April 16-20, 2009 will be the date of the next ASCH spring conference, when we will gather in historic downtown Montreal. The conference site will be the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel, 777 University, on the edge of the Old City. Click here to download the full conference program. For inquiries, email asch@churchhistory.org.
Spring
Meeting 2009
April 16-20, 2009
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
CALL FOR PAPERS - ASCH
2010 WINTER MEETING - SAN DIEGO, CA
The annual Winter 2010 meeting of the American Society of Church History will be held on Thursday to Sunday, January 7-10, 2010, in San Diego, CA, in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s annual meeting. We invite ASCH members to submit paper and session proposals on any aspect of the history of Christianity and its interaction with culture, including proposals for formal papers, panel and round table discussions, consideration of a major recent book, critical assessments of a distinguished career, and other relevant themes and issues. In addition to the usual categories relating to periods, geographical areas, and special topics, we encourage proposals that cut across categories. We would also like to have sessions that deal with pedagogical issues of concern especially to younger and older scholars and that examine the use of technology and electronic resources in research and the classroom. Panels should exhibit diversity of gender, rank, and scholarly location in their composition.
• Proposals for entire panels/sessions are preferred, while proposals for individual papers are welcome.
• The proposed use of computers, internet, or projectors in the session must be stated and rationalizedin the proposal.
• The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2009.
Paper proposals should consist of (1) a short description of less than 200 words, (2) a biographical paragraph or c.v. summary of the applicant, and (3) a current mailing location, email address, and phone number for the proposed presenter. Session proposals should contain all of the above for each of the two or three presenters as well as (1) the session title, (2) a brief description of less than 200 words outlining the theme or topic of the session, and (3) biographical data for the chair and the respondent (which can be the same person). Use of audio-visual equipment is limited to the hotel provider’s equipment, has become very expensive, and must be restricted to presentations for which it is requisite.
Please send proposals, preferably by email, before March 15, 2009, to the program committee at asch2010_AT_duke.edu. Applicants will be notified when their materials are complete. The program committee reserves the right to reconfigure sessions as needed. All program participants are expected to register for the annual meeting.
As part of Florida State University's cluster hiring initiative, the History of Text Technologies Program (http://hott.fsu.edu) seeks applications and nominations for 3 open rank positions. We seek innovative interdisciplinary scholars working on the production, transmission and/or reception of texts, including musical, visual and digital texts. The particular area of specialization is open within Western European and Transnational Studies, 1100-1800. We especially welcome applications from scholars with expertise in the history of religion, including medieval, Reformation, and post-Reformation Christianity, Islam in the Mediterranean world, Judaism, and religion in the Atlantic world. Historical and theoretical approaches are welcome. Candidates must have a PhD in hand at the time of appointment, August 2009. Please send an application letter, c.v., writing sample, and the names and email addresses of referees to Professor John Corrigan, Religion Department, jcorrigan@fsu.edu. Consideration of applications will begin October 10th. Florida State University is an Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action Employer.
