Registration for our Annual Meeting is now open. We urge you to register as early as possible. 

Two important things to know:


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$25.00

Presidential Luncheon

Friday, January 9, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Hilton Chicago

Lunch will be served buffet style.

ACHA Social

Date, time, and venue TBA

Special Panel Session: Weird Catholicism

Friday, January 9, 2026
7:00 PM
Gallery Cabaret, 2020 N. Oakley Ave, Chicago

This event has reached capacity and is no longer accepting registrations.

Catholicism is an extended flirtation, and it teases from spaces between: Where death meets life and pain meets pleasure. For this event, a group of academic performers will channel the vibrational energy of blurred lines. Each participant brings a kaleidoscopic snapshot of Catholic or Catholic-adjacent life, to show us what Catholic difference, and the collapse of difference, feels like

This year, we are offering two "field trips"––offsite excursions into Catholic Chicago. Please note that both of these field trips are being held at the same time––Thursday morning at 9 AM––so you can only attend one!

We hope to see you at one of these fun field trips.

Field Trip: Archdiocese of Chicago Archives Tour

Thursday, January 8, 2026
9:00 AM

Registration closed
Field trip at capacity

Tour will be led by the Archdiocese's director of archives and records, Meg Romero Hall.

Field Trip: Churches of Pilsen Walking Tour

Thursday, January 8, 2026
9:00 AM
Total time from Loop hotel and back: 3 hours

Registration closed
Field trip at capacity

This tour emphasizes the history of ethnic succession in one of Chicago's oldest neighborhoods. Following a quick El ride to 18th Street, Deborah Kanter will guide visitors in a mile-long walk that includes stops at St. Procopius (Czech parish) and St. Pius V (territorial parish)--today vibrant, mostly Mexican parishes . We will also pause outside closed parishes founded by Czechs, Croatians, and Poles, and look at Catholic murals, yard shrines etc.


Optional Donation to Offset Our Expenses

The ACHA subsidizes the costs of the Annual Meeting, luncheon and social. Each year, our expenses increase, drawing more on our funds. If you are able to make an additional contribution––whatever the amount––it would go a long way to helping to defray the cost of our meeting. Thank you for your consideration!

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Membership renewal

As a convenience to members, we offer the opportunity to renew your membership at the same time you register for the Annual Meeting.

If you have signed up for a membership that rebills automatically, please do not renew your membership here!

The American Historical Association, under whose auspices the ACHA Annual Meeting is held, requires that all presenters or panelists at our meeting also register for the AHA Annual Meeting. (It is the AHA's policy to bill the ACHA for any presenter who does not register for the AHA Meeting.)

By checking this box, you affirm that you will register for the AHA Annual Meeting if you are presenting or in any way participating in a panel or presentation.

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