The Central Region Humanities Center’s 2026 biennial conference celebrates 250 years of the Declaration of Independence on Sept. 10-13, 2026, in the Baker University Center at Ohio University, featuring conference sessions and a keynote event is a conversation with Dr. Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States.

This event has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.