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Bringing Us All Together: The 101st Annual Meeting of the OAH, Friday, March 28 Call for Papers
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The one-hundredth and first annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians will be held in New York City, answering a call to bring us all together. The last generation or so of scholarship in American history has excavated the experiences and concerns of a wide array of Americans. Our field now advances a far more expansive definition than ever before of what it means to live an American life. We not only know about people of many genders and races, we see class and region as integral dimensions of American identity. Scholars writing in languages other than English and living outside the United States are also valued members of the community of American historians. However a fragmentation of concept has accompanied this fine bounty of scholarship. Too often we lose sight of what brings our subjects and our fields together, letting slip the opportunity of intellectual cross-fertilization. In New York in 2008 we will talk across lines, addressing larger issues as they manifest themselves in our subfields. No more fragmentation for now: rather, an attempt of synthesis and unity. Let us talk across sub-fields and specialization, not in some relapsed American exceptionalism, but in an expansive spirit of unity. The program committee invites the submission of panels and presentations that surmount intellectual barriers, but it will also consider proposals exploring other issues and themes in American history. We prefer to receive proposals for complete sessions, but will consider individual paper proposals as well. Teaching sessions are also welcome, particularly those involving the audience as active participants or those that reflect collaborative partnerships among teachers, historians, and other history educators. Topics may cover any pedagogical issue or technique, at any level, from K-12 through postsecondary. We encourage presenters to post their papers on the OAH website before the meeting, in order to deepen the discussion in New York. The committee will work to have the program represent the full diversity of the OAH membership in the U.S. and abroad. We urge proposers to include presenters of both sexes and members of ethnic and racial minorities. Panels also should represent a range of historians, teachers, and other history professionals, wherever they are employed and at varying levels of seniority in the profession. Submission Procedure The proposal deadline of February 15, 2007 has passed. Registration and Membership Requirements Repeat Participation 2008 Program Committee |
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