DECLASSIFIED STATE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS

The OH recently published just under 1,000 pages of newly declassified documents on FOIA.State.Gov. Potential topics of interest include Clinton-Yeltsin meetings, George W. Bush’s initial meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, NATO enlargement, situation reports (SitReps) in the immediate aftermath of the Pan Am 103 bombing, reactions to the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, and U.S. policy on Tibet (1989-1990).

GLOBAL SCRIPTS POSTDOCTORAL POSITION

The Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for a research assistant position (Postdoc) (f/m/d) at the Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS (Contestations of the Liberal Script). To learn more about the full call, please visit the application information page.

2026-27 CWAR Institute Graduate Fellowship

For the 2026-27 cohort year, CWAR seeks applicants whose work promises to make an original contribution to Cold War historical scholarship, who have an interest in collaborative research and learning Cold War research methods, and who have a research agenda that necessitates a visit to the archives that the program will visit in the summer. 

Sustaining NARA Facilities

SHAFR endorsed the Organization of American Historians' (OAH) letter to the acting archivist of the United States to reconsider the National Archives and Records Administration's decision to close its regional archival facilities in Chicago and San Bruno. To learn more about the OAH's requests, the value of these regional archives and their irreplaceable collections, and the impact of these closures on the public, please read the OAH's letter of concern.

Protecting Access to Unclassified Records

SHAFR is a signatory to a letter sent to the Department of Defense strongly opposing its proposal to exempt controlled unclassified information (CUI) from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Aid, Alliance, and Eighty Years:

Reassessing the Marshall Plan

Dates: April 14–15, 2027
Location: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Convenors: Jeffrey A. Engel and Kaete O’Connell, SMU’s Center for Presidential History

2027 SHAFR Summer Institute

The Afterlives of Empire and Decolonization

Dates: June 20–24, 2027
Location: Texas A&M’s Bush School DC Campus
Faculty Directors: Jason Parker and Aileen Teague

Preserving Congressional Records

SHAFR signed a letter calling on the U.S. House Appropriators to preserve, archive, and as appropriate make available reports by the Surveys & Investigations staff of the House Appropriations Committee.

Graduate Student Summer Write-Ins

Put writing back on your summer agenda! Join the SHAFR Graduate Student Summer Write-In for two focused hours of writing time.

SHAFR 2027 Annual Meeting

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) invites proposals for its 2027 annual conference at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, Arlington, VA. We look forward to reflecting your passion and originality, and the range of approaches and topics to this complex historical field, including how we teach it, how we represent it in public, and its enduring relevance, in the program.

European Forum on U.S. History
2026–2027 Seminar Series

The European Forum on U.S. History invites applications from scholars interested in presenting their work in the Forum’s 2026–2027 seminar series.

War and American Democracy

Conference Dates: March 17-19, 2027
Location: Middelburg, The Netherlands

Conference Dates: April 16-17, 2027

Location: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

SHAFR 2027
Summer Institute

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) invites proposals to host the 2027 Summer Institute in the greater Washington, D.C. area (including Maryland and northern Virginia).