Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture

01/14/2026

While our call for proposals is closed for the year, the SABR Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference is currently accepting proposals on "Black Baseball in the Land of the Delta Blues" and the city of Memphis!

10/19/2025

If you can believe it, it's that time of year again when we begin accepting proposal submissions for the 2026 Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture!

Proposals for papers are invited from all disciplines and on all topics. Papers on baseball as baseball on the field are not encouraged. Submission is by abstract (be sure to include complete contact information). Abstracts should be narrative, limited to one type-written page. All presentations should be designed to fit into a 20-minute panel segment. The deadline for submission is December 31, 2025. Proposals can be sent via mail or email to this address:

Cassidy Lent, Director, Library
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
25 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
[email protected]

More information can be found at the Symposium page:

Reserve your tickets, book a special experience, map your route, and work out all the details for your trip to Cooperstown.

07/21/2025

Now that you've all had time to recover from the fun that was had at the 2025 Cooperstown Symposium, we hope you'll join the wonderful folks at NINE for the 4th annual 9-Online Virtual Baseball Conference! They are still accepting proposals, due July 31st, with the conference occurring on September 4th and 5th. Hope to see you there - virtually!

The 4th Annual 9-Online Virtual Baseball Conference (September 4-5, 2025) invites original unpublished papers that study all aspects of baseball, with particular emphasis on history, literature, and social policy implications. Abstracts only, not to exceed 300 words, should be submitted by July 31,....

06/01/2025

And just like that, the 36th edition of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture is over. Thanks to all that joined us! Save the date for next year: May 27 - 29, 2026. We hope to see you there!

The 36th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture brought Joe Posnanski and other baseball luminaries to the Hall of Fame this week.

Read more: https://ow.ly/A59h50W23jU

05/30/2025

Day two finished with our town ball game (where everybody wins) and dinner in the Plaque Gallery. Can't wait to see what day three has in store!

05/29/2025

"...This place is for, when you walk away, you take something with you...it's all the museum..." - Keynote speaker Joe Posnanski

And just like that, the first day of is complete. A huge thank you to our keynote speaker, Joe Posnanski, for kicking us off in spectacular fashion. Looking forward to some more fantastic presentations tomorrow!

05/09/2025

We are so excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2025 Cooperstown Symposium! The Symposium will take place May 28th through 30th, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and is presented in conjunction with SUNY Oneonta. Click the link to register today: https://20107a.blackbaudhosting.com/20107a/packagetickets?tab=3&txobjid=bacd71ae-63f9-47c2-b346-3169f84bbf29

10/16/2024

As the year begins to wind down, we would like to remind everyone that proposal submissions for the 2025 Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture are now OPEN!

Proposals for papers are invited from all disciplines and on all topics. Papers on baseball as baseball on the field are not encouraged. Submission is by abstract (be sure to include complete contact information). Abstracts should be narrative, limited to one type-written page. All presentations should be designed to fit into a 20-minute panel segment. The deadline for submission is December 31, 2024. Proposals can be sent via mail or email to this address:

Cassidy Lent, Director, Library
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
25 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
[email protected]

08/15/2024

The deadline for abstracts for this year's 9-Online Virtual Baseball Conference has been extended until August 19th. If you haven't already, get your abstract in!

https://nineconference.com/9-online/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEqOilleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQpTb9ensHwm97Vo90oM7E5pYRD0cPStyDP7AK0Kwqeq5ECrHvIeFQ4r4w_aem_H9GsY4o52sWZ0Ays2pmZcg

This interdisciplinary conference features presentations on a wide range of baseball topics...all brought to you online.

05/06/2024

We are so excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2024 Cooperstown Symposium! The Symposium will take place May 29th through 31st, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and is presented in conjunction with SUNY Oneonta. Click the link to register today: https://20107a.blackbaudhosting.com/20107a/packagetickets?tab=3&txobjid=bacd71ae-63f9-47c2-b346-3169f84bbf29

12/12/2023

Happy holidays!

As 2023 ends, we want to remind everyone that submissions for the 2024 Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture are now OPEN and are due by Sunday, December 31, 2023.

Proposals may be emailed directly to Cassidy Lent at [email protected], or via US mail to:

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
25 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326

Submissions will be reviewed in January of 2024, with a notification of acceptance on February 1st, 2024.

07/15/2023

Update to the posting about 9 Online: They have extended the deadline for abstracts, so if you're interested, don't hesitate! The deadline is now July 30th. More information on how to submit can be found here:

A Virtual Baseball Conference October 12-13, 2023 The organizers of the NINE Spring Training Conference are proud to announce the 2nd Annual 9 Online Virtual Baseball Conference. Like our annual spring conference, this  inter-disciplinary conference will feature presentations on a wide range of bas...