"The Time of Your Life, or, It Was a Very Good Year, or Before and After, or This Day in History"
Virginia Forum: March 12-14, 2015
"Anniversaries"
The 2015 Virginia Forum-the tenth annual forum-will be held on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. The Virginia Forum brings together historians, teachers, writers, archivists, museum curators, historic site interpreters, librarians, and others engaged in the study and interpretation of Virginia history to share their knowledge, research, and experiences.
The Virginia Forum is interdisciplinary and welcomes proposals on all aspects of Virginia history and culture from scholars, teachers, students, and professionals in all fields." This year's theme, "Anniversaries" particularly encourages submissions that analyze the ways in which Virginia's past has been constructed, the ways in which the extraordinary has been separated from the ordinary. The year 2015 marks also specific anniversaries-the 350th of the chattel slave system, the 250th of the road to the American Revolution, 200th of the end of the War of 1812, the 150th of the end of the Civil War, the 100th of World War I, and the 50th of the Voting Rights Act. This year's forum invites papers on how anniversaries in Virginia have been created, observed, recorded, and contested in non-fiction, fiction, other literary and historical forms, the visual arts, and historic and monumental sites.
We plan to offer sessions and workshops that draw from the full range of Virginia-focused research, including the humanities and sciences. We invite proposals about any aspect of Virginia life, society, history, and culture and from a variety of fields, including: economics, politics, geography, law, literature, history, politics, archaeology and anthropology, environmental studies, museum and library studies, preservation, and others.
Individual Papers:
Please submit a one-page paper proposal and a one-page curriculum vitae in a single Word/pdf document to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 15 September 2015. Please be sure to include your email address and other contact information.
Panels:
Proposals for complete panel sessions, workshops, or any other presentation formats are encouraged. Submissions should include: 1) a one-page description of the overall session; 2) a separate, one-page description for each individual presentation in the session; and 3) a one-page curriculum vitae for each panel member, including the chairperson. Please include all of the above in a single Word/pdf document submitted to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 15 September 2015. Please be sure to include your email address and other contact information.
Chairs:
If you are interested in chairing a session, please indicate your area(s) of interest and submit a one-page curriculum vitae in a single Word/pdf document to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 15 September 2015. Please be sure to include your email address and other contact information.
Additional information, including previous conference programs, is available online at www.virginiaforum.org<http://www.virginiaforum.org/>.

Direct further inquiries to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Proposal Deadline: September 15, 2015.


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