Conference 2026

SACRPH 2026 – Cincinnati

21st NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANNING HISTORY

The next biennial SACRPH conference will be held at the University of Cincinnati on October 15 to 18, 2026.

  • The conference will commence with a keynote talk Thursday night on “Colonial Urbanism and Racial Imagination.”
  • Friday will include daytime tours in the Cincinnati region and an evening roundtable on the history of SACRPH to mark its 40th anniversary.
  • Saturday features papers panels, roundtables, workshops, and a poster session; a lunchtime presidential address; and an evening awards reception.
  • The conference will conclude on Sunday with additional paper panels, roundtables, and workshops, as well as a memorial session to honor Alison Isenberg.

Immediately preceding the conference, on the afternoon of Thursday, October 15, SACRPH will hold the inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium.

For further details on the conference, please continue to check back here for updated info.

Cincinnati’s Roebling Suspension Bridge (1867). Source: Wikimedia Commons
Over-the-Rhine skyline. Photograph by Ben Wright for Cincinnati Magazine.

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