LACS-SHA
meets each year in conjunction with out
parent organization, the Southern
Historical Association. Our panels cover
a wider variety of topics and time
periods related to Latin America, the
Caribbean, American Borderlands and
Frontiers, and Atlantic World history. A Kimberly Hanger Memorial
Borderlands panel is given each year,
and LACS also participates in Phi Alpha
Theta sessions. We also hold a luncheon
with an invited speaker each year.
2013 LACS Call for Papers
SHA Meeting
in St. Louis, Missouri
October 31-November 3, 2013
Deadline:
October 1, 2012
The Latin American and Caribbean Section
(LACS) of the Southern Historical Association welcomes
individual paper and panel proposals for the 2013 SHA meeting in
St. Louis, October 31-November 3, 2013.
LACS accepts papers and panels on all aspects of Latin American and
Caribbean history, including the fields of the borderlands and
the Atlantic World. Panels and papers that highlight the
connections between people, cultures, and regions are especially
welcome.
Submissions should
include a 250-word abstract for each paper and brief curriculum
vitae for each presenter. We encourage faculty as well as
advanced graduate students to submit panels and papers.
Graduate students are eligible for the Ralph Lee Woodward Jr.
Prize, awarded each year for the best paper presented by a
graduate student in a panel organized by LACS.
Please note that the program committee may revise proposed
panels. All panelists are required to be members of LACS. For information about membership, please visit the
membership
page
or contact Matt Childs of the University of South Carolina at
childsmd@mailbox.sc.edu.
Visit the
Southern Historical Association
webiste for more information.
Deadline for
submissions is October 1, 2012. Complete panels are
appreciated, but not required.
Submit panels and papers
(with a preference for electronic submissions) to:
Robert Smale
University of Missouri, Columbia
smaler@missouri.edu
