The 50th Annual Montana History Conference will be held in Helena, Montana, 28-30 September 2023. Building on 49 years of gatherings to talk about Montana history with a stellar line-up of workshops, tours, lectures, and discussions, including:
Keynote Lectures by Pulitzer-Prize winning author Elizabeth Fenn on the history of the early West; Apsáalooke curator, writer, and cultural consultant Nina Sanders on her recent exhibit Apsáalooke Women and Warriors at Chicago’s Field Museum; retired MTHS curator Kirby Lambert on 50 things he knows about Montana history; MSU Billings professor of history Emily Arendt on the 1977 Montana Women’s International Year Conference; and University of Notre Dame associate clinical professor Mark Johnson on the changing status of Chinese women in Montana, 1860s to 1950s.
Workshops for educators, writers, and historic preservationists
Tours of the new MT Heritage Center (under construction), Made in Montana historic sites, Sieben Ranch, Fort Harrison, and the Last Chance Pow Wow
Concurrent sessions on Indian Education for All, dark history, architecture, public health, African American history, conservation, agriculture, renaming landmarks, Helena history, Montana heroes you don’t know, film censorship, F. Scott Fitzgerald, women’s history, communism, and more!
Benjamin E. Sanders will be in attendance at The 50th Annual Montana History Conference in Helena, Montana, September 28-30, 2023. Ben will be attending the Writer’s Workshop and various other events throughout the conference and will be available for questions and comments concerning his new book “Order Without Law.” The book is available for purchase in the Montana Historical Museum Book Store at the conference. Please read more about the conference and how to register and attend at:
2023 MHC Brochure Cover. Image: The Endberg Garage in Ekalaka under construction in 1926.
