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2009

December

Opens: December 1, 2009. Call for Papers: Student Activism, Southern Style—Call for papers on any aspect of southern student activism in the 1960s and 70s, for a conference to be held at the University of South Carolina, March 19-21, 2010. Full panel proposals welcome, individual papers will be considered. Send brief panel or paper abstract and c.v. to sasshist@mailbox.sc.edu by December 1, 2009. For full panels, include pertinent information for each presenter. Selected presenters will be notified by January 1, 2010. If you are interested in serving as a chair/commentator, send a c.v.to sasshist@mailbox.sc.edu.

Web page: http://www.cas.sc.edu/hist/sass/
Contact e-mail: sasshist@mailbox.sc.edu

Opens: December 11, 2009. Call for Papers: Historians of the 20th-Century United States Conference—The Historians of the Twentieth Century United States issues a Call for Papers for the annual conference, to be held at the Marcus Cunliffe Centre for the Study of the American South at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom, on July 1-3, 2010. Papers from members or non-members are requested on all topics concerning the history of the United States from 1890 to the present. Proposals from scholars outside the U.K. and those undertaking postgraduate study are especially welcome. The conference committee also welcomes proposals for complete panels of three or four speakers. Please send a c.v. and a 300 word proposal to Dr. Sandra Scanlon, Dept. of International History, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE or S.Scanlon@lse.ac.uk by December 11, 2009. Those interested in membership should contact Dr. Axel Schaefer at brucecentre@ams.keele.ac.uk. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cunliffe/1-7-11.html.

Web page: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cunliffe/1-7-11.html

Opens: December 15, 2009. Call for Proposals: Punk Area Panels —Punk Planet Panel: SW/TX PCA/ACA, Albuquerque, NM, February 10-13, 2010. The Punk Planet panel is part of the larger Punk Area at SW/TX PCA/ACA. If you are working on a project about various aspects of Punk around the world, we encourage you to send a proposal. Proposals for the Punk Planet panel can include work on specific punk scenes, transnational connections in punk or Punk music with a cultural twist. We encourage submissions from Graduate students and independent scholars. The deadline for submissions is December 15th, 2009. Proposals of 200-250 words and a copy of your current c.v., as well as any questions you may have, should be sent via e-mail to both Mindy Clegg (e-mail: mindy.clegg@gmail.com) and Bryan L. Jones (e-mail: jonseybryan@gmail.com).

Web page: http://www.swtxpca.org/
Contact e-mail: mindy.clegg@gmail.com

Opens: December 30, 2009. Call for Papers: 2010 Policy History Conference—The Journal of Policy History and Institute for Political History will host the 2010 Policy History Conference at the Hyatt on Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio, from June 3-6, 2010. We are currently accepting paper proposals on all topics regarding political and policy history, American political development, and comparative historical analysis. We encourage submissions of complete sessions, but individual paper proposals are welcome. The deadline for receipt of proposals is December 30, 2009. Please visit our web site, www.slu.edu/departments/jph/conf2010, for submission guidelines and for more information on the conference. General inquiries should be directed to the conference coordinator at policyhistoryconference@gmail.com.

Web page: http://www.slu.edu/departments/jph/conf2010.html
Contact e-mail: policyhistoryconference@gmail.com

Opens: December 31, 2009. Call for Papers: Reconciliation in America: Moving Beyond Racial Violence—Call for Papers, "Reconciliation in America: Moving Beyond Racial Violence," June 2-4, 2010 Tulsa, Oklahoma. The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, with the OAH, and OU, invites you to submit a paper for its symposium, "Reconciliation in America: Moving Beyond Racial Violence." The symposium will explore current academic research and projects that address the American history of racial violence, with special emphasis on race riots and sundown towns, with a view of achieving reconciliation. It also marks the 89th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Riot. The first John Hope Franklin Medal of Reconciliation will be awarded to Julian Bond during the symposium. Send your paper by December 31, 2009, to John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, Inc. 131 North Greenwood Ave., Tulsa, OK 74120 c/o Jeffrey Kos or e-mail to jefkos@gmail.com. Join us in Tulsa to honor the legacy of Dr. John Hope Franklin.

Web page: http://jhfcenter.org
Contact e-mail: jefkos@gmail.com

2010

January

Opens: January 15, 2010. Call for Papers: Cross Currents in Women's and Gender History—The fourth biennial conference of Women and Gender Historians of the Midwest (WGHOM) will be held on June 18-19, 2010 at Northeast Iowa Community College in Dubuque, Iowa. This conference brings together scholars, educators, students and the public to explore current issues in women's and gender history as we showcase the academic work of Midwestern and other scholars who focus on women or gender. We encourage not only presentation by academics, graduate students and undergraduates, but also papers, roundtables and panels from teaching faculty, librarians, archivists, high school teachers and public historians in all areas of women's history, gender history, and related fields. Deadline for submission of proposals, consisting of an abstract (500 words or less) and one-page c.v., is January 15, 2010. Send proposals to Kristin Anderson-Bricker, e-mail: kristin.andersonbricker@loras.edu.

