Interested in seeing the leading conference for professional historians up close? UMW’s History and American Studies Department is sponsoring students to attend!
The event is the American Historical Association‘s Annual Meeting, which is happening in Washington, DC, January 2-5, 2014.
The conference website introduces the event, complete with a full program schedule.
Among our faculty, Dr. Fernsebner and Dr. McClurken will both be presenting in sessions, and other department faculty, including Dr. Poska and Dr. O’Brien, will also be in attendance.
We’ll be happy to meet up with students at various points and provide some basic orientation to the conference itself (the all-important book exhibit, the various sessions, and even a peek at the interview space where PhDs are applying for jobs).
The Specifics:
1) We’ll cover the cost of registration for the conference which takes place mostly at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington DC.
2) We can underwrite the cost of local travel (e.g., VRE/Metro or car mileage from Fredericksburg to DC). We will also help coordinate travel to the conference with other students.
3) We can’t cover the cost of hotels, so either students will have to cover that themselves, or do a day trip (or trips if you go multiple days).
4) Since it is before school starts, if you don’t live in the DC/Fredericksburg area, we also can’t cover travel to the area or hotel.
The department will likely sponsor 3-6 students going and we’ll want to coordinate which days of the conference they’ll attend to try to make it a bit more convenient for everyone.
How to Apply:
If you are a department major and are interested, first contact a faculty member in the department to endorse your application. Simply talk to a faculty member who knows you and your work and agrees to be listed in the application.
Then, fill out this brief application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bAcrKA1aQ-gcpB1aAxvUXERWncKraDj8MkktTTwmf8M/viewform
If you have any questions about the process, contact Dr. Jeffrey McClurken at jmcclurk [at] umw.edu.
Image: cc licensed photo by Paul Arps
