CFH Biennial Fall Conference Series

The Conference on Faith and History holds two biennial conferences in the fall of even-numbered years, with an undergraduate research conference followed by the regular biennial conference. Our last conference was at George Fox University in Newberg OR, October 6-7 and 7-9, 2010, with the general theme of "The Search for Peace, Justice, and Equality." See below for details and links concerning our 1998-2010 conferences.

Our 28th Biennial Fall Conference in 2012 on "Cultural Change and Adaptation," will be at Gordon College in Massachusetts. John Wigger (University of Missouri; eMail=wiggerj@missouri.edu) is general program chair and Jennifer Hevelone-Harper (Gordon College; eMail=J.Hevelone-Harper@gordon.edu) is the local arrangements chair. The student conference will be October 3-4 and the Biennial Conference will be October 4-6.

A CALL FOR PAPERS has been issued. This year's theme, "Cultural Change and Adaptation," a deliberately broad designation intended to encompass how people and organizations interact with their culture in all geographical areas and historical periods. Session proposals are particularly encouraged, but the program committee will also consider individual paper proposals that can be organized into sessions wherever possible.

The deadline for submitting proposals is May 1, 2012. A pdf file outlining policies for conference paper and panel proposals is posted on the CFH webpage: here. Proposals for the October 4-6 Biennial Conference should be submitted to John Wigger (University of Missouri) at wiggerj@missouri.edu. Proposals for the October 3-4 undergraduate student research conference should be submitted to Jared Burkholder (Grace College) at burkhojs@grace.edu.

CFH Biennial Fall Conference Archives, 1998-present

21st Fall CFH Conference
1998 Biennial Fall Meeting
David Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN
September 24-26, 1998

22nd Fall CFH Conference
2000 Biennial Fall Meeting
Point Loma Nazarene University
Point Loma, CA
October 19-21, 2000
For an extensive report on the conference, see Vol. 5 (2000), Nr. 2 of the CFH Newsletter.

For the full text of Bill Trollinger's Presidential address at the 2000 conference, check here.

23nd Fall CFH Conferences 
2002 Biennial Fall Meeting
Huntington College
Huntington, IN
October 10-12, 2002
For an extensive report on the conference, see Vol. 7 (2003), Nr. 2 of the CFH Newsletter.

For the program of our first ever Biennial Student Research Conference, check here.

Some of the local attractions available for conference fun-seekers can be seen here.

24th Fall CFH Conference
Hope College
Holland, MI
October 13-16, 2004
Some 50 students joined some 150 faculty and others for the two conferences. Our thanks to program organizers, Jay Green (Covenant College), John Fea (Messiah College), and Eric Miller (Geneva College), as well as local arrangements chair, Fred Johnson (Hope College).

For the 2004 Student Research Conference program, check here.

For the 2004 24th Biennial CFH Fall Conference program, check here.

25th Fall CFH Conference
Oklahoma Baptist University 
Shawnee, OK
September 20-23, 2006
Over 200 participants made the trek to Oklahoma. The final program for both the CFH Undergraduate Conference, 20-21 September, and the CFH Professional Conference, 21-23 September is archived as a pdf file here.

26th Fall CFH Conference
Bluffton University
Bluffton, OH
September 17-20, 2008
214 participants from 89 different colleges, universities, and organizations, and representing 31 states and Canada converged on Bluffton OH for our two conferences under the theme "World History and History that Changed the World".. Program organizers were Barry Hankins (Baylor University), general program chair; Beth Allison Barr (Baylor University), undergraduate conference chair; and Local Arrangements, Perry Bush and Susan Collier. We had wonderful fall days and a warm welcome. Thanks to all.

Both of the 2008 conference programs are available here as a pdf file.

27th Fall CFH Conference
George Fox University
Newberg, OR
October 6-9
The theme for the George Fox conference was "The Search for Peace, Justice, and Equality". (For a copy of the Conference Poster check here.) Caitlyn Corning was Local Arrangements chair, Tracy McKenzie (Wheaton College) was Program Chair, and David Marley (Vanguard University) was Student Research Conference chair.

The program for the student research conference is here; that for the Biennial CFH Conference is here. The conferences nuts and bolts page is here.

28th Fall CFH Conference
Gordon College
Wenham MA
October 3-6, 2012
There will be both a student research conference and the regular biennial conference. Sorry you missed the stuff above.