Organized by the History Graduate Student Association at Virginia Tech, the
6th Annual Brian Bertoti "Innovative Perspectives in History" Conference
provides graduate students an opportunity to present their research in a
constructive and cordial academic environment.  The conference takes place
April 4th and 5th, 2003, on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA.

Graduate Students from all disciplines are encouraged to submit papers,
ranging, but not limited to, the fields below:

  United States/Canada/Latin America
  Europe/Russia
  Africa/Middle East
  Asia/Australia/Pacific Studies

Topics within these fields can include transatlantic studies, race, class, and
gender studies, global studies, comparative history, digital history projects,
art and literature, and science and technology studies.

*A prize of $100 will be awarded to the best paper presented at the
conference.

Guest Speakers include:

Dr. Ruth Schwartz Cowan, distinguished professor of the History and Sociology
of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Grace Elizabeth Hale, associate professor of history at the University of
Virginia.

Please submit a one-page abstrace and brief vita by January 15, 2003, to

  HGSA-Brian Bertoti Conference
  Department of History, 431 Major Williams Hall
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, VA  24061-0117

You may also e-mail the abstract and CV as an attachment to [log in to unmask]

If selected, a final paper, 12 pages maximum, must be submitted by March
1,2003.

For more information, please contact Jeremy Boggs at
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Thanks,  Jeremy

Jeremy Boggs
Vice-President, History Graduate Student Association
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History
Virginia Tech
431 Major Williams Hall
Blacksburg VA  24061-0117

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