Call for Papers

        The Forrest C. Pogue Public History Institute at Murray State
University will host a conference entitled "Americans Remember the Civil
War: Scholarship, Preservation, and Public Memory" on April 4 and 5 1997 in
Murray, Kentucky.  Individual proposals related to the themes of the Civl
War homefront, gender and the War, race and the War, and interpretation and
preservation of Civil War sites are encouraged.  Proposals that relate to
the Civl War in Kentucky are especially welcome.  Please submit paper
propsals (including a one to two page abstract and a brief curriculum vitae)
by JUNE 1 1996 to the conference co-chairs, William H. Mulligan, Jr or
Lesley J. Gordon at:
        Department of History
        Murray State University
        PO Box 9
        Murray KY 42071-0009
        Phone (502) 762-2231  Fax (502) 762-6587

        or by e-mail at address below.
William H. Mulligan, Jr.
Assistant Professor of History and Director, Public History Programs
Forrest C. Pogue Public History Institute
Murray State University
Murray, KY 42071-0009
Phone: (502) 762-6571     Fax:   (502) 762-6587
Home Phone: (502) 753-9033
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