Conferences
15-17 April 2027
iResearch: Past, Present and Future - global online conference
To celebrate nearly 40 years of supporting independent scholars across the globe, we are holding an online conference, with sessions scheduled to suit scholars in time zones across the world. More info to follow.
11–12 September 2023
Manchester, UK
International Creative Research Methods Conference
NCIS co-sponsored and co-hosted this hybrid conference organized and presented by independent scholar Helen Kara. The gathering brought together international scholars to share experiences and ideas that push and expand the norms.
2021–22
Online Events And Gatherings
21–23 June 2019
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Making Connections, Meeting Challenges
Celebrating 30 years of NCIS. Keynote address Prof. Emily M. Rose, “Life Outside the Walls: Negotiating Academic Boundaries Today.” Program topics included the creation of genealogy and tradition, challenges specific to independent scholars, challenges specific to immigrants and indigenous people, pathways through arts and languages, career strategies, post-retirement scholarship, and global connections.
June 18–21, 2015
Yale, New Haven, CT
“Traditions and Transitions: Independent Scholars and the Digital Landscape.”
October 25-26, 2008
Berkeley, CA
June 16–18, 2006
Princeton, NJ.
“Scholars Without Borders.”
October 8, 2005
Portland OR
“Selling Your Scholarship: Writing Marketable Non-fiction.”
October 15–17 2004
New York, NY
“Independent Scholars: Coming of Age.”
October 4–6, 2002
Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 27–29, 2000
Raleigh, NC
“Independent Scholars: the Public Intellectuals of the Future.”
October 2–4, 1998
St. Paul, MN
“The Future of Scholarship: Independent?”
October 18, 1997
San Francisco, CA
“The Scholarly Imperative: What Inspires Independent Scholars?”
May 3–5, 1996
Princeton, NJ
“Situating Scholarship.”
October 21–23, 1994
Oakland, CA
“Independent Scholars: Finding an Audience.”
April 23–25, 1993:
Chevy Chase, MD
“Independent Scholars in the 1990s: Intellectual and Practical Issues.”
April 7, 1990
Cambridge, MA
“Women Mystery Story Writers,” co-sponsored by NCIS.
March 28, 1988
Center for Independent Study
New Haven CT, regional conference.
December 1987
Institute for Historical Study, Oakland CA
“Scholarship for Love and Money”, regional conference.
October 25, 1987
San Diego, CA
Founding conference.