2004 OAH Regional Conference
Call for Papers

2004 OAH Southern Regional Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 8-11 July 2004

In 2004 OAH, in conjunction with Georgia State University Department of History and the Georgia Association of Historians, will host its second regional conference. Its aim is to serve anew its members at community and four-year colleges and high schools, and those employed in government, museums, and the private sector as well as in major universities. The conference also seeks to encourage persons who will soon serve in these diverse capacities--graduate students--to get involved in professional activities early in their careers.

The regional conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on the campus of Georgia State University, 8-11 July 2004. The meeting takes as its special charge a desire to reach members and other historians and graduate students who find it difficult to attend the national meeting held in the spring each year. Atlanta is a convenient, central location in the Southeast and the conference benefits from the relatively inexpensive lodging and services offered by Georgia State University. Considerable attention will be devoted to professional development and the practice of history both in classrooms and in public settings in the South.

In keeping with recent OAH program practices, we encourage formats that promote discussion and participation, for example, roundtables and debates with up to five panelists. We also recommend that panelists discuss rather than read their papers, in an effort to increase dialogue with the audience. Although session proposals are preferred, we welcome individual paper submissions. We also welcome volunteers to chair or comment at sessions, as assigned by the Program Committee.

Session and Paper Proposals

Proposals for single papers and complete sessions should be submitted online using this form. Deadline for proposals is 1 August 2003.