Researching New York 2009
400 years of Exploration: the Hudson-Champlain Corridor and Beyond

November 19 & 20, 2009
University at Albany, SUNY

The organizers of the annual Researching New York Conference invite
proposals for panels, papers, workshops, roundtables, exhibits, documentary,
and media or multimedia presentations on any facet of New York State history
-in any time period and from any perspective. The conference will be held at
the University at Albany, Albany, New York, on November 19th and 20th, 2009.


To mark the upcoming Hudson-Champlain Quadricentennial, for Researching New
York 2009, we encourage submissions that speak to this year's conference
theme, 400 years of Exploration: the Hudson-Champlain Corridor and Beyond.
We especially invite proposals that explore and interpret not only the
exploits of Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain, but the many kinds of
exploration that have taken place in the ensuing 400 years of New York
State's rich and diverse history-including consideration of how we remember,
celebrate, interpret, and commemorate historical events. 

We are also soliciting commentators for panels. If you would like to
participate as a commentator, please send a note to [log in to unmask]
indicating your area of expertise, along with a one-page vita.  

Researching New York brings together historians, researchers, archivists,
museum curators, librarians, graduate students, teachers, Web and multimedia
producers, and documentarians to share their work on New York State history.
Presentations that highlight the vast resources available to researchers of
New York State history, as well as scholarship drawn from those resources,
are encouraged. 

Proposals are due by June 28, 2009. Full panel proposals, workshops,
roundtables, exhibits, film screenings and media presentations are welcome.
Partial panels and individual submissions will be considered. For panels and
full proposals, please submit a one-page abstract of the complete session, a
one page abstract for each paper or presentation, and a one-page curriculum
vita for each participant. Individual submissions should include a one-page
abstract and one-page curriculum vita. Submissions must include name,
address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Please submit your proposal
electronically to [log in to unmask] All proposals must note any
anticipated technology or audio visual needs.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at
[log in to unmask] Further details and program updates will be available
at http://nystatehistory.org/researchny. We look forward to your
participation at this year's Conference. 

Researching New York is sponsored by the Department of History and the
History Graduate Student Organization, University at Albany, SUNY and the
New York State Archives Partnership Trust with support from the M.E.
Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
Libraries.