2026 Arizona History Mini Convention

 The 2026 Arizona History Mini Convention was held on Sept 25 and 26, 2026 at the Arizona Historical Society's Arizona History Museum located at 949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson, Arizona.  

Following the annual meeting of the Arizona Historical Society on Friday, Saturday 25, AHS and AHC hosted a welcome reception (with food and beverage) and featured a talk by keynote speaker, Mark Santiago, titled 

"1776: Revolutions in the East and West."

Saturday we had  four 90-minute sessions, each with three individual paper presentations, grouped by subject matter. See the full program below. 

We had a tie for the first-ever Best Poster contest: Chelsea Juarez-Rivas, "Researching Borderlands Together" and Yuchun Zhang, "Reconstructing a Fairyland," shared the prize. Congratulations to both!

Awards for the best papers will be handed out at the 2027 Arizona History Convention banquet in Tempe.

For more information about the posters, click on 2026 Poster Presenters or visit our Facebook page.