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Conference Excursions
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Award-winning historian Dr. H. Yumi Kim is WAWH's distinguished 2026 conference keynote speaker. The Keynote Luncheon takes place on Friday, April 24, 2026 and is included with Full & Friday registration.
Conference Excursions
Conference Excursions
We have some fun excursions planned for registered conference attendees. Separate, advanced registration is required for these FREE & deeply discounted tours.
Conference Hotel Information
Conference Hotel Information
Bring the family or pair with a roommate for all-suites accommodations. Cooked-to-order breakfast and unlimited nightly beverage (alcohol & non-alcohol) reception included for the duration of your stay.
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Hotel Information
April 23-25, 2026
Embassy Suites Riverfront Promenade
100 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento – a research and vacation destination – you won’t want to miss this conference! Our conference hotel is located across the street from historic Old Town Sacramento State Historic Park, down the street from the California state capitol, and a short drive (or ride share) away from several research and entertainment destinations. So why not combine the conference with a little research and play?
Bring the family or pair with a roommate for all-suites accommodations. Cooked-to-order breakfast and unlimited nightly beverage (alcohol & non-alcohol) reception included for the duration of your stay.
Transportation: The hotel is only 0.6 mile from the Sacramento Valley Station (Amtrak) and less than 12 miles from the Sacramento International Airport. Ride share is the easiest and most economical transport from these transportation hubs to the conference hotel.
The room rate is $259 + taxes and fees, guaranteed only while the room block lasts. An additional $25 per person is charged for each additional guest over the initial 2 per room. That charge guarantees those guests daily breakfast and unlimited nightly beverage (alcohol & non-alcohol) reception. It's a great deal! But they must be on the reservation to receive the perks.
Click the button below to RESERVE your room at the Embassy Suites Sacramento-Riverwalk Promenade, now through April 2, 2026 (or while the room block lasts). You will see a rate of $272/night, which is the room rate + fees. Tax will be added to the total on the final check out screen.
Do you need a roommate? See the link for the WAWH Room Share Spreadsheet in the most recent Executive Director Note (emailed to those on our mailing list). Can't find it, contact the Executive Director at executivedirector@wawh.org for assistance.
2026 Conference Excursions
Thursday, April 23
California State Archives Tour
Led by an archivist, this behind-the-scenes tour will feature (among other things) items unique to California women’s history.
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Cost: FREE
Advanced registration required.
California State Railroad Museum Tour
We’ll begin with a one-hour, private, guided tour where we’ll learn about the history of railroading; the diverse array of people who’ve been involved with it; the relationship between historical research and railroading scholarship; and the public historical practice of making that scholarship accessible to non-experts. Then, guests will be free to explore the museum at their leisure.
Time: 3 pm (those already registered, please note the time change, formerly 2 pm)
Cost: FREE
Yes – you will have time to do both free tours!
Friday, April 24
Sacramento Underground, After-Hours Tour
Hidden beneath the city for nearly 150 years, Old Sacramento’s underground remains the Capital’s most tantalizing secret. In addition to excavated foundations and enclosed pathways, this after-hours tour will take you through Sacramento’s most peculiar Gold Rush
nightlife. Learn the dirty secrets of Old Sacramento’s quaint shopping district – wall-to-wall gambling, wild saloons by the dozen, duels in the streets, cutthroat politics, frightening steamboat races and “soiled doves” in the shadows. Space is limited for this tour so don’t delay, sign-up today!
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm (we will gather at the WAWH Happy Hour Mixer in advance and walk to the tour’s starting point)
Cost: $22 (a deeply discounted WAWH rate)
- Advanced registration is required for all tours. Register for tours through the conference registration form found on the WAWH member pages.
- Participant must be a registered conference attendee to be eligible for these free and deeply discounted tours. (Sorry, no friends or family unless they have also registered for the conference. No one under 18 will be permitted on the Underground Tour.).
Keynote Speaker
WAWH is thrilled to welcome Dr. H. Yumi Kim as our 2026 Keynote!
Dr. H. Yumi Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a historian of Japan and Korea, with research interests in the cultural and social histories of women, gender, medicine, religion, and colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Her first book, Madness in the Family: Women, Care, and Illness in Japan (Oxford University Press, 2022), examines the creation of a gendered and family-based approach to managing madness in Japan at the turn of the twentieth century. It shows how the caregiving obligations of families, and especially the women therein, intensified even as new medical institutions such as psychiatry gained traction. The book was awarded the 2023 John K. Fairbank Prize from the American Historical Association for the best book in East Asian history after 1800. Dr. Kim is currently working on a second book about the persecution of female shamans in the peripheries of the Japanese empire, including the annexed islands of Okinawa and the colonized territory of Cheju Island in what is now South Korea. She is also an award-winning teacher who develops community-engaged courses that help connect Asian and Asian American histories.
The Keynote Luncheon takes place on Friday, April 24, 2026 and is included with Full & Friday registrations.
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The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is a diverse and international community of scholars committed to advancing intersectional, justice-driven research. We are committed to illuminating the histories of women, genders, and sexualities while embracing the full breadth of historical scholarship that seeks to deepen and expand our collective understanding of the past.
