Call for papers: 2002 historians meeting (paper topics including immigrants and American Indians) -- DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 28 FEBRUARY

[Scott McGinnis]

2002 OAH-NCPH Joint Meeting--Final Call for Papers
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Call for Papers Deadline: 2001-02-28

Overlapping Diasporas: Encounters and Conversions

The Ninety-fifth Annual Meeting of the Organization of American
Historians
and the twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public
History will be held at the Renaissance Washington Hotel in Washington,
D.C., 11-14 April 2002.

The program committee invites proposals from members of the OAH, NCPH,
affiliated organizations, and scholars in related disciplines. In
keeping
with the OAH's tradition of encouraging and supporting excellence in
historical research, interpretation, and publication, the program
committee
has selected the theme  Overlapping Diasporas: Encounters and
Conversions.
The theme, broadly and creatively defined, is potentially fertile ground
for the presentation of research by scholars focusing on cultural,
political, economic, military, social and diplomatic history.

The conference location, Washington, D.C., presents expansive
opportunities
to include and engage historians beyond the academy in federal programs
and
public history venues. The committee encourages panels, workshops, and
roundtables which may lead to submission of proposals addressing the
theme
through topics such as those listed below.


* The creation of American society
* Reconceptualizations of American society
* Encounters and conflicts among migrants, immigrants, and American
Indians
* Political policies
* Economic interactions
* War, diplomacy, and international relations
* Conflicting interpretations in conversations and literature
* The fluidity of diasporas (confluences, re-formulations)
* Comparative cultures in American society
* Socialization and change in American history
* Community building and identity formation in diaspora
* Cultural longevity and continuity in diaspora
* Memory and diasporas


Although we encourage proposals for entire sessions, the program
committee
will accept individual proposals and make conscientious efforts to place
those papers on the program.

Complete session proposals must include a chair, participants, and one
or
two commentators. We discourage consecutive presentations by the same
panelists; however, participants may serve as chair or commentator one
year
and presenter the following year. All proposals must include five
collated
copies of the following information: 1) cover sheet, including a
complete
mailing address, phone number, and affiliation of each participant; 2)
abstract of no more than 500 words (not required for single paper
proposals); 3) prospectus for each paper of no more than 250 words; and
4)
a single-page vitae for each participant.  Proposals sent with less
than
five collated copies will be returned.

We welcome volunteers to act as chairs or commentators as assigned by
the
program committees.

All proposals must be postmarked no later than 28 February 2001 and sent
to:

 2002 Program Committee
 Organization of American Historians
 112 North Bryan Avenue
 Bloomington, Indiana  47408-4199

No electronic or faxed submissions will be accepted.

Participation in Consecutive Annual Meetings

The program committee discourages participation as a paper presenter in
consecutive annual meetings. The 2002 program committee will try to
avoid
placing a presenter from the 2001 Annual Meeting program as a
presenter on the 2002 program. A person may serve as chair or
commentator
one year and a presenter the other.

Affirmative Action and Membership Requirements

By OAH policy, the program committee actively seeks to avoid gender-
segregated sessions; the committee urges proposers of sessions to
include
members of both sexes whenever possible.

The committee likewise will work to follow the OAH policy and guidelines
of
having the program as a whole, and individual sessions to extent
possible,
represent the full diversity of the OAH membership. We strongly urge
proposers of sessions to include ethnic and racial
minorities, as well as junior academics, independent scholars, public
historians, and American historians from outside the U.S., whenever
possible. The OAH Executive Board has set aside a small sum of money to
subsidize travel to the annual meeting for minority graduate students
appearing on the program.

All participants must register for the meeting. Participants
specializing
in American history and who support themselves as American historians
are
also required to be members of the OAH (by 1 October 2001). Participants
representing other disciplines do not have to be members.

2002 Program Committee

*  Wilma King, University of Missouri-Columbia, Chair
*  Dwight T. Pitcaithley, National Park Service, Co-chair, and
  NCPH Representative
*  Barbara Franco, Historical Society of Washington, DC,
  NCPH Representative
*  Hal M. Friedman, Henry Ford Community College
*  David B. Gaspar, Duke University
*  Ronald Hatzenbuehler, Idaho State University
*  Susan Reverby, Wellesley College
*  Donald A. Ritchie, US Senate Historical Office,
  NCPH Representative
*  Joe W. Trotter, Jr., Carnegie Mellon University


Contact information:
Convention Manager
Organization of American Historians
112 North Bryan Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47408-4199
Phone: (812) 855-7311
Fax: (812) 855-0696
Email:  meetings at oah.org

Call for Papers website:
http://www.oah.org/meetings/index.html