From AJHA President Donna Lampkin Stephens and AEJMC History Division Chair Will Mari:

The American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division have decided to cancel the 2021 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference (JJCHC).   

The leadership of AJHA and the History Division have discussed the matter, and we all believe that we need to wait until a vaccine is fully available before holding another JJCHC. 

This is for two reasons: first, as the draw of the conference is the physical place of New York City, and its archives, museums and libraries, we want to focus on providing that experience for our scholars for when going in person is as safe as possible again. And second, by deferring the conference now, and planning ahead to the future, we can better preserve our resources and do a great job when the time comes. To that end, we are still planning on holding the conference in 2022. 

We realize this decision is less than ideal—especially to those who opted to defer last year—which is why we are reaching to those individuals with some options, and they will hear from us shortly.

An alternative mid-year conference for those interested is the SE Colloquium in March, which will be via Zoom or a similar platform.  

Thank you for your understanding, and please let us know if you have questions. 

Will Mari, wmari1@lsu.edu  

Donna Lampkin Stephens, donnals@uca.edu