Young Scholars Forum
German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.
Crossing the Atlantic: European Dimensions of American History, 1600-2000
March 31 – April 3, 2005
Call for Papers
The German Historical Institute in collaboration with the History Department at the University of Texas at Arlington are pleased to announce the 2005 session of the annual Young Scholars Forum. The focus of the 2005 Forum is on U.S. history in transatlantic perspective.
Designed to bring together European, American and Canadian Ph.D. candidates for a weekend of critical debate, the forum will take place from March 31 to April 3, 2005, in Arlington, TX. The Forum offers promising young scholars the opportunity to present their work to their peers as well as to distinguished scholars.
We invite participants to discuss the variety of cultural, social, political, intellectual, and economic encounters of the European world with the North American continent over the last 500 years. Graduate students from history and other disciplines are invited to contribute to this forum.
Participants must submit a paper of twenty typewritten pages in length by March 1, 2005. In order to promote a lively exchange of ideas, papers will be distributed in advance; instead of a conventional presentation of one’s own work, each participant will comment briefly on a colleague’s paper.
Applicants will be notified by November 2004. The German Historical Institute and the University of Texas at Arlington will provide a travel allowance, lodging and some meals.
A complete application will include the following materials:
1. A curriculum vitae
2. A brief description of the paper (not to exceed two pages, double-spaced)
3. A formal letter of recommendation
European and North American applicants must submit their materials by October 1, 2004.
Please send applications to:
Christa Brown
Young Scholars Forum
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20009
Tel: 001-202.387.3355
Fax: 001-202.483.3430
Email: C.Brown@ghi-dc.org