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CALL FOR PAPERS 
                      Oral History Association Annual Meeting 
                         Hyatt Regency, Buffalo, New York 
                                October 15-18, 1998 
 
        The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers and 
presentations for its 1998 annual meeting, to be held October 15-18 in 
Buffalo, New York.  The theme of the meeting is "Crossing the Boundary, 
Crossing the Line: Oral History on the Border."  Proposals that relate to 
mediations among diverse communities; class, ethnic, racial, and gender 
perspectives; interdisciplinary approaches; transnational issues; migration 
and immigration; transgressions; new frontiers in technology; lesbian and 
gay history; relationships in interviewing; marginality; oral history and 
received historical wisdom; shifting borders in oral history; and ethical 
and legal boundaries are especially encouraged.  Proposals on other topics 
are also welcomed. 
 
        The Program Committee invites proposals from oral history 
practitioners in 
a wide variety of disciplines and settings, including academic 
institutions; museums; historical societies, archives, and libraries; 
community organizations; media professionals; and independent historians. 
We also encourage proposals from graduate students and from those involved 
in both precollegiate and postsecondary teaching.  Sessions may address the 
many uses of oral history in media such as film, video, radio, exhibitions, 
drama, and new electronic media.  Similarly, while sessions may be 
organized in the customary panel format, we encourage proposals for 
roundtables, workshops, poster sessions, media and performance-oriented 
presentations, off-site sessions, and other formats that go beyond the 
boundaries of conventional conference presentation.  We welcome proposals 
from other professional organizations, including state and regional oral 
history associations affiliated with the Oral History Association, and 
proposals for presentation in French from French speaking Canadians.  OHA 
policy prevents those who will present papers at the 1997 annual meeting 
from doing so in 1998; such individuals, however, may serve as session 
chairs and commentators. 
 
        Applicants must submit four copies of the following: for full 
        session 
proposals, a one-page description of the issues and questions the session 
will address and a one-page abstract of each presentation; the name of the 
convenor; suggested commentator(s); and short vitae, including 
institutional affiliation, mailing address, phone numbers, and e-mail 
addresses for each presenter.  Individual proposals should include a title, 
one-page abstract of the presentation, and a short vita of the presenter. 
 
        For further information or to submit proposals, contact: 
 
 
Debra Bernhardt                 Cliff Kuhn 
Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Department of History 
70 Washington Square South             P.O. Box #4117 
New York, NY 10012                     Atlanta, GA 30302-4117 
(212) 998-2640                  (404)651-3255 
Fax: (212) 995-4070                    Fax: (404) 651-1745 
e-mail (queries only) 
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