Monday, January 6 2025, All day The deadline for paper proposals is January 6, 2025. CALL FOR PAPERS 2025 University of Georgia History Graduate Student Association Conference “Intersectional Narratives” The History Graduate Student Association at the University of Georgia will hold a conference at the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, GA on March 21-22, 2025. This is a great opportunity for graduate students from around the country to present their work in a friendly environment and receive feedback from professors and peers alike. This year's conference theme is Intersectional Narratives. Proposal Guidelines We invite paper submissions that tell intersectional narratives. How do issues of race, class, gender, religion, and sexuality affect various times, places, people, groups, and events in history? We welcome papers covering the American South as well as the Global South. Possible topics could include plantation slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction, the New South, Jim Crow, the long Civil Rights Movement, histories of the Native South, women and gender histories, and LGBTQ+ histories. We are also open to papers from related disciplines. Individual paper proposals should include a 300-word abstract, a paper title, the author’s contact information, and a brief curriculum vitae or resume. Please submit any audio-visual requirements as well. The deadline for paper proposals is January 6, 2025. Keynote Speaker This year’s keynote speaker is Tanisha C. Ford. She is a cultural critic and star academic. A professor of history at The Graduate Center, CUNY, she has written for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time, the Root, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and featured on NPR, among other places. She was named to the Root’s list of the 100 Most influential African Americans. Her book, Our Secret Society, won the 2024 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Work of Biography/Autobiography. Contact Information Please submit all proposals and questions by email to Maya Brooks, mbrooks@uga.edu HGSA Co-Professional Development Chair HGSA Conference 2025 Call for Papers (145.45 KB)
