Gulf South Historical Association
CALL FOR PAPERS
AND PANEL PROPOSALS
TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL
GULF SOUTH HISTORY AND HUMANITIES CONFERENCE
WITH SPECIAL THEME SESSIONS ON
SLAVERY, SECESSION, AND THE CIVIL WAR IN THE GULF SOUTH
October 20-22, 2011
Pensacola, Florida
The Gulf South History and Humanities Conference is an annual event sponsored by the Gulf South Historical Association, a consortium of Gulf South colleges and universities from the states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
The Twenty-Ninth Annual Gulf South History and Humanities Conference, hosted by the University of West Florida, welcomes all researchers and scholars to propose papers, panels, roundtables, performances, and workshops, exploring all aspects of the history and cultures of the Gulf South and Caribbean Basin.
The registration fee includes a Thursday evening reception at the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front Hotel, all conference sessions, and a free one-year membership in the Association. Tickets for the banquet, annual keynote address, and a courtesy cocktail reception are all included in the additional banquet fee.
Proposals will be considered if postmarked by the deadline of July 1, 2011. To submit an individual paper, send a brief c.v., title of the paper, and short abstract. Panel organizers (two or more presenters, a chair and commentator, or a chair/commentator) must submit a c.v., paper title, and short abstract for each participant. A complete list of conference sessions and topics will be mailed to each registrant in the first week of September 2011.
The conference will be at the beautiful Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front Hotel, which offers special conference room rates at $139.00 a night provided reservations are made by September 28, 2011. Please mention “GSH” when you call for reservations at 1-866-916-2999.
To submit proposals and for more information, please contact Dr. Jay Clune at jclune@uwf.edu, or: Gulf South Historical Association, c/o The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University, SLU Box 10730, Hammond, LA 70402.
DETACHABLE REGISTRATION FORM:
Name: ____________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
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REGISTRATION $40.00 _______ STUDENT REGISTRATION $25.00 ______ BANQUET $44.00 ________
TOTAL ENCLOSED: $_________________
Will you be joining the Association at the Thursday evening reception: Yes No
Please send this form with a check made payable to: Gulf South Historical Association, c/o The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University, SLU Box 10730, Hammond, LA 70402.
About the Gulf South Historical Association:
The Gulf South Historical Association, a consortium of Gulf South Colleges and Universities including the University of South Alabama, the University of West Florida, Pensacola Junior College, the University of Southern Mississippi, Southeastern Louisiana University, Texas Christian University, and Texas A & M at Galveston, preserves and promotes the history and the cultures of the Gulf South within state, regional, national and international contexts through a friendly exchange of scholarly research before the interested public at an annual Gulf South History & Humanities Conference.
At the annual conference each year, the Association presents the GSHA best book award on the history of the Gulf South. The award carries a $500 cash prize and a plaque, which will be presented to the winner at the banquet during the annual conference. To be competitive, submissions should highlight some aspect of the history and/or cultures of the states of the Gulf South and/or the Caribbean Basin. To be considered, books must be published during the calendar year June-June. To submit a book, three copies must be forwarded to the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Box 10730, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402 and addressed to the attention of Dr. Samuel Hyde. Books must be received no later than July 1st of the award year.
Each year, the Gulf South Historical Association presents the William F. Coker Award for the best paper presented at the annual conference by a graduate student. This award, which carries a $250 cash prize and a plaque, will be presented at the banquet during the annual conference.
The Gulf South Historical Review has ceased publication, however, back issues can be ordered the University of South Alabama at the following website:
http://www.usouthal.edu/archives/html/publications/arcorder.htm