18th Annual Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate Conference

The History Graduate Student Association at Virginia Tech announces a call
for papers for the 18th Annual Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in
History Graduate Conference. The conference will be held on Friday, March
20 and Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Virginia Tech Graduate Life Center
in Blacksburg, Virginia. We invite graduate students to submit proposals on
any historical subject that reflects current trends in historical
scholarship. We particularly encourage proposals that include an
interdisciplinary perspective, as well as submissions from graduate
students working in the fields of the history of science, technology,
medicine, and the environment.

Mark M. Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the
University of South Carolina, will present his talk “The Smell of Battle,
The Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War” on Friday, March
20. On Saturday, March 21, Lisa Tolbert, Associate Professor at the
University of North Carolina-Greensboro, will give her talk “Beyond Piggly
Wiggly: A Cultural History of the Self-Service Store.”

Presenters are asked to submit a 250-word abstract and a brief curriculum
vitae no later than January 23, 2015, to Tom Seabrook at HGSA.VT@gmail.com

For more information about the conference, speakers, or schedule please
visit the conference website at www.history.vt.edu/hgsa_website/bertoti

Thank you very much!

Sara Evenson

Panels Committee