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The Future of the Past II: Practicing History in a New Millennium
Expanding upon a dialogue begun at the 2006 Tennessee Conference of Historians, the 2007 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Meeting will provide a forum that addresses the various ways in which the past is constructed, presented, and remembered. It will bring together undergraduate and graduate practitioners of history in a forum that highlights the work of younger scholars who will leave their mark on the 21st century. This conference gives us the opportunity as a community to assess the future of our profession. After all, graduates and undergraduates today will be responsible for presenting the past tomorrow.
The all-day event will include paper sessions, a luncheon, and an awards ceremony, and will be held at the downtown TSU campus. Directions will be available on the conference website. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Jean H. Baker, a professor of history at Goucher College. Dr. Baker is the author of several awarding-winning books, including Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists, Affairs of Party: The Political Culture of Northern Democrats in Mid-Century America, and Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography. A nationally-renowned scholar, Dr. Baker will kick off the pre-conference festivities on Friday, March 23 at 12:30 p.m., as the Sam Shannon Lecturer. The lecture, which will be held on the main TSU campus, is open to the public.
We invite paper and presentation submissions from undergraduate and graduate students who view the past from a variety of perspectives. We encourage contributions from all subject areas, approaches, and methodologies. The goal is to inspire meaningful dialogue between diverse groups of historical practitioners as they prepare to exit their own undergraduate and graduate classrooms. As always, the PAT Tennessee Regional Conference will provide a collegial forum for the engagement of ideas between historical scholars who have various levels of experience.
Please submit a one-page proposal for a 20-minute presentation and a brief c.v. no later than February 16, 2007. Expect to receive confirmation almost immediately, and if accepted, please be prepared to send by snail mail completed papers by March 8. Conference organizers also welcome any and all faculty who would like to serve as panel chairs and commentators. For additional information, please see the conference website at http://www.tnstate.edu/pat/. Thank you for your interest in the 2007 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference!
Contact:
Michael T. Bertrand
Department of History, Geography
and Political Science
Tennessee State University
615-963-1376
mbertrand@tnstate.edu
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