Web page: http://department.monm.edu/wghom/
Contact e-mail: kristin.andersonbricker@loras.edu

Opens: January 20, 2010. Call for Papers: Holocaust and Genocide: A Half-Century of Changing Narratives—Millersville University of Pennsylvania announces the 30th Annual Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, to be held April 14-16, 2010. "Holocaust and Genocide: A Half-Century of Changing Narratives" is the theme. The conference invites proposals for papers and panels. Individual proposals should include the title, author's name, address, affiliation, curriculum vitae, and an abstract of no more than 200 words. Panel proposals should include the title of the panel and chair. Hard copies of proposals should be sent to Prof. Saulius Suziedelis, Director, Annual Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, Dept. of History, Millersville University, P.O. Box 1002, Millersville, PA 17551-0302. Electronic submissions may be sent to: ssuziedelis@millersville.edu. Proposals must be submitted by January 20, 2010. Additional information may be found on the conference home page: www.millersville.edu/~holo-con/.

Web page: http://www.millersville.edu/~holo-con/
Contact e-mail: ssuziedelis@millersville.edu

Opens: January 31, 2010. Call for Papers: Education and Empire—Sixth Galway Conference on Colonialism, June 24-26, 2010, "Education and Empire." The aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to explore the role of education in shaping, promoting, and challenging imperial and colonial ideologies, institutions and processes throughout the modern world. We invite papers that address the following themes: the role of educational institutions in shaping imperial, colonial and global processes; the relationship between imperialism, colonialism and the development of modern knowledge systems; education and the creation of professional diasporas; types and patterns of knowledge transfer; the insecurities or failures of imperial and colonial educational and knowledge practices; and transitions in educational practice. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes. Please submit an abstract, of not more than 300 words, to Fiona Bateman and Muireann O'Cinneide at www.conference.ie/ before January 31, 2010.

Web page: http://www.conference.ie/
Contact e-mail: heathd@tcd.ie

February

Opens: February 1, 2010. Voices from the In-Between: Aporias, Reverberations, and Audiences—This conference seeks to foster a space to discuss, problematize, and rethink possible ways of approaching the elusive concept of the in-between, as it relates to various modes of cultural production and global phenomena. With the aim of engaging in transdisciplinary dialogues, the scope of the conference is not limited to a particular cultural, geographical, linguistic domain, field-specific methodology, or theoretical framework. Instead, we invite proposals that question how specific objects of study resist clear-cut categorization or placement in genres or domains, abstracts that theorize on the potentiality of the in-between, as well as case studies that investigate the diverse meanings and manifestations of in-between-ness.

Web page: http://www.umass.edu/llc/
Contact e-mail: voicesfromtheinbetween@gmail.com

Opens: February 1, 2010. Call for Papers: Urban History Association—The Program Committee of the Urban History Association seeks submissions for panels, roundtable discussions, and individual papers on all aspects of urban, suburban, and metropolitan history for "'Sustainable Cities?': Fifth Biennial Urban History Association Conference" in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 20-23, 2010. While "sustainability" has often been defined as planning for the future, we will be investigating the history of urban futures across many time periods in many metropolitan areas and many countries. Panel proposals should designate a single person as contact and include a brief explanation of the overall theme as well as one-page abstracts of each paper and a 250-word biography for each participant. Round table proposals follow this format but organizers should submit one page on the theme and a 250-word biography for each presenter. Those submitting an individual paper, please include a one-page abstract and a 250- word biography. Submissions are due February 1, 2010, and should be sent via e-mail to Prof. Janet R. Bednarek at Janet.Bednarek@notes.udayton.edu. As part of the conference, the UHA will organize workshops for graduate students writing dissertations in urban and suburban history. Students who have written a prospectus and who wish to participate in a workshop should apply with a 2-4 page letter of interest by February 1, 2010, to Janet.Bednarek@notes.udayton.edu.

