Johns Hopkins University invites submissions to the seventh-annual Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. The Macksey Symposium brings together undergraduate students from two- and four-year institutions across the country to present their humanities and interdisciplinary research to a national audience. This year's symposium will be held from March 19-21, on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus in Baltimore, Maryland. Submissions (in the form of a title and abstract) are due by Dec. 1.
The Macksey Symposium is designed to provide a development opportunity for emerging humanities scholars. Participants in the 2026 symposium can expect:
- A robust audience of more than 200 presenters and guests
- A friendly, supportive, and encouraging environment
- A keynote address by a nationally recognized humanities scholar
- Info sessions on graduate programs and research opportunities in the humanities
- An opportunity to serve as a moderator for one or more sessions of presentations
- An invitation to revise their presentation into a journal-length publication for our journal of proceedings, the Macksey Journal.
Application instructions can be found on the apply page of the symposium website. Notifications of acceptance to the conference will be made by the end of December. Early bird registration (by Jan. 15) will be $150. Regular registration (by Jan. 31) will be $185. More information about the conference schedule and logistics can be found on the attendance information page of our website.
