The 77th annual meeting of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association will be held at the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University, Fredericton, N.B., May 31 – June 1, 2011 in conjunction with the Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences (May 28 – June 5, 2011).

The main Congress theme is “Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places.”

The CCHA invites proposals for scholarly papers dealing with the Congress theme as it relates to Canadian Catholic history or with any aspect of the history of the Catholic Church or Catholicism in Canada for presentation. Papers presented at the conference will be eligible for consideration for publication in the CCHA’s annual peer-reviewed journal, Historical Studies. A limited number of travel subsidies will be available for graduate students presenting papers.

Proposals for either individual papers orentire sessions or round tables of two or three related papers are welcome. For individual papers, please submit a maximum 250 word proposal and a one-page curriculum vitae. For panels or roundtable sessions, please send a maximum one-page proposal for the entire session and curriculum vitae for each participant. Papers suitable to be presented in a joint session with the CSCH (Canadian Society for Church History) or CHA (Canadian Historical Association) are also welcome. Curriculum vitae should include email and postal addresses. Note: Please provide information about audiovisual services required for the presentation.

Prospective presenters are encouraged to become members of the CCHA; student memberships are available. Additional information about past conferences, membership, publications, etc., is available at the Canadian Catholic Historical Association’s website: www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/studies.html Information about Congress 2011 can be found at: www.congress2011.ca

Please send proposals by email before 22 January 2011 to:

Dr. Jacqueline Gresko (CCHA President and Program Chair) jgresko@telus.net

Even if you are unable to present a paper this year, we hope you will plan to attend the CCHA conference in Fredericton.