Missouri Conference on History

Join Us in 2026

Join us March 11-13, 2026, at Old Kinderhook at the Lake of the Ozarks, for the sixty-eighth annual Missouri Conference on History, hosted by the Missouri State Archives and sponsored by the State Historical Society of Missouri.

Looking Back at 2025

The sixty-seventh annual Missouri Conference on History held on March 12-14, 2025, in Blue Springs, Missouri, was hosted Park University and sponsored by the State Historical Society of Missouri. 

About the Missouri Conference on History

The Missouri Conference on History brings together teachers of history and other professional historians to share in the presentation of the results of research, to exchange information on teaching and curriculum, to consider ways to promote interest in history and the welfare of the profession, and to discuss other concerns common to all historians. All persons interested or involved in the teaching of history, historical research, historical preservation, or any other professional application of history are welcome.

2025-2026 Steering Committee

• John Dougan (Missouri State Archives) – President, Ex-officio
• Laura Westhoff (University of Missouri-St. Louis) - Vice President, FY25 - FY27, first term
• Gary Kremer (The State Historical Society of Missouri) – Secretary/Treasurer, Ex-officio
• Ashley Beard-Fosnow (Missouri Humanities Council) – Ex-officio
• Tim Westcott (Park University/Phi Alpha Theta) – Ex-officio
• Miller Boyd III (Whitfield School) – FY25 – FY27, second term
• Adam Criblez (Southeast Missouri State University) - FY26 - FY28, first term
• Petra DeWitt (Missouri University of Science & Technology) – FY24 - FY26, second term
• Brian Frehner (University of Missouri-Kansas City) - FY25 - FY27, first term
• Catherine Hutinett (University of Missouri-Columbia) - FY26 - FY28, first term
• Jeremy Neely (Missouri State University) – FY24 - FY26, second term

View the MCH By-laws