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Working-Class Studies Association

Working-Class Studies Association

The Working-Class Studies Association supports scholarship, teaching, art, and activism related to working-class life and cultures.

WCSA26: June 18-21, 2026 and June 27th Online

Laramie, Wyoming

Wyoming University, Cooper House

The annual conference of the Working-Class Studies Association will be held in two formats: an in-person gathering in Laramie, Wyoming, from 18 – 21 June 2026 and online, 27 June 2026. Thank you, Dr. Scott Henkel and the Conference Organizing Committee!

The in-person portion of WCSA26 will take place in the historic Laramie Plains Civic Center. The facility is the oldest school building in the state of Wyoming, originally built as the East Side School in 1878, expanded by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, and now a vibrant community hub.

The annual conference of the Working-Class Studies Association will be held in two formats: an in-person gathering in Laramie, Wyoming, from 18 – 21 June 2026 and online, 27 June 2026. Thank you, Dr. Scott Henkel and the Conference Organizing Committee!

The in-person portion of WCSA26 will take place in the historic Laramie Plains Civic Center. The facility is the oldest school building in the state of Wyoming, originally built as the East Side School in 1878, expanded by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, and now a vibrant community hub.

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