Get Out Your Words

Contests, Conferences, and Journals for History Majors

Updated 4 February 2000. Please send additions, corrections, or suggestions to blrob@rice.edu

Contests:

1. Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) George Watt Memorial Prize Essay Contest.

Solicits: Essays on the Spanish Civil War, or on the anti-facist political and cultural struggles of the 1920s and 1930s.
Web: http://historylinks.freeservers.com/announcements.html

2. Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest.

Solicits: Essays that analyze urgent ethical issues that confront contemporary undergraduates.
Web: http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/EthicsPrize/EPIntro.htm

3. Philosophical Society of Texas Essay Contest.

Solicits: Essays on Texas history.
Web: http://www.bitstreet.com/society/philosophical/
Phone: 512.471.1678

4. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Caldwell Essay Contest for Excellence in History.

Solicits: Essays on Texas history.
Web: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/
Phone: Kathleen Rice at 512.232.1501.

Conferences:

1. History in the Making: An Annual Forum for History-Related Studies.

Location: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Solicits: Presentations from all fields of history.
Web: http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ghsa/ghsa.htm

2. National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).

Location: Rotates each year.
Solicits: Presentations from all fields.
Web: http://www.umt.edu/ncur2000/

3. Student Conference on Latin America.

Location: University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Solicits: Presentations from all fields of Latin American studies.
Web: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/ILASSA/

4. University of Houston – Clear Lake (UHCL): Annual Conference on Student Research and Creative Arts.

Location: University of Houston – Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Texas.
Solicits: Presentations from all fields.
Web: http://www.cl.uh.edu/research/studentres/index.html

5. University of North Carolina – Charlotte (UNCC): Annual Graduate History Forum.

Location: University of North Carolina – Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Solicits: Presentations from all fields of history.
Web: http://www.uncc.edu/colleges/arts_and_sciences/history/gha.htm

Journals:

1. Carnival: Journal of the International Students of History Association.

Published by: International Students of History Association (ISHA).
Solicits: Articles from all history fields.
Web: http://www.helsinki.fi/~kmakinen/isha/carnival/

2. Chronicon: An Electronic History Journal.

Published by: University Cork College in Ireland.
Solicits: Articles on Irish history.
Web: http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/

3. Dear Habermas: A Journal of Postmodern Thought.

Published by: University of Wisconsin at Parkside.
Solicits: Articles on intertextuality, public discourse, subjectivity, and our role in the creation of narrative and texts.
Web: http://www.habermas.org/

4. The DePaul Undergraduate Journal: A Journal of Social Inquiry.

Published by: DePaul University.
Solicits: Articles from all fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Web: http://www.depaul.edu/~duj/index.html

5. Essays in History.

Published by: University of Virginia.
Solicits: Articles from all history fields.
Web: http://etext.virginia.edu/journals/EH/

6. History Links: An Online Journal of Historical Resources, News, and Information.

Solicits: Articles from all history fields.
Web: http://historylinks.freeservers.com/

7. History Online Journal.

Published by: University of California at Santa Cruz.
Solicits: Articles from all history fields.
Web: http://humwww.ucsc.edu/

8. The Looking Glass: A Student Journal of Historical Research, Scholarship, and Discovery.

Published by: Ohio University.
Solicits: Articles from all history fields.
Web: http://www.ohiou.edu/~glass/

9. The Rice Undergraduate.

Published by: Rice University.
Solicits: Articles from all fields.
Web: http://www.rice.edu/welcome/pubs

10. Touchstone.

Published by: Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA).
Solicits: Articles on Texas history.
Web: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/index.html

Other:

1. History-major listserv on Humanities and Social Sciences Online (H-NET).

Purpose: Watch for calls for history papers and conference presenters.
Web: (to subscribe to H-Histmajor) http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~hstmajor/

2. Humanities and Social Sciences Online (H-NET) announcements page.

Purpose: Search for calls for history papers and conference presenters.
Web: http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/

3. Humanities and Social Sciences Online (H-NET) review list.

Purpose: Register yourself to review history-related books, films, or software.
Web: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/register.html