LACS The Latin American and Caribbean Section of the Southern Historical Association

LACS-SHA 2009 Call for Papers

The Latin American and Caribbean Section (LACS) of the Southern Historical Association welcomes individual papers and panels for its meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, November 5 – 8, 2009.

LACS accepts papers and panels on all aspects of Latin American and Caribbean History, including the fields of the borderlands and the Atlantic World. The location of the 2009 meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, on the banks of the Ohio river, reminds us that major waterways help connect the interiors, the peripheries, and the centers. In keeping with that idea, panels and papers that highlight the connections between people, cultures, and areas of Latin America, the Caribbean, the Atlantic World, and the borderlands are especially welcome.

Each year LACS also sponsors one panel, entitled “The Kimberly Hanger Memorial Panel,” which in general has some connection to Louisiana or New Orleans history and/or the topics of race, gender and the colonial borderlands and the Caribbean.

Please note that the Program Committee may revise proposed panels. All panelists are required to be members of LACS. For information about membership, please take a look at our latest recruiting letter, or you can fill out the form and send it in.

Submissions should include a 250-word abstract for each paper and a brief curriculum vitae for each presenter. Submissions should be sent via email attachment to:
andrew.mcmichael at wku.edu.

We encourage faculty as well as advanced graduate students to submit panels and papers.

Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2008. Complete panels are appreciated, but not required.

Submit panels and papers to:

andrew.mcmichael@wku.edu
or
Andrew McMichael
1906 College Heights Blvd #21086
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green KY 42101-1086