This regional will be held at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in Champaign, IL

Hosts: Professor James R. Brennan: jbrennan@illinois.edu

Professor Stefan Djordjevic: djordje1@illinois.edu

The deadline to submit an abstract is September 29.

The deadline to submit your presentation-ready paper to us is October 25.

We are now accepting submissions for titles and abstracts of papers to be presented at this conference that reasonably align with the theme of “Conflict and Culture.” We do not need your paper in its entirety, only the title and a cohesive abstract.

This call is open to the history of conflict and/or the history of culture from all time periods and geographic locations. You may also choose to challenge the theme in your paper presentation. Additionally, we welcome interdisciplinary projects that may emanate from fields outside of history. We do, however, require that your presentations focus on a historical topic or approach. 

Our submission guidelines and expectations are as follows: 

Submissions from any discipline, as long as they focus on a historical topic or approach, are encouraged. The submission deadline is September 29th, 2024  at 11:59 pm.

Submissions must be the original work of the author. These submissions should take the form of the title and abstract of the paper the author wishes to present. Abstracts should be under 250 words in total.

Submissions will be considered if they are submitted by undergraduate and/or recently graduated students.

Submissions should be sent to the UIUC Phi Alpha Theta’s conference email address (uiucpatconference@gmail.com) and all identifying information should be included in the body of the email, including home institution and academic year.

Submitting your title and abstract only qualifies you to be considered for a presentation at the conference. However, if your paper is accepted, you will have until October 25th to submit a completed draft of your conference paper to share with conference panel discussants. 

Additionally, Phi Alpha Theta is partnering with the Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois to create a special, Conflict and Culture-themed edition of the Journal for the Spring 2025 semester, after the conference takes place. If you are interested in submitting your paper to be considered by the Journal, in addition to presenting it at the conference, please indicate that in your email to us as well.

Finally, if you are planning to present at or attend UIUC’s Phi Alpha Theta Conference this November, please fill out the following Google Form in order to register: https://forms.gle/NGpptQRhceqcPTes9. 

Please reach out to the Conflict and Culture committee with any questions or concerns (uiucpatconference@gmail.com). We look forward to seeing you in November!

This regional will be held at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA

Hosts: Dr. Joseph Lenti - jlenti@ewu.edu

Dr. Bill Youngs - jyoungs@ewu.edu

This regional will be held at Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX

Host: Dr. Rebekah McMillan - rebekah.mcmillan@angelo.edu

angelo.edu/departments/history/phi-alpha-theta-conference.php

The Midwest Regional will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Columbia, MO, hosted by the Park University chapter

Host: Dr. Tim Westcott - tim.westcott@park.edu

Visit shsmo.org/mch to learn more