Sponsored by:

The UAlbany
Department of History &
History Graduate
Student Organization

The New York State Archives Partnership Trust

With additional support from:

The New York State Museum

The College of Arts & Sciences

CALL FOR PAPERS

The organizers of the 16th annual Researching New York Conference once again invite proposals for panels, papers, workshops, roundtables, exhibits, and documentary and multimedia presentations on any aspect of New York State history in any time period and from any perspective.

Researching New York brings together historians, archivists, museum curators, graduate students, teachers, documentarians, and multimedia producers, to share their work on New York State history. Presentations that highlight the vast resources available to researchers, as well as scholarship drawn from those resources, are encouraged.

Whether individual or institutional worship or intersections with civic  and secular life, religion, religious practice, and spirituality infuse the history of New York State We encourage presentations that consider  religion in the context of  education, public policy, legislative action, court decisions, and social reform, as well as church or religious history.

Proposals are due by July 1, 2013. Complete panels, workshops, media presentations, or sessions are preferred; we will consider partial panels and individual submissions. For complete sessions please submit a one-page abstract of the session, a one page abstract for individual presentations, and a one-page curriculum vita for each participant. For individual submissions, include a one-page abstract and one-page vita.

Submissions must include name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Please submit electronically to resrchny@albany.edu. All proposals must detail any anticipated audiovisual needs or time constraints. All conference participants are expected to register for the conference.

We also seek commentators for panels. Please indicate your interest by contacting us at resrchny@albany.edu, indicating your area of expertise, along with a one-page vita.