The 41^st annual meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic will convene July 18 – 21, 2019 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The program committee invites proposals for sessions and papers exploring all aspects of and approaches to the history and culture of the early American republic, c. 1776-1861. We particularly encourage submissions that

• reflect the diversity of the past, but also address the most pressing issues of the present;
• fill gaps in the historical narrative and/or historiography;
• focus on pedagogy, public history, digital humanities, and other alternative methodologies;
• foster audience participation, feature pre-circulated papers, or assess the state of a given field.

Individual proposals will be considered, but the program committee gives priority to proposals for complete panels that include a chair and commentator. Attention should be given to forming panels with gendered, racial, institutional, and interpretive diversity, representing as well different professional ranks and careers. Individuals interested in serving as chairs or commentators should submit a one-page curriculum vitae. Please do not agree to serve on more than one proposed panel. The committee reserves the right to alter and rearrange proposed panels and participants. Please employ the guidelines available under the “Annual Meeting” menu at www.shear.org when preparing your proposal.

All submissions should be filed as one document (Word doc preferred), labeled with the first initial and surname of the contact person (e.g., “SmithJ2019”). All proposals must include

• Panel title and one-paragraph description of panel’s topic
• Email addresses and institutional affiliations for designated contact person and each participant
• A title and description in no more than 100 words for each paper
• A single-page curriculum vitae for each participant, including chairs and commentators
• Indication of any needs for ADA accommodation or requirement
• Indication of any audio-visual requests (please request only if A/V is essential to a presentation) 

Deadline for submission is December 1, 2018. Please submit your proposals by email to the program committee co-chairs at SHEAR2019@gmail.com with “SHEAR2019” in the subject line.

Frank Cogliano, University of Edinburgh, co-chair

Sarah Pearsall, Cambridge University, co-chair

John Belohlavek, University of South Florida

Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania

Richard Bell, University of Maryland

Douglas Bradburn, George Washington’s Mt. Vernon

Liz Covart, Ben Franklin’s World

Kathleen DuVal, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Caitlin Fitz, Northwestern University

Adam Jortner, Auburn University

Jane Kamensky, Harvard University

Ari Kelman, University of California, Davis

Benjamin E. Park, Sam Houston State University

Steven Sarson, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3

Manisha Sinha, University of Connecticut

Katheryn P. Viens, Massachusetts Historical Society