The History Graduate Student Association at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 16th Annual Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate Conference. This interdisciplinary conference will be held at the Virginia Tech Graduate Life Center in Blacksburg, VA on April 5-6, 2013. As in the past, the Brian Bertoti Conference offers graduate students and distinguished undergraduates the opportunity to present original research in a friendly and scholarly environment and to expand historical knowledge. Presenters are asked to submit a one-page abstract and a brief curriculum vitae no later than January 18, 2013, to Alison Hight at HGSA.vt@gmail.com.