AnnualMeeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association 2026

The meeting is at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

It is most useful for academic and public historians, archivists and museum staff focused on Pennsylvania and the Revolutionary era, since the theme is Revolutionary Legacies in the Mid-Atlantic and the speakers include Katherine Faull of the Institute for Moravian History and World Heritage and Daniel Richter. John Garrison Marks, who directs the Public History Research Lab at AASLH, gives the banquet address, which suits public history practitioners, while those outside Pennsylvania history or wanting a large national meeting would find the scope narrower.

Historians at state association meetings usually wear business casual or academic casual, such as slacks, sweaters or blazers, with somewhat dressier clothes for the Friday banquet. A late October meeting in Bethlehem at a college campus suggests layers for cool weather.