FWD: Scotch-Irish Studies, Call for Papers

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

This is from H-Pennsylvania. A Scotch-Irish 
studies conference will be held in Philadelphia 
in early June.

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From: RKMacmaster at aol.com
Date: February 5, 2005 7:16:45 PM EST
To: jen at janofsky.net
Subject: Call for Papers

Center for Scotch-Irish Studies
  Call for Papers
  Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium
  Philadelphia, June 3 - 4, 2005

Who Are the Scotch-Irish?
The Center for Scotch-Irish Studies invites 
proposals for papers and sessions for the Third 
Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium, which will be 
held in Philadelphia on Saturday, June 4, 2005, 
with a welcoming dinner on Friday, June 3, 2005.

We are concerned with the development of 
introductory material on the history and culture 
of the Scotch-Irish suitable for elementary and 
high school students, and for others who are not 
familiar with these topics.  A primary focus of 
the symposium will be to identify parameters and 
guidelines for appropriate materials; we invite 
contributions in this area.

Another area of interest would be presentations 
on methods of estimating the number of Ulster 
immigrants to the American colonies and the 
United States.  We are particularly interested in 
approaches that examine levels of commerce 
between Ulster and early America, for the light 
that this might shed on levels of immigration.  
Also of interest are the economic factors 
influencing levels of trade between Ulster and 
the Colonies in the eighteenth century.  (For 
example, how much flaxseed was needed to support 
the linen industry in Ulster?)  We would 
encourage quantitative and statistical approaches 
to this subject.  Presentations on proposed 
research in this area are welcome.

Proposals and abstracts for papers and sessions 
related to the above subjects are invited.  
However, even if your work, or proposed research, 
is not directly related to the above topics but 
relates to some further aspect of the 
Scotch-Irish experience, we would welcome a 
preliminary inquiry from you.

Proposals for papers may be submitted at any time 
to the Center for Scotch-Irish Studies, PO Box 
71, Glenolden, PA 19036-0071.  Please look at the 
statement of Goals and Standards in 
www.Scotch-IrishCentral.org.  Abstracts (300-500 
words) describing the paper proposed for this 
symposium must be received by March 11, 2005.  
Authors will be informed by March 25, 2005 if 
their abstracts have been accepted.  The full 
text of the paper must be delivered by May 3, 
2005.  Time for Symposium presentations will be 
twenty-five to thirty minutes.  Please contact 
the above address, telephone (610) 532-8061, or 
e-mail cntrsis at aol.com, to obtain further 
information.

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