Call For Papers

The 36^th Northern Great Plains History Conference:

The 1^st Conference of the New Millennium

October 10-13, 2001

Holiday Inn and Ramada Inn

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Hosted by the Department of History, University of North Dakota

Proposals for papers or sessions in any area of history or history-related subjects are welcome.

The organizers of this year's NGPHC are actively seeking sessions sponsored by as diverse a group of historians as possible (nascent labour, oral, social, classical, economic, and environmental history associations spring to mind in this regard). Papers and sessions based upon innovative research methodologies and incorporating novel theoretical perspectives or utilizing inter-disciplinary approaches are particularly welcome. A keynote session on recording and writing the history of a contemporary disaster - in this case the Red River Flood of 1997 - is also being planned. Yet another session will deal with the topic, "Life after a history degree" - a panel discussion which we hope will be of particular use to our student attendees. Finally, we hope to incorporate even more papers and panels than usual which deal with various aspects of Canadian history and with both the parallels and points of departure between Canadian and U.S. history.

In keeping with the NGPHC tradition of being "student-friendly," several sessions featuring the work of graduate students will be offered, while at least two sessions will be reserved for outstanding undergraduate papers. Instructors who are leading honours/honors seminars or offering their Department's senior capstone course this academic year are invited to encourage their most promising students to submit proposals for these sessions. Students are, however, also free to submit paper and panel proposals which would follow the more traditional conference format.

All paper and panel proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2001. Send one page abstracts and a short vita (e-mail submissions are quite acceptable) to: