Southern History of Education Society 

Annual Conference

March 18-20, 2027

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

SHOES 2027 will take place in historic Milledgeville, Georgia, the pre-Reconstruction state capital and home of Georgia College & State University. Attendees will explore the Old Governor's Mansion, a space once visited by Lafayette and, on a less celebratory occasion, Sherman. Southern Literature fans will also want to visit the home of Flannery O'Connor '45.  In addition to these historic spaces, sessions will be conducted in Kilpatrick Hall and Peabody Auditorium, which are the home of the John H. Lounsbury College of Education.  The names of the spaces are certainly fitting for a conference on educational history!  

Call for papers will be posted here in September 2026.

Proposals will be due in January 2027. 

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