Announcements
(07/20/08)
The program materials and registration information for the 2008 annual meeting are now available to download online in the Annual Meetings section.
(07/05/08)
The Table of Contents and Cover for the Summer 2008 journal is now available online.
(06/11/08)
A web extra containing Sources and Additional Information for Pivotal Pennsylvania: Presidential Politics from FDR to the Twenty-First Century is now available online. Click here to visit the Studies Series page.
(05/29/08)
SERIES EDITOR OPPORTUNITY. The Pennsylvania Historical Association seeks an editor for the Pennsylvania History Studies Series. The Series publishes concise, engaging, illustrated, and authoritative volumes about Pennsylvania history for general readers and students. Additional information about the Series and its current publications list can be viewed at pa-history.org. The editor, with the advice of an editorial board, is responsible for setting the overall direction of the series, soliciting contributions, conducting peer reviews of all submissions according to standard scholarly procedures, copyediting accepted manuscripts, and carrying out any and all other functions necessary for the editing, publication and marketing of the volumes. The Series' current publication schedule is one new volume per year. The editor receives an annual honorarium of seven hundred fifty dollars and a modest office expense budget; some institutional support is expected and might include such items as student assistants and use of office computers, email, and photocopying. The new editor should be prepared to begin January 2009 or as soon thereafter as possible. Review of applications will begin July 31 and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries and/or a letter of application and curriculum vitae should be sent to PHA President Charles D. Cashdollar, 215 Church Street, Indiana, PA 15701 or cashdolr @ iup.edu or 724-463-3458.
(05/01/08)
Pivotal Pennsylvania: Presidential Politics from FDR to the Twenty-First Century, published by the Pennsylvania Historical Association, provides an authoritative, concise history of the vital role that the state’s politicians and voters have come to play in the nation’s politics. Download the entire press release here online.
(04/30/08)
A new title, Pivotal Pennsylvania: Presidential Politics from FDR to the Twenty-First Century, has been added to the Pennsylvania History Studies section. In addition, lesson plans for the Sports in Pennsylvania title are now available online.
(11/01/07)
The Call for Papers for the 2008 Annual Meeting is now online. Visit the Annual Meetings section to download the Microsoft Word Document.
(10/08/07)
New History of Pennsylvania Sports Published: A new history of sports in Pennsylvania, published by the Pennsylvania Historical Association, leads readers from pre-colonial contests among Native American tribes to the big business of modern professional sports. To download the press release in Microsoft Word format, click here.
(08/29/07)
The conference brochure, invitation letter and registration form are now available online under the Annual Meetings section.
(04/05/07)
The Pennsylvania Humanities Council is soliciting applications to join the next cycle of its speakers' bureau, Commonwealth Speakers, running from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009. Our Speakers are experts from a variety of backgrounds. Current speakers include a former U.S. Poet Laureate, renowned dancers and storytellers and a Bancroft Prize-winning historian. Diverse organizations, ranging from Boy Scout troops to major museums, have hosted Commonwealth Speakers in cities and towns across Pennsylvania.
The PHC offers an honorarium and reimbursement of travel expenses; additionally, selected Speakers provide the content base for the PHC's new public television program, Humanities Live. For more information about the program and becoming a Speaker, please visit http://www.pahumanities.org/resources/call.php or email the coordinator of the Commonwealth Speakers program, Nicholas Gilewicz, at ngilewicz@pahumanities.org. The application deadline is May 15, 2007.
(02/25/07)
The Call for Paper and Panel Proposals deadline has been extended to March 15, 2007.
(02/12/07)
New History of Pennsylvania Women Published. Click here for the press release.
(09/13/06)
Program Announcement and Registration Page for the 2006 annual meeting in Philadelphia are now online.
Program Announcement (Word format)
Registration Page (pdf format)
(01/17/06)
Table of Contents for the Autumn 2005 issue of Pennsylvania History, as well as updated Manuscripts & Submissions is now online.
(11/20/05)
Bringing New History to a Public Place: "The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century", featuring Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht. Click here to read more