Conference Theme and Site
Theme: "World History as a Research Field." The conference will give significant attention to the teaching of world history, but gives top priority to reporting on recent research and to setting a research agenda for global studies in history.

Site: Northeastern University campus, in the heart of Boston -- a secure urban environment, located near to many cultural treasures.

Local arrangements: Conference hosted by the World History Center, Northeastern University. Phone: (617) 373-4060.
Conference chair: Patrick Manning (manning@neu.edu).
Program chair: Adam McKeown (amckeown@lynx.neu.edu).

Plenary Sessions

• Thursday, June 22, 7:00 p.m., Faneuil Hall (downtown Boston)
  World History as a Research Field
  Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
  Dennis Flynn and Arturo Giraldez, University of the Pacific
  Prof. Mair, a distinguished historian of Asian literature, and Profs. Flynn and Giraldez, authors of pathbreaking work in the economic history of silver, will each speak on Eurasian interactions and their global implications.

• Friday, June 23, 11:00 a.m.
  Gender in world History
  Pamela McVay, Ursuline College
  Prof. McVay, along with other leading scholars on gender in history to be confirmed, will propose an agenda for studies of gender in global context.

• Saturday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.
  Historical Linguistics
  Christopher Ehret, UCLA
  Prof. Ehret, a leader in the reconstruction of early history through the study of language, will discuss the global implications of work on early Africa.

  A. Friday, June 23, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.  Six concurrent panels
  B. Friday, June 23, 2:45 - 4:45 p.m.  Six concurrent panels.
  C. Saturday, June 24, 8:15 - 10:15 a.m.  Six concurrent panels.
  D. Saturday, June 24, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.  Six concurrent panels.
  E. Saturday, June 24, 3:45 - 5:45 p.m.  Five concurrent panels.
  F. Sunday, June 25, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.  Five concurrent panels.

  See full program at www.whc.neu.edu/wha2000.  All panels take
  place in comfortable, media-friendly Shillman Hall.

Additional Meetings
Other sessions to take place during the conference include the WHA general meeting (Carter V. Findley, WHA President, presiding), the conference banquet, the WHA Executive Council, and meetings of WHA affiliates, graduate students, graduate programs, and AP World History teachers.

TEACHING INSTITUTE: "Teaching Environmental World History" Deborah Smith Johnston and Julie Gauthier, both of Lexington High School (Mass.) and Northeastern University, direct an institute on environmental world history" that convenes June 22 and meets June 25-26. Johnston is a leader of numerous workshops and is co-director of the July 2000 AP World History National Training Workshop; Gauthier is the founding director of the World History Resource Center at Northeastern University.

REGISTRATION

  Register via the conference website:  www.whc.neu.edu/wha2000
  Pre-registration deadline:  May 26, 2000.  (On-site conference
        registration rates slightly higher.)
  Conference fees may be paid by check or credit card (Master Card,
       Visa, Discover).
  Conference registration $100 (discounted for groups of four or
        more per school)
  Student registration $65 (with verification of student status)
  Teaching Institute $60 ($40 if combined with conference registration)
  Banquet (Saturday, June 24) $35

HOUSING
  Ample hotel and dormitory spaces have been reserved, but
        participants are urged to confirm reservations before the
        May 26 pre-registration deadline.
  Hotel rooms are available at the Colonnade Hotel and the Hilton
        Hotel; fine facilities within an easy walk of campus.
  Dormitory rooms.  Single, double, and triple rooms available in
        suites with private kitchen and bathrooms.  Prices $80, $70,
        and $60 per person per night.

PARKING
  Ample parking available on the Northeastern campus.  See details
        on website.

FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION:
  http://www.whc.neu.edu/wha2000
  (617) 373-4060