[NCAH] CFP: Joint North Carolina Association of Historians (NCAH) Annual Meeting-Phi Alpha Theta Carolinas Regional Conference

[Charles V. Reed]

Joint North Carolina Association of Historians (NCAH) Annual Meeting-Phi Alpha Theta Carolinas Regional Conference
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
April 2014
The Joint Program Committee of the NCAH Annual Meeting and the PAT Carolinas Regional Conference invites submissions of one-page proposals for papers to be presented at their April 2014 meetings. The NCAH will meet on Friday, 4 April at the College of the Albemarle (coa.edu<http://www.coa.edu>). The PAT Carolinas Regional Conference will meet on Saturday, 5 April at Elizabeth City State University (ecsu.edu<http://www.ecsu.edu>).
The Friday NCAH meeting welcomes:

  *   Panels (up to 3 panelists, one chair, and optionally, one discussant);
  *   Individual papers, maximum of 20 minutes in length;
  *   Roundtables (between 4 to 6 participants) -5 minute opening statements from participants and then conversational dialogue with the audience;
  *   Workshops on specific teaching techniques or practices;
  *   Mixed panels of K-12 teachers, university faculty, and independent scholars examining cutting-edge scholarship and its classroom application;
  *   Panels devoted to research in progress
NCAH submission requirements (professional teacher-scholars, public historians, and advanced graduate students): Each proposal should include: a maximum 250-word abstract for each paper, a brief curriculum vitae for each participant, and biographical details for use in the introduction by the chair. Presenters will have a maximum of fifteen minutes; papers should be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, excluding notes.
The Saturday PAT meeting welcomes:

  *   Panels (up to 3 panelists – chair/discussant will be assigned by program committee);
  *   Individual papers, maximum of 15 minutes in length
PAT submission requirements (undergraduate, MA, and pre-candidacy PhD students): name, email address or phone number, PAT chapter affiliation, the title of the proposed paper as it should appear in the conference program, and a one-paragraph abstract of the paper's contents. Please ask your supervising professor to submit, under a separate cover, a brief message of support to the program committee.
The North Carolina Association of Historians offers opportunities for historians in all fields — American, World, European, state and local — to meet, discuss research and exchange ideas with colleagues throughout the state of North Carolina as well as with individuals with research, spiritual, and other connections with the state. In addition to participation by faculty and graduate students at post-secondary institutions, the Association welcomes individuals whose careers are in public history as well as social studies teachers in public and private schools.

Phi Alpha Theta (ΦΑΘ) is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. The society has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.
Papers presented at the joint meeting are eligible for the Association’s annual award for the best student or faculty paper. All papers presented at the NCAH meeting will be considered for publication in the Journal of North Carolina Association of Historians. Prizes will be awarded at the PAT meeting for best paper in each panel and for best overall graduate and undergraduate paper.
Submit proposals by February 22, 2014 (NCAH) and March 2, 2014 (PAT) for first consideration to:
Hilary N. Green<mailto:hngreen at mail.ecsu.edu> <hngreen at ecsu.edu> (program chair)
Charles V. Reed<mailto:cvreed at mail.ecsu.edu> <cvreed at ecsu.edu>
CFP: http://www.nchistorians.org/conference/call-for-papers/

Charles V. Reed
Assistant Professor of History
Editor, H-Empire

Elizabeth City State University
Moore Hall 265 (office)
Campus Box 848, 1704 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 (mail)
Phone: 252.335.3201 | Mobile/Text: 252.548.6541 | Fax: 252.335.3683
Email: cvreed at ecsu.edu
Web: http://reedhistory.org