Call for papers: 2020 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced a call for papers for the second annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, scheduled for September 11-13, 2020, at Rockford University in Rockford, Illinois.

This year’s conference theme is celebrating African American women in baseball. All topics related to women’s baseball and the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues are welcome for individual oral and poster presentations.

Please submit abstracts of approximately 200 words, along with contact information and a short biography, by July 15, 2020, to Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.

All notifications will be made by August 1, 2020. In the event the conference cannot be held in person, we will proceed with online presentations, panel discussions and other demonstrations of baseball scholarship.

Call for papers: 2020 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference



Originally published: May 8, 2020. Last Updated: May 29, 2020.