The National WWII Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is pleased to issue this call for papers for its Spring Emerging Scholars Colloquium, “New Directions in WWII History.” This two-day experience will take place at the Museum in New Orleans and culminate with a one-day workshop on January 6, 2027.
The goals of this program are to inspire new conversations based on cutting-edge work that will foster a growing community of WWII scholars, and to provide early-career historians with the opportunity to receive feedback on their developing research and presentation skills from historians and staff of the Jenny Craig Institute.
The Institute encourages early-career historians (PhD candidates, ABDs, or post-docs) to submit proposals. The workshop will also include one full panel specifically pertaining to victims of the Holocaust and other forms of Nazi persecution as they relate to policies, practices, perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and/or resisters.
The selection committee will take a broad view of WWII history topics and invites those who study the WWII era through military, social, cultural, economic, technological, scientific, and gender-studies lenses to apply.
Proposals should include the following in a single PDF file:
Abstract with title (300 words max)
Curriculum Vitae
Submissions open June 22, 2026. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. (CT). All applicants will be notified of their selection status no later than October 23, 2026.