white paper at the conclusion of the conference. Such a white paper could turn into an edited collection, contingent upon conference attendees’ interest. 

Conference Information
Please submit all conference proposals, as well as any questions or concerns, to Dr. Scott Sundvall: posttruthconference@gmail.com by June 30th, 2026. Decisions of acceptance will be communicated by July 15th, end of day. Keynote Speaker: Zahid R. Chaudhary, Princeton University. Thursday evening (October 29th). 

Contact Information

Dr. Scott Sundvall, Associate Professor, University of Memphis

Contact Email

posttruthconference@gmail.com

CFP: Printing History Themed Issue: Printing Across Borders

Printing History 39 will spotlight print practices that engage critically with the theme of borders and border crossings. The topic can be approached literally and/or conceptually. We are particularly interested in articles that challenge, upend, or otherwise interrogate notions of national identity, imagined communities, and borderlands. 

We invite interested researchers, professionals, and practitioners to share work engaged with the following topics:

  • Print production straddling geographic and/or figurative borders
  • Printed materials that resist xenophobia and challenge nationalist impulses 
  • Activist print cultures: posters, broadsides, zines, ephemera
  • Anticolonial, radical, revolutionary printing
  • Print as political and cultural critique
  • Print practices of underresearched and/or marginalized groups and individuals

In general, Printing History follows the Chicago Manual of Style. An APHA style guide and further information for contributors can be downloaded here. 

Submissions should be emailed to editor@printinghistory.org. If you have questions about this issue, the process, or the journal in general, do not hesitate to write. We do not solicit proposals for articles, but we are happy to discuss ideas and abstracts via email.

Submission deadline: June 12, 2026

Journal of Western Archives Reader Survey

You are invited to participate in a research project being conducted by L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of how archivists use and value the Journal of Western Archives.

If you choose to participate, you will be asked to complete an anonymous web-based survey. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes. The survey is in English. The survey will not collect any identifiable information, and no one will be able to connect your responses to you. Your anonymity is further protected by using an implied consent on the survey. Please print this invitation for future reference. You may answer any and all questions on the survey or decline to participate. Reminder emails will be sent to non-responders to encourage participation. If you do not wish to participate and do not want to receive these reminders, please click on the link and answer “no” to the first question. However, we hope that you will take a moment to share your experience with us. You will not be paid for participating in this survey.

Consent will be asked in the first question on the survey: “Having read the invitation, are you willing to participate in the survey?” Yes or No.

The survey is available at byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_09hNWIgdh51SFmu,  and will be available until June 30, 2026. If you have any questions about the study, please contact J. Gordon Daines III at gordon_daines@byu.edu, or at 801-422-5821. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, you can call the BYU Human Research Protections Program at 801-422-1461 or BYU.HRPP@byu.edu. Please reference IRB ID# 2026-268.

Sincerely,

J. Gordon Daines III

CFP: 2026 AMIA Conference

The AMIA Conference Committee invites proposal submissions for sessions, posters, and workshops for the AMIA Annual Conference to be held December 2-4 in Pittsburgh, PA.

The Conference Committee works to present a broad-based program that captures the work and perspectives across the field and speaks to a wide range of attendees. Sessions should balance theory and practice while introducing new ideas and approaches that stimulate engagement, participation, and learning. In keeping with our commitment to inclusion, we encourage proposers to use conference sessions as an opportunity to highlight new voices, perspectives, and experiences.

We encourage you to read the Call for Proposals Notes and FAQ which explain the review process and offers information and tips on what the reviewers and the Conference Committee consider in the proposal process. You can contact our Proposal Help Desk with any questions throughout the process.

The Committee has created a Google spreadsheet to connect individuals seeking ideas and/or collaborators for session and workshop proposals. The spreadsheet is provided as a means of communication only: the Committee does not monitor the document and it is not part of the official submission process.

As in the past, AMIA 2026 invites various types of presentations (read more about each format here) –

  • Paper/Report Presentation (25 minutes)
  • Project Reports (10 minutes)
  • Panels (60 minutes)
  • Forum/Conversation (60 minutes)
  • Lightning Talk (4-5 minutes)
  • Screening Session (60 minutes) held at conference hotel
  • Poster Presentation
  • Workshop Workshops are a half day (3-4 hours) or full day (6-8 hours) held pre or post-conference

AMIA 2026 will be an in person event, with a primary emphasis on in-person participation. We do ask for those submitting a conference proposal to be fully committed to being part of the event on acceptance of your conference proposal. We will do our best to honor and accommodate requests from those wishing to participate in the conference, and we appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Submit proposal

Survey Invitation-What I Did Not Learn in Library School

After you secured your first professional library position, what did you wish you had learned in library school? What did you not learn that would have been helpful when starting out in the profession?
 
