Call for papers open through February 3.
Spring
Meeting
Join us April 17-18 at the University of Scranton for the 2020 ACHA Spring Meeting. The call for papers is open through February 3.
Catholic Historical Review
Published continuously since 1915, the CHR is the official organ of the ACHA. Members have unlimited access to the electronic version and its full archives.
Seattle 2021
Call for Papers
The ACHA will host its 101st Annual Meeting in Seattle in January 2021. We are accepting paper proposals through March 16, 2020.
Calendar Deadlines & Events
Seattle 2021: Proposal submission deadline
Last day to submit proposals for the 2021 ACHA Annual Meeting in Seattle
Find out more »2020 Spring Meeting at University of Scranton
The two-day meeting runs from April 17-18
Find out more »Marraro Prize deadline
The Marraro Prize honors a book or article on Italian or Italo-American history or relations.
Find out more »Shea Prize deadline
The Shea Prize honors a book that has made the most original and distinguished contribution to knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church.
Find out more »Guilday Prize deadline
The Guilday Prize honors a manuscript from an author who has not previously been published. The winning manuscript is published in the Catholic Historical Review.
Find out more »101st Annual Meeting in Seattle
The ACHA hosts its 101st Annual Meeting January 5-7, 2021.
Find out more »ACHA News & Announcements
ACHA Newsletter: Winter 2019
A look ahead at the Annual Meeting in New York; the Association’s new fundraising campaign for young scholars; and a fast-approaching deadline for the Spring Meeting’s the call for papers.
ACHA Announces 2019 Award Recipients
The American Catholic Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of our 2019 prizes and awards.
2019 Election Results Announced
Dr. Brenna Moore of Fordham University, who will serve as vice president next year, heads the class of incoming officers.
Calls for Submissions
Submission opportunities from around the field of Catholic Studies. Conferences, journals, awards, and more.
ACHA 2021 Annual Meeting in Seattle: Call for Papers Open Through March 16
The ACHA is accepting paper, panel, roundtable, and non-traditional proposals for its 2021 Annual Meeting in Seattle.
Submission deadline: March 16, 2020
Joint AHA-ACHA panels: February 15, 2020
ACHA Spring Meeting 2020: Call for Proposals Open Through February 3
The ACHA is accepting paper, panel, and roundtable proposals for its 2020 Spring Meeting in Scranton.
Submission deadline: February 3, 2020
U.S. Catholic Historian Seeks Articles on U.S. Catholics and Latin America
Editor of the venerable publication seeks 7,000-10,000-word articles on the theme of U.S. Catholics and Latin America: Commemorating the U.S. Churchwomen (1980-2020).”
Submission deadline: May 1, 2020
Announcements in Catholic History
Trailer: Revolution of The Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
A new film on Dorothy Day coming to Public Television in March 2020. This film will be featured on a panel at the November meeting of the American Academy of Religion.
‘Catholic School 1960’ Chronicles Pre-Vatican II Parochial School
A website compiled by a small team of researchers documenting a Brooklyn parochial school that the authors describe as “representative of lots of parochial schools in the years just before the Second Vatican Council.”
The Catholic News Archive: Three Centuries of Catholic Newspapers
The Catholic Research Resources Alliance has partnered with newspapers and diocesan archives to make available, free of charge, a fully searchable, open repository of historical Catholic news publications.