The 2011 OAH Program committee announced the theme for the 2011 OAH Annual Meeting, to be held in Houston, Texas March 17 to 20, 2011.

The theme will be "Americans Divided and United: Multiple and Shifting Solidarities." OAH will begin accepting proposals for the 2011 meeting on October 1, 2009.

The 2011 Organization of American Historians program committee seeks a wide-ranging program that will cover the full chronological sweep of the American past, from pre-Columbian years to the twenty-first century, and the rich thematic diversity that has come to characterize contemporary American history writing and teaching.The program aims to include those teaching at universities, colleges, community colleges, and secondary schools, public historians, and independent scholars.

The program committee invites the submission of panels and presentations that deal with these and other issues and themes in American history. We welcome teaching sessions, particularly those involving the audience as active participants or those that reflect collaborative partnerships among teachers, historians, and history educators at all levels. We urge presenters to continue the ongoing transition from simply reading papers to more actively "teaching" the topic of their sessions. Roundtables and workshops offer an excellent format for this. We prefer to receive proposals for complete sessions, but will consider individual paper proposals as well.

The program should reflect the full diversity of the OAH membership in the United States and abroad. Wherever possible, proposals should include presenters of both sexes and members of ethnic and racial minorities. Panels should also represent a range of historians (public and academic) and history professionals, wherever they are employed and at varying levels of seniority in the profession. We encourage more senior historians in particular, to present their own research. We welcome debate on challenging and controversial issues.

Registration and Membership Requirements

All participants must preregister for the meeting. Participants who specialize in American history and support themselves as American historians are also required to be members of the OAH. Participants representing other disciplines do not have to be members.

Repeat Participation

OAH policy prohibits individuals from participating in two consecutive annual meetings in the same role and limits individuals to appearing only once on the program in a given year. If you have questions about this policy, please email the OAH meetings department.

Submission Procedure

• a complete mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, and affiliation for each participant
• an abstract of no more than 500 words for the session as a whole
• a prospectus of no more than 250 words for each presentation; and
• a vita of no more than 500 words for each participant

Proposals should be submitted electronically to the OAH Proposal System beginning October 1, 2009. Please download proposal system instructions before beginning your submission. Complete session proposals most often include a chair, participants, and, if applicable, one or two commentators (chairs may double as commentators, and commentators may be omitted in order for the audience to serve in that role). Session membership should be limited by the need to include substantial time for audience questions and comments. All proposals must include the following information:

The deadline for proposals is Wednesday, February 25, 2010.

2011 Program Committee

Peter Kolchin,University of Delaware
Joanne Meyerowitz, Yale University
Manfred Berg, Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
Holly Brewer, North Carolina State University
Hasia Diner, New York University
David G. Gutiérrez, University of California, San Diego
Martha S. Jones, University of Michigan
Moon-Ho Jung, University of Washington
Paul Kramer, University of Iowa
Naomi R. Lamoreaux, University of California, Los Angeles