Extended Deadline: Society for the History of Discoveries CFP
Call for Papers
2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
When: 19-20 November 2021
Venue: Williams Research Center of the Historic New Orleans Collection
Special note: Although we are hopeful that this meeting will be held in person, we will continue to monitor the epidemiological situation, and we will inform participants should it be necessary to pivot to a virtual platform.
Our 2021 Annual Meeting, 19-20 November, will be held at the Williams Research Center of the Historic New Orleans Collection. The opening reception will take place on Thursday evening (November 18), followed by the conference on November 19 and 20.
Theme: "Changing Tides: Native Americans, Europeans and Africans on the Gulf Coast"
The Gulf Coast of the southern United States, has been an area of intense human activity for millennia. Native Americans hunted and fished, developed agriculture and produced works of art in this region as early as 11,000 B.C.E. Vast trade networks stretched across the land and water. Europeans entered the scene in the sixteenth century with destructive expeditions led by Panfilo de Narváez and Hernando De Soto. Enslaved Africans were also brought to Spanish Florida in the sixteenth century. The Gulf Coast saw increased exploration and settlement; cultural exchange and exploitation – indeed, the ensuing centuries brought intensified and continuous change. This fascinating region offers the inspiration for our conference.
Papers, 25 minutes in length, are invited on all points of view of this theme, including: discovery, exploration, conquest, resistance, settlement, economy, daily life, and all aspects of cultural encounters.
The Committee also welcomes proposals from SHD members, scholars, and independent researchers that address all aspects of geographical discovery and exploration. SHD welcomes submissions from graduate students and emerging scholars, and papers on teaching the history of exploration. Preference will be given to those papers that are particularly aligned with the conference theme, but all paper proposals of high quality, regardless of geographic orientation, will be considered.
The audience at SHD meetings is diverse and includes academics and members of various professions. All are especially interested in the processes and consequences of geographical exploration and discovery. Presenters are encouraged to use images (maps, paintings, photographs, etc.). For the benefit of the audience all visuals have to be presented as PowerPoint-compatible projection
Please provide a proposal that includes the following components:
- the title of the presentation
- the author’s name and address, including email address and affiliation
- an abstract summarizing the paper’s scope and conclusions (maximum of 500 words)
- a statement about the originality of the contents of the paper: how much is new, unpublished material, based on research in primary sources, etc.
- a statement indicating whether PowerPoint or other digital media will be used and whether internet access is necessary for the presentation
- a brief biographic sketch of the author(s)
Paper proposals are due August 15, 2021, and should be submitted as e-mail attachments, with the subject line SHD 2021, to:
Dr. Anne Good, Program Committee Chair, agood@umn.edu
Questions? Please contact Dr. Good at agood@umn.edu
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