Alliance Annual Meeting

2025 Annual Meeting – The American Experiment

Cincinnati, September 10-13, 2025

The 2025 Annual Meeting & Conference will be held September 10-13, 2025, in partnership with the American Association for State and Local History.

If you are interested in presenting at the Annual Meeting and Conference, you have two options:

1. The Ohio Local History Alliance is requesting proposals for 8 sessions and one half or full-day workshop to be presented by and for OLHA members and friends. Proposals for these sessions are due December 13, 2024. The Session Proposal Form can be downloaded as either a PDF or a Word document.

2. Those interested in presenting a proposal for the national local history community as part of the AASLH programming may submit proposals through the AASLH Conference Webpage before December 13, 2024.

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Interested in sponsoring the conference? Get more information here.

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For questions about the conference, please contact:
Dr. Betsy Hedler
Executive Secretary, Ohio Local History Alliance
P: 614-297-2538;
C: 614-398-3491,
Email: ehedler@ohiohistory.org.

Awards

The Alliance presents its Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Annual Meeting. Awards applications and supporting materials must be postmarked or emailed by August 1. Check our Awards page for more information and category information.

Scholarships

The Ohio Local History Alliance has two scholarship opportunities to attend the Alliance’s Annual Meeting. The J.D. Britton Scholarship supports emerging museum professionals, and the Trella Romine Memorial Scholarship may awarded to anyone who needs financial assistance to attend. Both awards grant full registration and lodging.