PAT Conference at University of Florida - April 18 & 19th

Dear Phi Alpha Theta Advisor,

Our school's Gamma-Eta chapter will be hosting the next Regional Meeting for the Florida region of Phi Alpha Theta. The conference will be held on Friday and
Saturday, April 18th and 19th. It will be in Keene-Flint and the newly built Pugh Hall, both of which are in the heart of the historic district of the University of Florida campus.

The deadline for submission of paper abstracts is March 1st.

Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words, and they can be submitted by snail or electronic mail. We will be informing participants about the status of their submissions no later than March 15th. We are requesting final papers to be submitted by April 1st.

Papers should be no more than 10 to 12 double-spaced typewritten pages to be read in a maximum of 20-25 minutes, and there should be a brief autobiography attached to each submission. Only Phi Alpha Theta student members are eligible to submit papers. Awards will be given for the best undergraduate and graduate papers.

Please encourage your students to present papers at the conference. In addition, I hope you may be willing to volunteer your services as either a session chair or session evaluator (judge).

If so, please contact us.
There will be a cost of $25 per accepted paper checks made payable to Phi Alpha Theta. In addition, we encourage you to bring members who are not submitting papers, for there will be no cost for them to attend the conference. We have tentatively scheduled former Florida Senator Bob Graham as the keynote speaker on Friday evening of the 18th.

Moreover,
we will be providing coffee and finger foods Friday night and a continental breakfast Saturday morning. I look forward to hearing from you and your students. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 352-392-0271 ext. 254, nolls@ufl.edu, or stevno3@aol.com. We will be sending more information with specific details at a later date, but if participants have questions about travel arrangements or lodging, please contact me.

However, our department homepage, www.history.ufl.edu, has nice links to campus maps and places of interest in Gainesville.

Send abstract submissions to me by email or to:

Phi Alpha Theta Conference
Department of History University of Florida
025 Keene-Flint Hall
PO Box 117320
Gainesville, Fl 32611
Sincerely,
Steven Noll
University of Florida faculty

6th Annual South Florida Student Conference

Florida Atlantic University

Friday, April 4th, 2008
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Abstract and App due: February 8, 2008.

Cash awards for the top three papers. The competition is open to all disciplines. Papers must address topics relevant to the Latin American and Caribbean region. Papers will be presented in panels arranged around common themes. papers will be accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Haitian Creole.

Each participant will have 10 minutes to present.

Final papers should be approximately 15-25 double spaced pages and submitted electronically to: aplacio@fau.edu and umclas@miami.edu

Additional information contact: UM 305.284.1854 or FIU 305.348.2894

ON-LINE INFORMATION

LASA 2009 in Rio

hi friends,

The information for LASA (Latin American Studies Association) just came out for Rio de Janeiro in June 2009. I am planning on going and I hope other history students will as well. Below is the information. The paper proposals are due by March 28.


The LASA Secretariat is now accepting paper proposals for LASA2009 in Rio de Janeiro. The congress will take place from June 11 -14, 2009 and promises to be as exciting as ever with the engaging theme Rethinking Inequalities.

Please act quickly because the deadline for submitting paper proposals is March 28, 2008. Those interested in submitting their paper proposal may do so online at

http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/congress/proposal-submission.html.

For more information regarding LASA 2009, please visit the LASA Congress web page,

http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/congress/about.html.