The SAWH meets annually with the Southern Historical Association and hosts several events, including the Annual Address, the Presidential Reception, and a Member and Graduate Student Breakfast.
The 2026 SHA will be held November 5-8 at the Westin Peachtree Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. We have a great line-up of activities and opportunities for fellowship. Erica Armstrong Dunbar will give the address, “From the Page to the Stage: Taking history from the tower to the television” Dunbar is the NEH Professor in the Humanities and Professor of African American Studies, Emory University and Co-Executive Producer on HBO’s hit television series, “The Gilded Age.” She is the award-winning author of A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City (Yale University Press) and Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge (Simon & Schuster) as well as a young readers version of Never Caught (Aladdin/Simon and Schuster) and She Came To Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman. Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating talk!
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Friday, November 6, 9:00am-12:00pm
SAWH Executive Board Meeting, open to all members of the SAWH
Piedmont 8 Room, Westin Peachtree
Saturday, November 7, 8:00am-9:30am
SAWH Member & Graduate Student Breakfast
The Overlook Room, Sixth Floor, Westin Peachtree Purchase Tickets Here
Saturday, November 7, 4:30pm-7:30pm
2026 SAWH Annual Address & Reception
The Overlook Room, Sixth Floor, Westin Peachtree
“From the Page to the Stage: Taking history from the tower to the television,” Erica Armstrong Dunbar, NEH Professor in the Humanities and Professor of African American Studies, Emory University.
The presentation of awards and a brief business meeting will precede Dunbar’s talk. A reception in honor of SAWH President Crystal Feimster will immediately follow the talk in The Overlook Room.