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<DIV dir=ltr>I'm forwarding to you a Call for Papers for a graduate student history conference, "Many Paths to Urban History," that will be held at UIC on Saturday, April 19th. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send your proposal to <A href="mailto:cgshc08@gmail.com"><FONT size=2>cgshc08@gmail.com</FONT></A> by February 15th.</DIV>
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<DIV RE>Roshanna P. Sylvester, Ph.D. </DIV>
<DIV RE>Associate Professor </DIV>
<DIV RE>Graduate Program Director </DIV>
<DIV RE>Department of History </DIV>
<DIV RE>DePaul University </DIV>
<DIV RE>2320 N. Kenmore Ave. (SAC 417) </DIV>
<DIV RE>Chicago, IL 60614-3250 </DIV>
<DIV RE>773-325-7825 (phone) 7</DIV>
<DIV RE>73-325-4764 (fax) </DIV>
<DIV RE>rsylvest@depaul.edu</DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Chicago Graduate Student History Conference [mailto:cgshc08@gmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sun 1/20/2008 5:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B> kjo@uiuc.edu; arkush@uiowa.edu; fscarano@wisc.edu; carlin@uwm.edu; b-frommer@northwestern.edu; c.gilmartin@neu.edu; Sylvester, Roshanna; sfrink@roosevelt.edu; mrung@roosevelt.edu; acardoz@luc.edu; kpollock@uchicago.edu; wiggerj@missouri.edu; cdobbs@iastate.edu; jlesueur@unl.edu; abernathy.3@osu.edu; kjcarr@siu.edu; siles.william@uis.edu; ruddytm@slu.edu; hkieval@wustl.edu; hummer@wayne.edu; wgamber@indiana.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Call For Papers: Many Paths to Urban History<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To Whom It May Concern,</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I am writing to invite submissions from graduate students in your department to the first annual Chicago Graduate Student History Conference, to be held at the University of Illinois at Chicago on April 19, 2008. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It would be very much appreciated if you could circulate the Call for Papers below to parties who might be interested. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thank you and best wishes. <BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Call for Papers</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"Many Paths to <SPAN class=nfakpe>Urban</SPAN> <SPAN class=nfakpe>History</SPAN>: A Conference on Politics, Culture, Economics, and Society in the City."</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The history graduate students of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) are pleased to announce the first Annual Chicago Graduate Student History Conference (CGSHC), to be held at UIC on Saturday, April 19 2008. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In this conference we want to encourage history graduate students of all kinds--Internationalists, culturalists, Americanists, Economists, and so on--to come together and share their work in an attempt to build a synthetic understanding of urban life and history. We believe there is much to gain at this moment by building bridges between these interests and acknowledging the validity of alternative perspectives. We hope that by gathering together a diverse body of scholarship we can learn from the different methods, theories, and languages and produce fruitful dialogue.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Presentations from history graduate students in all research areas are welcome. In addition, graduate students working on historical topics in other social science disciplines are encouraged to apply. While most of these presentations will be based on completed seminar papers, students at earlier stages in their research are also encouraged to submit proposals. Please send proposals for individual papers or full panels to <A href="mailto:cgshc08@gmail.com">cgshc08@gmail.com</A>.<SPAN> </SPAN>Proposals must be received by February 15, 2008. Proposal guidelines can be found below. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Accepted presenters will deliver a 10-15 minute talk on their research and receive feedback from a commentator and the assembled professors and graduate students. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The conference will be held concurrently with the 2008 session of the Midwest Labor and Working Class History Colloquium (MLWCH).</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Proposal Submission Guidelines</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">CGSHC proposals should be submitted by email to <A href="mailto:cgshc08@gmail.com">cgshc08@gmail.com</A>. Proposals should include:</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Proposals must be received by February 15, 2008 to be considered. Notification of acceptance will be made by February 25, 2008.</SPAN></P>
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