USIH Conference 2025 Registration

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2025 Society for US Intellectual History annual conference! This year our conference will be held in Detroit, Michigan, on November 6-8, 2025, at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Detroit Downtown – Fort Shelby.

This year's theme is "Creativity and Renewal" with a particular focus on the crossing of borders (of race, gender, class, nationality, religion, and culture) and the hybridized forms that result; the ways in which art, music, and dance become vehicles for intellectual debate and resistance; the nexus of capital, labor, and technology in the modern era; the dreams and failures of mid-twentieth century liberalism and urban policy; and the intersection of religion and social justice.

There will, of course, be papers on many topics. We hope the conference allows us to explore the ways in which social, political, and environmental distress can plant seeds of a better future. How do moments of crisis foster new ideas, policies, art, music, conceptions of modernity? How do intellectuals and artists encounter and embrace technological change? Where are the signs of renewal in our field, our discipline, and our nation?

Due to the prohibitive costs of hybrid events (in combination with the challenges of making such events pleasant for participants), there will be no hybrid options for presentation or attendance. Within those parameters, we plan to facilitate a conference that is accessible and welcoming to all who identify under USIH’s broad definition of intellectual history as “ideas in action.” We are committed to using the meeting as a venue for strengthening institutional connections to related organizations and contributing to S-USIH’s ongoing efforts in DEI.

More conference information, including the preliminary program, is found at this link: https://s-usih.org/conference/s-usih-2025-conference-detroit/

Double Tree Suites by Hilton - Detroit Downtown, Ft. Shelby

525 W. Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48226

Refunds up to 7 days before event. Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

Check your S-USIH membership status, renew, or join here.

Conference Rates

Member before Oct. 31: $170

Graduate Student Before Oct. 31: $135

Non-Member before Oct. 31: $225

Late Registration for Members (Oct. 31-Nov. 8): $200

(Please note that a service fees and payment processing feeds will be added to your registration rate automatically through EventBrite when you make payment.)

Please note that on-site registration is not available.

We currently have a block of rooms at a rate of $195, plus tax, per night.

Book your group rate at this link by October 1, 2025.

Guests will be responsible for all room, tax, and incidental charges and will be asked for a credit card when making the reservations. They will also need to present one upon check-in. If any guests are Marriott Bonvoy members, you will be able to add your account number put on the reservation.

COVID 19 - The health and safety of our conference attendees is our top priority. USIH will follow all local rules relating to Covid 19 conditions, vaccination, social distancing, masking, and public health. Currently, neither Michigan nor Detroit has a mask mandate in effect, but conditions could change. By registering for the conference, you are confirming that you are up to date with your vaccination status as recommended by the CDC.

Registering for the conference means participants agree to S-USIH's code of professional conduct. Please note that refund requests will be addressed only on an individual basis.

If you would like to learn more about the Society for U.S. Intellectual History or join, visit us at our website or join the conversation on Facebook or Bluesky.

We look forward to seeing you in November.

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