Opens: February 3, 2010 Closes: February 5, 2010. Second Latin American Economic History Congress (CLADHE-II)—The Second Latin American Economic History Congress (CLADHE-II) will take place in Mexico City from February 3-5, 2010. The economic history associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay will be the organizers of the Congress. The Spanish and Portuguese economic history associations will participate as invited organizers. The Congress venue will be the National Autonomous University of Mexico Cultural Centre at Tlatelolco. The Congress will be the ideal academic forum to debate on-going economic history research from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as to discuss global and comparative perspectives. Complete information on the Congress characteristics, calendar, fees and methods of payment, as well as on Mexico, the venue and travel arrangements, is available at www.economia.unam.mx/cladhe (in Spanish). If you have questions or you want to request specific information in English, please write to cladhe2010@gmail.com.

Web page: http://www.economia.unam.mx/cladhe
Contact e-mail: cladhe2010@gmail.com

March

Opens: March 15, 2010. Call for Papers: San Francisco Rights Conference—"The Question of Rights." San Francisco State University will host a conference September 16-17, 2010, exploring the question and place of rights in history, politics, and society. We welcome participation from historians, both senior and junior scholars, graduate students, community advocates, archivists, and lawyers. We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, or roundtables. The deadline for submission of proposals, consisting of an abstract of 300 words for individual presentations or 1,000 words for panel and workshop proposals and a one-page c.v. for each participant, is March 15, 2010. Send your proposals to Christopher Waldrep, Dept. of History, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132 or via e-mail to cwaldrep@sfsu.edu.

Web page: http://www.h-net.org/~law/index.html
Contact e-mail: cwaldrep@sfsu.edu

Opens: March 22, 2010 Closes: March 28, 2010. 17th EUROCLIO Annual International Professional Development Conference—The 17th EUROCLIO Annual International Professional Development Conference, "A Bridge Too Far? Teaching Common European History, Themes, Perspectives and Levels" will take place on March 22-28 2010, in the vicinity of Nijmegen, a rich in historical heritage city, in the Eastern part of the Netherlands. From September 2009 the official Canon of 50 windows to Dutch History and Culture is compulsory for all pupils from 9 to 15. In 2010 the the Association of Teachers in History and Political Science in the Netherlands, VGN, wants to explore with colleagues from all over Europe if this approach can be used as a model for a European Canon. The EUROCLIO Conference will explore a set of common topics in European history: Roman times, Christianity and Islam, Industrial Revolution, Second World War, and the Cold War period, and aim to evaluate existing Dutch and international teaching materials for school history in design, pedagogic practice, assessment opportunities and professional implications.

Web page: http://ac2010.euroclio.eu
Contact e-mail: maria@euroclio.nl

Opens: March 22, 2010 Closes: March 28, 2010. EUROCLIO 17th Annual Professional Training and Development Conference —The 17th EUROCLIO Annual International Professional Development Conference A Bridge Too Far? Teaching Common European History, Themes, Perspectives and Levels will take place on March 22-28 2010, in the vicinity of Nijmegen, a rich in historical heritage city, in the Eastern part of the Netherlands. From September 2009 the official Canon of 50 windows to Dutch History and Culture is compulsory for all pupils from 9 to 15. In 2010 the Association of Teachers in History and Political Science in the Netherlands, VGN, wants to explore with colleagues from all over Europe if this approach can be used as a model for a European Canon. The EUROCLIO Conference will explore a set of common topics in European History: Roman Times, Christianity and Islam, Industrial Revolution, Second World War, Cold War Period and aim to evaluate existing Dutch and international teaching materials for school history in design, pedagogic practice, assessment opportunities and professional implications.

Web page: http://ac2010.euroclio.eu
Contact e-mail: maaike@euroclio.nl

April

Opens: April 1, 2010. Call for Proposals: Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music—Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music, October 14-17, 2010. We accept proposals in any field of Moravian history and music but special consideration will be given to the following topics: the Unitas Fratrum during the 15th-17th centuries; Count Zinzendorf; musical anniversaries: Gambold, Grimm, Geisler, Malthaner; Moravians in the Transatlantic World; instruments, instrumental music, the collegium musicum; iconography and art; the body. Send a proposal of 300 words to hlempa@moravian.edu or hbinford@moravian.edu. For more information: www.moravianconferences.org. Dr. Heikki Lempa, Dr. Hilde Binford, Dept. of History, Dept. of Music, Moravian College, 1200 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. (610) 861-1315. Fax: (610) 625-7919.

Web page: http://www.moravianconferences.org
Contact e-mail: hlempa@moravian.edu

Opens: April 15, 2010. Cottage Conversation—An Evening at President Lincoln's Cottage with Craig Symonds, author of "Lincoln and His Admirals" (2008). Reception at 6:00pm, program begins at 6:30pm. Admission: $10 general admission. Location: President Lincoln's Cottage, Upshur St at Rock Creek Church Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20011. Tickets: alison_mitchell@nthp.org or (202)829-0436 x31228.