Please consider taking part in the survey What I Did Not Learn in Library School. The survey is located at surveys.csus.edu/jfe/form/SV_eIG9QGd2z7LiKPQ. The survey will remain open until June 30, 2026.
 
In 2016, a research team comprised of Sarah Allison, Adam Heien, and Caitlin Wells conducted a survey to better understand how professional development, library school curriculum, and mentorship could improve the library profession. This data was preserved and not published. Ten years later, a second research team, led by Sarah Allison, will compare the 2016 and 2026 data to analyze what has changed and what has stayed the same. 
 
The survey is open to anyone who has received their MLIS or a similar degree who works or has worked in an academic, public, and/or special library with a focus on special collections and archives. Your participation is voluntary, and there are no risks associated with taking this survey. Additionally, your responses will remain anonymous, and any result will be reported in aggregate.
 
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Sarah Allison at sarah.allison@csus.edu.
 
Thank you very much for your consideration.


Sincerely,
Sarah Allison, Head, Gerth Special Collections & University Archives, Sacramento State University 
Diane Dias De Fazio, Library Services Manager for Rare Books, Special Collections & Collections Care, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Evan N. Miller, Digital Preservation and Digital Collections Archivist, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, Indiana University Indianapolis

Call for Submission: Special Issue of Archives and Records

Archival practice in complex systems: risk, ethics, infrastructure, and evolving institutional roles, collaboration, and governance

Archives and Records invites submissions for a future special issue exploring how contemporary archival practice is shaped by risk, ethics, and infrastructure in conditions of increasing organisational, technical, and environmental complexity.

Across archives, records management, digital preservation, conservation, audiovisual preservation, and related fields, practitioners are working within large-scale systems, interconnected services, and evolving governance frameworks. These contexts raise shared questions about appraisal, access, accountability, sustainability, professional responsibility, and the ethical limits of automation and technology adoption. This includes the increase in service models where data is stored in shared environments, creating scenarios by which responsibility is distributed and governance is less clearly defined.

At the same time, the role of the archive within institutions is changing. Archival functions are increasingly embedded within broader organisational infrastructures, requiring closer collaboration with areas such as enterprise architecture, IT service management, information governance, and research data services. These relationships are reshaping how archival work is understood, designed, and delivered, positioning archives not only as custodians of records, but as active participants in institutional strategy, systems design, and risk management.

This special issue seeks reflective, comparative, and practice-informed contributions that examine how archival work is governed, justified, and sustained in environments characterised by scale, interdependence, and uncertainty. Rather than focusing on a single technology or professional domain, the issue aims to foster dialogue across disciplines and institutional contexts.

Indicative themes include, but are not limited to:
● Risk as a strategic framework for archival decision-making, governance, and prioritisation
● Ethical judgement, refusal, or non-adoption of technologies (including AI) as professional practice
● Infrastructure as a socio-technical and environmental concern in archival work
● Appraisal, selection, and context-building in complex or large-scale systems
● Access to born-digital and digital-derived records, including sensitivity review and controlled access models
● Environmental sustainability and long-term stewardship responsibilities
● Convergence and overlap between archives, records management, conservation, and audiovisual practice
● Evolving skills and training requirements for archivists, records managers, conservationists, and AV engineers in an increasing automated environment
● Professional boundaries, skills, and labour in contexts of organisational and technical complexity
● Collaboration with internal or external peers or networks that reframe an archive’s role or identify within an institution.

Submission Instructions

Articles should be no more than 8,000 words (including footnotes and references) and written in accordance with the style guide and reference guide (Chicago endnotes and bibliography) provided by Archives and Records. Shorter papers may be considered or authors may be encouraged to collaborate if they submit similar proposals. For an informal discussion about publishing in the special issue, contact Caylin Smith (cs2059@cam.ac.uk).

In the first instance, please send a 500 words (maximum) proposal to: cs2059@cam.ac.uk, by Friday May 30th. Proposals should contain a brief outline of the proposed article, up to five key words, a title and author affiliations. All submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed prior to acceptance for publication. An invitation to submit an article does not guarantee publication in the final issue. All submissions should be presented in line with the Archives and Records Instructions for Authors.

Read the Instructions for Authors on Archives and Records

Submit an article to Archives and Records

CFP: Oral History Review: Conflict Oral History: Ukraine, Palestine…& Elsewhere

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conflict Oral History: Ukraine, Palestine…& Elsewhere

While the focus on current events in the oral history field remains controversial, (contemporary) crisis oral history continues to grow. However, violent contemporary crises—from invasions and wars to the plight of refugees—often reflect decades if not centuries’-old conflicts and are therefore also historical. How can oral historians ethically engage in current conflict zones or with refugees? Is it too soon to do so? What are the costs of not documenting now? What is the long history of each country or region and how does that history inform peoples’ identity?

