HistoryLab invites papers for an interdisciplinary conference on representation in history to be presented at the HistoryLab Annual Conference on July 24, 2025. This conference aims to explore how identities—whether gendered, national, religious, or cultural—have been shaped, expressed, and transformed across different historical periods and regions.

Key questions include: How have historical events influenced the way individuals and groups are represented and perceived? In what ways have power structures such as empire, religion, and war shaped these representations in both tangible and intangible forms—through official records, cultural artefacts, literary traditions, and collective memory?