SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
OCTOBER 10-13, 1996, NEW ORLEANS, LA
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Social Science History Association will hold its annual
conference October 10-13, 1996; we will meet in New Orleans,
Louisiana, at the Monteleone Hotel. The SSHA is the leading
interdisciplinary association in the social sciences; its annual
conference attracts historians, economists, sociologists,
anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, and
geographers. Session topics are diverse; the full range of
quantitative and qualitative methodologies are represented.
Graduate students are encouraged to attend, to appear as
panelists, and to present poster exhibits.
Those interested in a poster exhibit, panel session, or paper
presentation should send proposals to the representatives of
the appropriate network of the Program Committee (listed
below). Proposals should describe the subject and format
of the presentation (including poster, panel, and paper
titles), and provide names, departments, institutional
affiliations, addresses, phone numbers, and, when
possible, fax and e-mail information, for all participants.
They should also request audio-visual equipment if necessary.
Panel Sessions. Panels last two hours. If possible, organizers
should try to propose complete panels, in which ample time (at
least thirty minutes) is left for discussions. A panel with four
(fifteen-minute) presentations and one discussant requires
reporting results rather than reading papers. Roundtables
about a certain issue and "meet the author" panels are
encouraged. SSHA prefers that the participants in a session be
from different disciplines and different universities.
Participants may present only one paper; they may also appear
on the program as discussants or chairs. Individual presenters
should get in touch with network representatives or program
co-chairs to see if their papers might fit into a panel in the
process of being formed.
Poster Exhibits. The SSHA began poster exhibits several years
ago. They allow authors to display information about their
research project(s) on an easel. These will be set up in the book
exhibit room and a "meet the author" time will be scheduled
for each poster. The SSHA provides authors with corkboards
and easels. Posters should be printed on 8.5" x 11" (or other
standard sheets) in a large font size (at least 15 points for text
and larger for titles). They should begin with an abstract of 250
words.
All participants in SSHA programs are required to
preregister for the conference in the spring, after their
proposals have been accepted. Participants join the SSHA
(except in unusual circumstances; please discuss exemptions
with your network organizer).
The deadline for receiving poster, paper, and panel
proposals is February 16, 1996. Organizers are urged to
contact members of the Program Committee earlier and to
submit preliminary proposals by January 15, 1996.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Ann S. Orloff, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin,
8128 Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison,
WI 53706; 608-262-2783; 608-262-2921 (messages); fax 608-
265-5389; orloff@ssc.wisc.edu
Colleen A. Dunlavy, Department of History, University of
Wisconsin, 4103 Humanities Building, Madison, WI 53706; 608-
263-1854; 608-263-1800 (messages); fax 608-263-5302;
cdunlavy@facstaff.wisc.edu
NETWORK REPRESENTATIVES
Criminal Justice/Legal. Mary Beth Emmerichs, History
Department, PO Box 413, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, WI 53201; 414-355-2779; marybeth@csd.uwm.edu
Culture. Nicola Beisel, Department of Sociology, Northwestern
University, 1810 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208; 708-
467-1250; fax 708-491-9907; nbeisel@casbah.acns.nwu.edu / Steve
Ellingson, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1126
E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; 312-324-4511 or 312-702-8211;
fax 312-702-4849; SJE1@midway.uchicago.edu
Economics. Mary Yeager, Department of History, University of
California-Los Angeles, 6265 Bunche Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los
Angeles, CA 90025-1473; 310-825-3489; fax 310-278-5311;
yeager@histr.sscnet.ucla.edu / Robert Whaples, Department of
Economics, Wake Forest University, 124 Carswell Hall, P.O.Box
7505, Reynold Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109; 910-759-4916;
whaples@wfu.edu
Education. Ian Winchester, Dean, Faculty of Education,
University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4 CANADA; 403-220-5627 (or 5628); fax 403-282-5849;
18011@UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA
Family/Demography. Steven Ruggles, Department of History,
University of Minnesota, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis,
MN 55455; 612-624-5818; 612-624-2800 (messages); fax 612-
624-7096; ruggles@hist.umn.edu
Historical Geography. Peter Hugill, Department of Geography,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843; 409-845-7141;
fax 409-862-4487; PJH4238@VMS1.TAMU.EDU
Labor. Eric Weitz, Department of History, St. Olaf College, 1520
St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057; 507-646-3166 or 3167; fax
507-646-3523; weitz@stolaf.edu / Anton Rosenthal, Department
of History, 3001 Wescoe Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
66045; 913-864-3569; rosenthl@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
Methods/Theory. John Mohr, Department of Sociology,
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430; 805-
893-7169; 805-893-3630 (messages); fax 805-893-3324;
mohr@sscf.ucsb.edu / Roger Gould, Department of Sociology,
University of Chicago, 1126 E 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637; 312-
702-0399; fax 312-702-4849; gould@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu
Migration/Immigration. Stanley Nadel, Social Science
Department, Southwestern Oklahoma State University,
Weatherford, OK 73096; 405-774-7097; fax 405-774-3795;
nadels@swosu.edu / Walter Kamphoefner, Department of
History, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-4236;
409-845-7176 (office); 409-822-4792; fax 409-862-4314;
waltkamp@tamu.edu
Networks. Peter Bearman, Department of Sociology, Hamilton
Hall #CB3210, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599;
919-962-7200; fax 919-962-7568; bearman@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
Politics. Scott Barton, Department of History, East Central
University, Ada, OK 74820; 405-332-8000, ext. 419;
sbarton@mailclerk.ecok.edu.
Race/Ethnicity. Alfred Darnell, Department of Sociology, Box
1811 Sta. B, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235; 615-
322-7546; fax 615-322-7505; darnelat@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
Religion. Hubert Morken, Robertson School of Government,
Regent University, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach,
VA 23464; 804-579-4535; fax 804-579-4536;
hmorken@beacon.regent.edu
Rural. Susan S. Rugh, Department of History, St. Cloud State
University SH283, St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498; 612-255-2004; fax
612-654-5198; suru@stcloud.msus.edu / Peggy G. Hargis,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern
University, Landrum Box 8051, Statesboro, GA 30460-8051; 912-
681-5426; fax 912-681-0703; har_agga@gsaix2.cc.GaSoU.edu
States, Societies. Elisabeth Clemens, Department of Sociology,
University of Arizona, Social Sciences 417A, Tucson, AZ 85721;
520-621-9351; fax 520-621-9875; clemens@u.arizona.edu
Urban. Hannah McKinney, Economics Department, Kalamazoo
College, 1200 Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006; 616-
337-7024; fax 616-337-7251; mckinney@kzoo.edu; Jean-Pierre
Collin, INRS-Urbanisation, 3465, rue Durocher, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada H2X 2C6; 514-499-4041; fax 514-499-4065;
JEAN-PIERRE_COLLIN@INRS-URB.UQUEBEC.CA
Women/Gender. Carole Turbin, History and Sociology, Empire
State College, SUNY, P.O. Box 130, 223 Store Hill Rd., Old
Westbury, NY 11568; 516-997-4700 or 718-499-3244; fax 516-
997-4942; cturbin@sescva.esc.edu/ Ruth Crocker, Department of
History, Thach Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849;
334-844-4360; fax 334-844-6673; crockrc@mail.auburn.edu