On each full day of the Annual Meeting, we will offer informal conversations facilitated by our members on topics of mutual interest. What are your programmatic priorities as a humanities center director or staff member? What attendees would you like to meet and form a connection with? What topics do you see underrepresented in our conference program?

These conversations will take place at the conference venue during the breakfast period. We encourage you to view the conversation series from last year's Annual Meeting here. Also note that there will be sessions during the conference program devoted to humanities administration, as well as sessions from select CHCI Networks.

Proposal Submissions

Deadline: May 12, 2026

To submit a proposal for a Breakfast Conversation, please provide a title and a description of 200 words max along with the names, positions, and institutions of the facilitators. We recommend 1-2 facilitators per conversation. You are welcome to state your preference on the date and time of your conversation and we will try our best to accommodate. We envision this program as non-competitive and we will try and create the space for all who wish to facilitate a conversation. Please email your proposal to info@chcinetwork.org by May 12, 2026. We will update the schedule below with accepted proposals as we receive and schedule them.

Schedule

We will update the schedule as we receive proposals, and will include the full conversation descriptions below in chronological order. Please note that the schedule may shift after the proposal deadline of May 12.