Please consider joining us this April for what promises to be a truly wonderful scholarly experience: This year’s conference has received a record number of submissions, and we are happy to confirm that we have presenters coming from around North America and the world.

We are also pleased to announce that our keynote speaker is Dr. Erez Manela, who will be speaking on international society as a historical subject.

Increasingly, scholars in a variety of fields are ignoring the disciplinary boundaries and geographical borders that have long separated those engaged in historical inquiry. This year the Central Michigan University Graduate Student Historical Studies Conference will offer scholars in the humanities and the social sciences the opportunity to explore the benefits, the challenges and the limitations of crossing borders and moving beyond boundaries. We invite proposals for papers that adopt a transnational or interdisciplinary approach to historical topics. Nevertheless, we will also welcome proposals that approach historical topics in ways that are more traditional. In keeping with the theme of the conference, we will organize papers into panels that highlight the transnational and interdisciplinary dimensions of historical inquiry.

“Borders, Boundaries and Beyond” will be held at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, on April 13-14, 2012. Cash awards will be presented for the best paper in several categories.

Those interested in presenting should send an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short CV as an attachment to histconf@cmich.edu

The deadline for submission is February 20, 2012.