The International Society for Educational Biography (ISEB) hosted its 42nd annual conference in October 2026 in Oklahoma City.

Information on the 2027 Annual Conference will be posted early Spring 2027.

Annual Conference

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The International Society for Educational Biography (ISEB) is an organization dedicated to the exploration of biography in writing, teaching, research, and other professional endeavors.

Related research often includes collective biographies, the role of biography in the history of education, biography and fiction, general biography, plot structures of biographies, biographic criticism, publishing biographies, feminist approaches to life writing, oral history, experimental approaches, ethical issues, autobiographical research, narrative research, methodology, and the use of biography in classroom instruction.

Who We Are:

Our organization publishes an international peer-reviewed journal which we have developed for close to 40 years. We are a generative space for publishing manuscripts focusing on educator’s lives and lives that are educative in all of their forms.

We welcome manuscripts, creative essays, methodological engagements, and book reviews that explore the intersections between life writing and education, whether biography, testimonio, narrative inquiry, autoethnography, or other rich forms of inquiry.

Visit our Journal Home for more information.

Direct all submissions and questions to the editor.

Vitae Scholasticae: The Journal of Educational Biography