Web page: http://www.lincolncottage.org/news/conversations.htm
Contact e-mail: alison_mitchell@nthp.org

Opens: April 24, 2010. Underpinnings: The Evolution of Underwear from the Middle Ages through Early Modernity —A conference held by the undergraduate students of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY) in conjunction with Troubadours and Trebuchets, The Medieval Studies Club. From the trailing sleeves and towering headdresses of the High Middle Ages to the ornate, jewel-encrusted ensembles of Elizabethan England and the elaborate turbans of the Mamluk and Ottoman empires, clothing and headgear have captured the imagination of historians for decades. Few, however, have given thought to what lies beneath, which, even while having a functional role, comprises a system of sartorial signs that tell much with respect to social mores and shifting views of the body. This conference aims to explore the evolution of undergarments from the Middle Ages through the early modern era in a variety of contexts, from the material forms of the garments themselves to their symbolic associations and latent meaning. Geographic and temporal reach: global, 500-1750.

Contact e-mail: hallen1@binghamton.edu

Opens: April 29, 2010 May 1, 2010. Call for Presentations: Visualizing Global Asia at the Turn of the 20th Century—The Visualizing Cultures project and the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University invite contributions to an academic conference focused on the relationship between visual imagery and social change in modern Asia. We will assemble scholars of history, art history, history of photography, and history of technology specializing in China, Korea, Japan, United States, Europe and the Philippines to discuss how to integrate visual and textual media in research and teaching, using to the fullest the opportunities presented by the Internet. We invite interested researchers to submit contributions for presentation at the conference at Yale in spring 2010. These presentations should integrate visual and textual content. We especially encourage contributions that use rare materials from archives and museum collections. Many of the contributions may become the basis for new units on the Visualizing Cultures web site.

Web page: http://visualizingcultures.mit.edu
Contact e-mail: shunk@mit.edu

June

Opens: June 21, 2010 July 2, 2010. German Script Course—Upon completion of the course participants will be able to read and transcribe 17th-20th century texts written in German script; Medieval texts will not be studied. Participants will be able to identify abbreviations used in 17th- and 18th-century texts and will know where to reference less frequently used ones. We will discuss the development of script from Roman times until the abolition of German script in 1943. You will also learn about different calendar and dating systems used throughout the centuries. This intensive course on learning to read German script is now in its 40th year and is the only course of its kind in the country. The course is taught by Dr. Paul Peucker and Lanie Graf, both experts and experienced instructors in reading and writing German script. Course fee: $700.00 (incl. textbook and instructional materials but does not include housing). The number of participants is limited to 15.

Web page: http://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/germanscript.php
Contact e-mail: info@moravianchurcharchives.org

Opens: June 24, 2010 Closes: June 27, 2010. World History Association Annual Conference—The World History Association will hold its 19th Annual Conference, which will be held at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley, California, June 24-27, 2010. The hotel will provide accommodations for conferees at a discounted rate, as well as all necessary meeting space. Rooms will also be available on the San Diego State University campus for those desiring modestly priced accommodations. The conferences themes are still under consideration. Details regarding the 2010 conference will begin to be posted on the WHA web site during spring of 2009.

Web page: http://www.thewha.org

September

Opens: September 7, 2010 Closes: September 10, 2010. Autograph Manuscripts of the Middle Ages—Ljubljana (Slovenia), National Gallery, September 7-10, 2010. The XVIIth Colloquium of the Comité international de paléographie latine. Through the study of a representative panel of individual cases, the conference will address the wide range of problems that arise from autograph manuscripts (i.e. those whose author and copyist is one single person) in the fields of palaeography, codicology, the diffusion, transmission and scholarly edition of the texts.

Web page: http://www.palaeographia.org/cipl/ljubljana
Contact e-mail: pamela.robinson@sas.ac.uk

2011

July

Opens: July 7, 2011 Closes: July 11, 2011. World History Association Conference 2011: China in World History—Capital Normal University's Global History Center will host the 20th Annual World History Association Conference on its Beijing campus, July 7-11, 2011, in its state-of-the-art International Cultural Plaza. The main theme will be China in World History, and a second theme is currently under discussion. Conferees will be housed in the plazas hotel at exceedingly reasonable rates (but there is a nearby Western, five-star hotel for those who want wanton luxury and a four-star business hotel next to the Plaza), and all sessions will be held in the adjoining conference building. Details regarding the 2011 conference will be posted on the WHA web site during the summer of 2010.

Web page: http://www.thewha.org

 

Last Updated: October 16, 2008