The Oral History Review invites article submissions on these and other issues from and about Ukraine, Palestine, and other war-torn countries and regions for consideration in the journal from Spring 2027.

Some potential themes to consider:

  • War, migration & refugee realities
  • Safekeeping collections (in a potentially shifting physical archive or under threat of censorship)
  • Places/time where/when research is physically impossible (or forbidden)
  • Ethical considerations, challenges, risks, and precarity
    • Displaced researchers in wartime 
    • Being interviewed as a displaced oral historian and the framework of “refugee”
    • For researchers still at home, where every day is a struggle for survival
    • Funding: in Ukraine, there is “finally” funding, but deliverables are expected
    • Funding: in Palestine–is there any, who are the funders and what are the stipulations?
    • History, contested history and contested memory & landscapes of memory/identity
    • The state of the oral history field in Ukraine or Palestine before and since the most recent invasions
    • For Palestine: The Gaza Strip

Please note that the Oral History Review published its first piece on Ukrainians living with–or in this case, fleeing–the Russian invasion of their country since 2022 in spring 2026.

SeeEleanor Paynter, “Crisis Oral History and the Asylum Timescape: Temporalities, Solidarities, and Affect in Interviews with Ukrainians with Temporary Protection in Italy” (Spring 2026, 53(1), 141–166). https://doi.org/10.1080/00940798.2026.2633140

To be considered for the Spring 2027 issue, submissions are due by July 2026, but we accept submissions on a rolling basis.

Please read our Mission Statement https://oralhistory.org/about-the-oral-history-review/ and contact the editors with any questions:

Holly Werner-Thomas, Editor-in-Chief, holly@hollythomasoralhistory.com

Molly Todd, Managing Editor, managingeditorohr@gmail.com

CFP: Oral History Review: Oral History in Practice: Applied Oral History, Survey Articles, From the Archives

CALL FOR PAPERS

Oral History in Practice: Applied Oral History, Survey Articles, From the Archives

 The Editors of the Oral History Review invite prospective authors to submit articles on oral history practice based on our recently expanded Mission Statement for consideration in issues beginning in 2027. In particular, we seek research-based articles focusing on state-of-the field surveys, applied oral history, and archives. We describe each of these features below.

Survey Articles

Survey articles serve as a kind of “state of the field” essay. They explore the evolution and/or current role of oral history.

Some Survey Article topics of special interest to the Editors include:

  • A survey article on a specific location (country, region, or state), e.g.—
  • Oral history in and from both French and English-speaking Canada. (What is the state of the field and the relationship to oral history in the U.S., and to the English and/or French-speaking world more broadly? How do the regions of Canadian oral history interact? Why was the Canadian Oral History Association dissolved?)
  • A survey article on the history and evolution of feminist contributions to oral history methodology–and therefore historiography. (While this is largely the theme of Beyond Women’s Words—itself a reflection on the classic 1991 text by Sherna Berger Gluck and Daphne Patai, Women’s Words––other early works have been published in the OHR, including in 1979, “Oral History in Teaching Women’s Studies,” and, in 1987, “Beginning Where We Are: Feminist Methodology in Oral History.” Is it time for an update with a view toward the historiography of oral history? 
  • The practices of oral history under authoritarianism. How have oral historians in different regions approached their work in dangerous times? What patterns or changes over time can be identified? What is the state of intellectual/academic freedom? How has funding been weaponized?
  • A survey article on an adjacent field.
  • A survey article on a project or projects that consider the oral history of a community, institution, or governmental agency–or a comparison study across agencies.

New Survey Articles:

Applied Oral History Articles

These articles extract broad lessons from specific projects that all oral history practitioners can learn from. These will most often focus on projects that result in system-wide/broad changes, are scalable, or can serve as a model in other contexts and locations.

Some Applied Oral History Article topics of special interest to the Editors include:

  • Oral history in federal governments and programs. 
  • Community-based oral history projects.
  • Public or individual health projects where listening/story was important.
  • Oral history and the arts. How is oral history used to inform art, where, when & why?
  • Oral history and incarceration. 

 New Applied Oral History Articles:

From the Archives

In “From the Archives” features, authors analyze an archival oral history collection in terms of the original goals of a project and collection, as well as the collection’s historical value, accessibility, and its use–or usefulness–in secondary research.

