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The Social History Workshop at the University of Chicago invites scholars to participate in rethinking of the definition and role of Social History, at a special conference to be held in Chicago this spring.
A full prospectus of the conference can be found at the Workshop's web site:
<http://www2.uchicago.edu/ssd-history/Workshops/SocHist/schedule.html>.
The format will be plenary (no concurrent sessions), with electronically predistributed papers.
Already scheduled to deliver papers are Edward Ayers, Prasnejit Duara, Thomas Holt, and David Scobie. Catharine Brekus, Kathleen Neils Conzen, Neil Harris, Claudio Lomnitz, and Amy Dru Stanley have agreed to serve as panelists. Laura Mason, an editor of the new Routledge journal "Rethinking History," will also participate and "Rethinking History" plans to publish all or part of the conference proceedings.
Faculty and graduate students *from all disciplines* -- particularly those who may not condider themselves "social historians" -- are encouraged to place their work in the context of these themes. Especially welcome are papers which address specific issues of (for instance) research choices, pedagogy, the role of graduate admissions and advising, and the use of new technologies in research and education.
Paper proposals (500 words or less) should be submitted by 1 January 1998. [Deadline for full papers is TBA, but will necessarily be some weeks *before* the conference date, to allow for predistribution.] Proposals may be submitted by email to: <nextsocialhistory@uchicago.edu>, or by post to:
Geoffrey Klingsporn
Department of History
University of Chicago
1126 East 59th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
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