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NERWHA April 2012 Symposium Registration Form: "PDF here"

Building upon the success of this fall’s symposium, the New England Regional World History Association (NERWHA), plans to hold a spring symposium:

Proposal submission deadline: 10 February 2012

The New England Regional World History Association (NERWHA), an affiliate of the World History Association, invites proposals from teachers and scholars of world history for roundtable discussants and workshop presenters related to the integration of pedagogy and scholarship. We hope that our discussions will serve as a space for exploring the connections between research and teaching world history and for assessing the challenges, needs, and opportunities that confront world history practitioners at all levels. We invite participation from the entire world history community, and hope to foster connections among world history practitioners representing K-12, higher education, independent scholarship, and public history.

In place of traditional panels, this symposium will feature

1.) Roundtable Conversations: Roundtable discussants – whether focusing on scholarship or pedagogy -- should plan on 10-minute presentations in order to offer a collegial setting for interactive dialogue. We plan to have an equal number of scholars and teachers so that each discussant should not feel compelled to speak about both aspects.

Topics for roundtable(s) might include, but are not limited to:

· The practical challenges that confront world history teachers
· Cultural interactions and connections, including musical, artistic and literary exchanges
· Optimal practices for training teachers of world history
· New scholarly research
· Pedagogical approaches in the classroom that have worked well

2.) Workshops:

Topics for workshops might include, but are not limited to:

· Specific strategies for implementation of teaching and scholarship
· Specific ideas for a more focused audience than in a roundtable discussion

Each proposal should include a 250-word abstract and a CV for each participant.

Proposals should be submitted by in electronic format to James Diskant: james.diskant@verizon.net Presenters must register for the conference by 24 March 2012 to be included in the program.

NERWHA officers (please click on the link to view their CVs):

President: Dane Morrison, Salem State University
Vice President: Michele Louro, Salem State University
Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Jane Maxwell, Green Mountain College

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