The Pennsylvania Historical Association invites proposals for its 2012 Annual Meeting in the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, hosted by Penn State Harrisburg and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), November 1-3, 2012, at the Harrisburg Hilton Hotel. Full session proposals are encouraged, although proposals for individual papers and poster presentations are also welcome. Proposals should address the historical and cultural experience in and around the state of Pennsylvania. The program committee is especially interested in forums and panels that focus on events and movements showing the intersections of community, regional, state, and national contexts. The location of the conference in the state capital of Harrisburg in a national election year creates an especially inviting opportunity for presentations that concern issues of power and politics, industry and economy, peace and war, health and public policy, and education and public heritage. The program committee also seeks panels on social and cultural history regarding the PHMC’s annual theme in 2012 of foodways and interdisciplinary approaches to historical experience in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the American Studies Program at Penn State Harrisburg.

Submit proposals electronically in Word with the following information:

Panels with paper presentations: titles and abstracts under 200 words for each presentation, biographical information on each participant under 100 words, and identification of panel chair and any discussants. Panels should not have more than four presentations. Specify AV needs.

Discussion forums: title and abstract for forum discussion topic under 300 words, biographical information on each participant under 100 words, and identification of forum chair. Forums have multiple oral presentations making brief remarks on timely issues and engage in roundtable exchange with the audience.

Individual Paper/Powerpoint presentations and posters: give title and abstract under 200 words and biographical information under 100 words. Specify AV needs.

All participants must be members of the association at the time of the meeting. Proposals must be submitted electronically by February 24, 2012 to: https://sites.google.com/site/pha2012meeting/

Professor David Witwer at dxw44@psu.edu.