Pioneer America Society
Eastern Historical Geography Association Joint Conference 2009
Pipestem Resort State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia
October 29-31, 2009
The conference committee is accepting proposals for papers, special sessions, and panel discussions for the joint PAS/APAL and EHGA conference in 2009. We encourage papers and sessions that reflect the conference theme, Heritage Preservation in Appalachia, but we welcome papers that will be of interest to members of either organization.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words, which includes the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s), and title of the paper. You should submit your abstract via email to email to dbowen@umw.edu. (If that is not possible, please mail a paper version to Dawn Bowen, Dept. of Geography, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.)
Deadline for Abstract submissions is September 1, 2009.
Please use the downloadable presentation form (PDF).
Abstract Format:
Van Lear Rose (Author)
Hard Knocks College (Affiliation)
Coal Miner’s Daughter: Life in Butcher Hollow (Title)
Body of the abstract. This should include a problem statement, a statement about methods, and a brief description of the conclusions. Please limit the abstract to no more than 200 words.