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2006 OAH/NCPH
Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.

Our America / Nuestra América

The ninety-ninth Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians and the twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History will be held jointly at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 19-22, 2006. The program theme, "Our America/Nuestra América" is meant to explore the many meanings of "America" for people living in North America and beyond. Touching on the concept of Nuestra América as articulated by nineteenth-century Cuban poet and patriot José Martí, this year's program committee has designed a meeting which expands the definition of "America" beyond borders and across bodies of water, and will engage us in debates about the place of the United States in the Western hemisphere and the world. '

Hotel Reservations

The deadline for hotel reservations at the OAH/NCPH group rate was March 20, 2006. Rooms are still available at the hotel's current room rate. Many travel websites offer alternative hotels in the Dupont Circle area.

Guest rooms are available at the Hilton Washington at a special OAH convention rate. A portion of the room rate will be used by OAH to offset meeting costs. Please call the hotel or go online to make your reservation. Be sure to mention that you are attending the OAH/NCPH annual meeting and use the group code, "OAN" in order to receive the discounted rates.

Hilton Washington
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
telephone (202) 483-3000

Preregistration is Closed

The March 29 deadline for preregistration for the 2006 OAH/NCPH meeting has passed. Please register onsite for the conference at the Hilton Washington DC beginning at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, April 19.

Onsite Registration Rates

OAH/NCPH Members $110
OAH/NCPH Member Student/Income under $20,000 $45
Non OAH/NCPH Members $130
Guests $45
One-day only $60

TAH Grant Symposium
What Has TAH Wrought? The Impact of Teaching American History Projects on Historians and the Historical Community

This all-day symposium will be held in conjunction with the OAH/NCPH annual meeting Wednesday, 19 April 2006. Many history, education, and social studies conferences have presented sessions that discuss what TAH grants are doing. Some sessions have even looked at the impact they are having on teachers. However, a deeper and broader analysis of the impact of these grants on historians and the historical profession has yet to take place. H-TAH and H-Net, in conjunction with the OAH, proposed this symposium to jump-start that discussion on a national level. Historians who have directed TAH programs or otherwise been intimately involved with them will serve as discussion leaders for each of the sessions. This symposium will only be the beginning of a long-term discussion among the larger community of those involved in H-TAH programs, including but not limited to to the teachers themselves (both participants and mentors) and the educational community.

Please register for the symposium by contacting OAH.

Town Hall Session
South vs. South: Interpreting Competing Pasts at Civil War Sites

Participants on this session would like to encourage a more detailed discussion than is possible during a ninety minute session. The goal of this session is to solicit and discuss questions raised by participants who encounter related issues in either an academic or public history setting. Comments or questions for the session can be emailed to the Session Proposer, Rob Dehart at rdehart.tr at earthlink.net More information about the session is available here.

2006 OAH Annual Meeting Convention Supplement

The following articles appeared in the convention supplement, which is an annual feature in the February OAH Newsletter.