About the Forum's 2026–2027 Seminar Series
The European Forum on U.S. History is a collaborative network of European institutes committed to fostering research, discussion, and exchange on the history of the United States and its place in the world. The Forum brings together scholars working from a wide range of historiographical, methodological, and geographical perspectives.
Every academic year, the Forum organizes a seminar series that offers speakers the opportunity to present their work to a wide scholarly audience across Europe and beyond. For the 2026–2027 series, the Forum seeks proposals from scholars working on any aspect of U.S. history, broadly conceived. We especially welcome papers that connect the history of the United States to global, transatlantic, or comparative contexts. Proposals may present work in progress, new research projects, or recently completed scholarship.
The seminar series will begin in September 2026 and run through June 2027. The sessions are hosted monthly by the Forum’s partner institutes and take place primarily online with the possibility of hybrid formats. Selected speakers will be matched with one of the Forum’s host institutions.
Eligibility
The call is open to scholars at different career stages, including advanced doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career scholars, and established academics. Applicants should be based in Europe or have a clear connection to European scholarship on U.S. history.
The Forum particularly encourages applications from scholars whose work helps broaden the geographical, methodological, and thematic range of European perspectives on U.S. history. By European perspectives, we mean research that may draw on European archives and sources, examine European actors and their interactions with the United States, and/or engage with European interpretive frameworks and historiographical traditions. While we expect most participants to be based in Europe, we welcome proposals from scholars working on European dimensions of U.S. history regardless of their current institutional location.
Application Materials
Applicants should submit the following materials in a single PDF file:
- A proposed presentation title
- An abstract of no more than 300 words
- A short biography of no more than 150 words
- Current affiliation and contact information
- Any relevant scheduling constraints for the 2026–2027 academic year
Applications should be sent to [email protected] by June 28, 2026.
Selection
Selection will be based on scholarly quality, fit with the Forum’s aims, thematic coherence and attention to diversity across the annual program. All applicants will be notified of the outcome by early July.
About the Forum
The European Forum on U.S. History is organized by a network of European institutions dedicated to the study of the United States from European perspectives. Its partner institutes are:
- American Studies Center, University of Warsaw
- Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po
- Centro di Studi sugli Stati Uniti, University of Bologna
- Instituto Franklin-UAH, Universidad de Alcalá
- Roosevelt Institute for American Studies
- Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Southern Denmark
For further information, please visit https://www.ushistoryforum.eu or contact the Forum Coordinator Gaetano Di Tommaso at: [email protected].