Please excuse any repetition. This message is being cross-posted to several lists. For the American Studies Association meeting in Kansas City, Missouri October 31-November 3, 1996 conference theme: Global Migration, American Cultures, and the State" panelist sought proposed session: Memory and Historical Space This panel will focus on the public spaces where history and memory converge. The historic built environment--whether single landmark or vernacular structures or entire cultural landscapes--will be the laboratory for examining how Americans conceive the past--whether on the local, regional, or national level--and how these conceptions change over time and are debated among various individuals and groups. Present panel participants will be looking at (1) Independence Hall as a Landmark of History and Imagination; and (2) The Politics of Preservation: Community Identity and Historical Consciousness. This panel will seek to explore how the preservation, interpretation, and even destruction of historic sites reveal the ways in which collective memory is shaped. Papers are welcomed on any historical period or place. Please respond off-list to Paige Roberts [log in to unmask] or Charlene Mires [log in to unmask]