Some From the Archives feature topics of special interest to the Editors include:

  • Oral history from programs and archives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)–everything from archival descriptions and original project goals to gaps in archives of subjects and people, to availability and potential future endeavors, and more.
  • Archivists’ perspectives on the value of oral history recordings and collections; the creation, ingesting, and managing of collections; how archival practices and technologies have changed across time and context; the archivist point of view on AI and online oral history collections (& issues of informed consent, privacy, etc.)
  • We would also like to see more of the hundreds of oral history archives that exist brought to the light and examined—from original goals to accessibility.

New From the Archive articles: 

To be considered for the Spring 2027 issue, submissions are due by July 2026, but we accept submissions on a rolling basis.

Please read our Mission Statement https://oralhistory.org/about-the-oral-history-review/ and contact the editors with any questions:

Holly Werner-Thomas, Editor-in-Chief, holly@hollythomasoralhistory.com

Molly Todd, Managing Editor, managingeditorohr@gmail.com

CFP: Oral History Review: Oral History, Climate Change & the Environment

The Editors of the Oral History Review invite prospective authors to consider themes around oral history, climate change, and the environment for publication beginning in 2027.

Broadly speaking, these themes include but are not limited to oral history and—

  • Ecological knowledge
  • Agriculture
  • Critical animal studies
  • Urban ecology
  • Environmental change & the climate crises

Some ideas & questions to consider regarding the climate crisis:

  • Are oral historians asking questions on climate change in their life story interviews?
  • If engagement with (solving) climate change is a political act, what role can and does oral history play? 
  • When oral historians interview in community, are they addressing home/sense of place, weather pattern and environmental changes over time?
  • What about public health, inequality & environmental justice?
  • What role does oral history play in shaping environmental policy? At the federal level, is oral history being used to gather knowledge and improve public policies?
  • What does the integration of oral history into scientific research look like?
  • In the U.S., the federal government has made egregious funding cuts to NOAA. What will be the long-term consequences of these cuts and to the NOAA Voices Oral History Archives? What other archives should be explored?
  • In what ways do (and should) oral historians communicate and disseminate climate? 
  • War and migration are also, and will increasingly be, a big part of climate change stories.

For reference, see recent OHR articles on oral history and climate change:

To be considered for the Spring 2027 issue, submissions are due by July 2026, but we accept submissions on a rolling basis.

Please read our Mission Statement https://oralhistory.org/about-the-oral-history-review/ and contact the editors with any questions:

Holly Werner-Thomas, Editor-in-Chief, holly@hollythomasoralhistory.com

Molly Todd, Managing Editor, managingeditorohr@gmail.com

Call for Nominations: 2026 Janette Harley Prize

The British Records Association (BRA) is delighted to announce that entry to the 2026 Janette Harley Prize is now open.

The prize is intended to generate interest in archives, and raise awareness of research and achievements in the world of archives. It is open to applications from archivists, conservators, owners of archives, and researchers, including academic researchers, local historians and genealogists. The judges are particularly keen to receive more entries from conservators and local historians.

Submissions do not need to have been published in hard copy. They can include electronic publications, blogs and other online means of promoting archives.

A prize of £500 will be awarded to the winning entry.

Previous winners of the Harley Prize:

  • 2025: Frank Meeres (editor), Socialism in King’s Lynn and Suffragism in Great Yarmouth: Minutes of the King’s Lynn Socialist and Labour Societies, 1897-1916, and Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Great Yarmouth Women’s Suffrage Society, 1909-1915 (Norfolk Record Society vol. LXXXVIII, 2024)
  • 2024: Dr Eliza Wheaton (editor), for Loving and Obedient? Family Correspondence of the Mores of Loseley Park, 1537-1686 (Surrey Record Society vol. XLVIII, 2023)
  • 2023: the Prize was shared between two entries: Dr Ian Forrest and Christopher Whittick (translators and editors), for The Visitation of Hereford Diocese in 1397 (Canterbury & York Society, vol. CXI, 2021); and Dr Imogen Peck (Birmingham University), for “‘Of no sort of use’?: Manuscripts, Memory, and the Family Archive in Eighteenth Century England” (Cultural and Social History, vol. 20:2 for 2023, pp.183-204), and the accompanying blog series and online resources, part of the Family Archives in Early Modern England research project supported by the Leverhulme Trust.

The closing date for entries to the 2026 Janette Harley Prize is 31 July. We hope to announce the winning entry in January 2027, and to present the prize on the same evening as the annual Maurice Bond Lecture, in Spring 2027.

Terms and conditions and further details about how to apply can be found on the BRA web-site.

For any queries and to submit entries email our Secretary.