In an era of rapid transit, electronic communication, international commerce and worldwide environmental challenges, global connections abound. Reflecting those realities, a growing number of course listings sport an international or global focus with titles like Atlantic Economic History, World Agricultural History and Global Environmental History. At the same time, heightened interest in cross-cultural comparative approaches; approaches and insights from environmental and cultural history; and perspectives from related disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities are enriching the field.

Desiring to promote and extend these fertile developments, the program committee for the 2008 meeting of the Agricultural History Society invites submissions from scholars at all levels and in all disciplines on topics related to the history of agriculture, broadly conceived. We extend a special invitation to graduate students. The committee welcomes proposals of all types and formats, from the traditional papers/commentary format to less formal thematic panel discussions to roundtables on recent books. The program committee will also do its best to organize individual or “orphan” submissions into panels.

Submission Deadline: October 15, 2007

Submission Procedures

Complete session proposals should include a chair, participants, and, if applicable, a commentator. Please include the following information:

• An abstract of no more than 200 words for the session as a whole;
• A prospectus of no more than 250 words for each presentation;
• A mailing address, email, phone number, and affiliation for each participant;
• A one-page CV for each participant

Individual submissions should include all the above except a session abstract.

Please send submissions, Microsoft Word or PDF format, to brian_cannon@byu.edu Alternatively, applicants may mail five hard copies of their proposals to:

Brian Cannon
Department of History
2119 JFSB
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84606

Please direct questions regarding the program to any member of the program committee:
• Brian Cannon, Chair, Brigham Young University, brian_cannon@byu.edu
• Alissa Franck, North Dakota State University, alissa.franck@ndsu.edu
• Linda Ivey, California State University East Bay, linda.ivey@csueastbay.edu
• Susan Rugh, Brigham Young University, susan_rugh@byu.edu
• David Schweikhardt, Michigan State University, schweikh@msu.edu
• Melissa Walker, Converse College, Melissa.Walker@converse.edu