Call for Proposals: The 41st I.S.E.B. Conference (click here for pdf file)

 Pioneering and tinkering toward the future: Innovators, visionaries, and snake oil vendors in education

Menger Hotel in San Antonio, TX

Conference Dates: October 2-4, 2025

Submission Deadline: June 16, 2025

Submit Proposals here



The International Society for Educational Biography (I.S.E.B.) invites proposals for its annual conference, to be held in partnership with The Society of Philosophy and History of Education (S.O.P.H.E.), October 2-4, 2025, at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, TX.



 CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
Conference Dates: October 2-4, 2025
Location: Menger Hotel
Booking a Room: Coming soon.
Presenter deadline for ISEB registration: September 1st, 2025, after which time you will not appear in the program.
Technology: For those wishing to include video or audio, ISEB will provide a data projector. Presenters must bring their own laptops with appropriate HDMI and VGA video adaptors and external speakers if needed.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION/DATES:
Conference Registration: Register for the conference (coming soon).

Early registration rate till August 15, 2025.

Registration Deadline: Only presenters who are current in ISEB membership dues and have paid the conference registration fee will be listed in the Conference Program. Conference and registration fees must be paid no later than September 1, 2025.
ISEB Membership:
Full membership includes a one-year subscription to the ISEB journal Vitae Scholasticae: The Journal of Educational Biography. Other membership levels may opt to add the journal to their membership.

SOPHE membership and registration are separate. See SOPHE fees.

Level

Description

Membership

Conference (Early) $150

Conference (Full/On Site) $185

Regular

Currently employed full time faculty at a university or college

$125

$275

$310

Emeritus/Retired

Retired faculty and/or members who have attended 25+ years

75

$225

$260

P-12 Teacher/Community Activist

Currently employed teacher in an elementary, intermediate, or secondary school and/or those engaged in community work

50

$200

$235

Unaffiliated/ Underemployed/

Student*

Independent scholars and/or those working as adjunct, contingent, or part-time instructors and/or currently registered undergraduate or graduate student and/or partners, spouses, or family members of members

25

$175

$210

SOPHE Membership and Registration

 

$40

$200

$225

ISEB Student + SOPHE

 

SOPHE $40

ISEB $25

$215

$265
JOURNAL Submissions:
Participants have the opportunity to submit their papers for consideration for publication in our journal that we have been publishing for nearly 40 years, Vitae Scholasticae: The Journal of Educational Biography. We welcome all forms of work on life writing scholarship, teaching, and methodology. See the Vitae Scholasticae Page for more information.
QUESTIONS?
For questions or concerns, please contact Dr. Penny Craig, ISEB Secretary at pcraig@bsu.edu. Please reference “ISEB” in the subject line of your email.

See archived information from previous conferences