The Texas State Historical Association will hold its 115th annual meeting, March 3-5, 2011, in El Paso at the Camino Real Hotel, and the program committee is now calling for proposals for sessions and papers to be presented at the meeting.

A complete session proposal includes the following: a) session title; b) complete name, address, phone number, a one-page vita, and institutional affiliation (or hometown, in the case of lay historians) of the session chairman, paper presenters (either two or three), and commentator (for sessions with two paper presenters); c) titles of the two or three individual papers; and d) a brief summary of each paper. Each complete session is strictly limited to seventy-five minutes. To allow time for introductions and questions, each presentation in three-paper sessions should not exceed twenty minutes (about ten typewritten pages) and in two-paper sessions each should be limited to twenty-five minutes (about twelve pages).

Individuals may submit a proposal for a single paper rather than a complete session. Although single papers are often difficult to combine into coherent sessions, committee members will make every effort to include such proposals in the program.

A Program Committee Work Sheet is included with this call for sessions and papers.

Papers presented should not have been delivered at a scholarly meeting or published prior to the 2011 Texas State Historical Association meeting. There are, of course, no objections to the papers being given again or published after the meeting.

As much as possible, participants in a given session should be from different institutions. Historians from outside Texas, but doing work in Texas-related studies, are encouraged to participate.

Individuals who participate in the TSHA’s annual programs may present a paper once every three years or serve as a commentator once every two years. Session chairs may repeat annually, although the committee will make every effort to avoid repetition.

Individuals who are to present papers at the 2011 meeting will be required to have a copy of their paper and a one-page vita in the hands of their session chairman, session commentator (in two-paper sessions), and the TSHA office by January 5, 2011.

Proposals should be submitted to Randolph “Mike” Campbell, Chief Historian, TSHA, in hard copy [1155 Union Circle #311580, Denton, TX 76203-5017] or electronically [mike@unt.edu]. Proposals for the 2011 El Paso meeting must be received by February 1, 2010. [If there are questions, please call Mike Campbell at 940/369-5223.]

Program Committee Work Sheet (Microsoft Word document)

Program Committee Work Sheet (ASCII Text document)

Click on either document link above to download the appropriate format, complete the form, and then print and mail or fax to destination on the form. Email StevePortch@TSHAonline.org for technical assistance.