Join us February 26th & 27th, 2026 for the 32nd Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium at Carleton University
The theme for this year is Reimagining Community | Doing History Together
Community has no singular definition and has infinite formations. From place-based communities, like our local coffee shops and parks; to identity-based communities created through shared experience of age, sexuality, ethnicity, faith, and more; to interest-based communities united by sport, food, clubs, and hobbies; community provides connection. Community histories are diverse, reflecting the multitude of ways people gather, communicate, experience, remember and imagine a world around them.
Community is not only found in the subject of history but also in its practice. Community-based methodologies help uncover and recover stories, generate opportunities for shared authority, and promote accessibility in historical practice. Many histories are only made possible through the dedicated work of community members.
This year we invite participants to think both about how we tell histories of community, and the role of community in creating and sustaining historical scholarship and practice.
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We are pleased to have received an incredible number of abstract submissions and are looking forward to welcoming over 30 presenters from institutions across Canada to present on this year’s theme. Additionally, we have three wonderful keynote presenters, Dr. Rebecca Dolgoy, Alexa Lepera and Professor Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow, who will be speaking at our keynote panel on Thursday, February 26th and keynote luncheon on Friday, February 27th. For a full schedule of events please check out this post.
To register for this year’s colloquium, please fill in this form.
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We would like to thank Darlene Moss, Joan White, Tanya Schwartz, Dr. John Walsh, and Dr. Shawn Graham for all their support as we continue to organize.
The Underhill is made possible each year by the generous annual contribution of the Frank H. Underhill fund.
We wish to acknowledge that this Colloquium (and Carleton itself) takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabek/Omàmiwininiwag.
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