The 2026 HOTCUS annual conference will be held at the University of Manchester, between 1-3 July. Registration is now open.
HOTCUS Updates
The 2026 HOTCUS annual conference will be held at the University of Manchester, between 1-3 July. Professor Beth Bailey, Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions, 2025-26, Cambridge University, will be the keynote speaker for the conference. The call for papers has now closed, but submissions remain open for the PGR and ECA workshop, with Professor Beth Bailey, on the afternoon of 1 July.
Registration for the conference is now open and can be completed here.
Conference Meal
The annual conference dinner will take place at Rain Bar in Manchester, a 20 minute walk or short bus/taxi ride from the conference venue. Please note, this is not included in the conference registration process. Tickets for the conference dinner can be purchased here for £25 per person. (If you have specific dietary requirements these can be registered after entering your payment details, just before completing your order.)
Conference Accommodation
The University of Manchester is located on the Oxford Road Corridor, just south of the city centre. All panels and plenaries will be taking place in the Samuel Alexander building in the heart of the UoM campus, located here.
Manchester city centre has extensive accommodation options including dozens of hotels and a large private rental market (eg Airbnb). Buses run every few minutes from the city centre to the university campus from very early in the morning until late at night, and taxis are readily available. The campus is also a 10-15 minute walk from Oxford Road Station, and a 20-25 minute walk from Piccadilly Station for delegates arriving by train, and there is a regular bus service from both.
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Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS) exists to facilitate and promote scholarship in the field of twentieth century American history.
HOTCUS membership is open to scholars, students and teachers of twentieth century US history at all levels.
HOTCUS promotes the study of the twentieth century United States in four principal ways:
through an annual conference, which is intended to serve as a showcase for new research across the field of twentieth century American history;
through an annual winter symposium on a specific theme;
through HOTCUS panel presentations at major conferences;
and through the HOTCUS awards programme.