Providence

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
The Hub NEW!
Saturday, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Introducing a new speed-networking forum for publishers and authors where attendees can present their manuscripts, proposals, or
ideas to publishers who are searching for publishable works or commissions in their research area. For the 2016 annual meeting we invite
registered OAH members who have a manuscript, dissertation, or proposal to sign up to meet with a publisher in a private and comfortable
setting on Saturday morning.
Eligibility and guidelines:
• This program is available only to current OAH members who are registered to attend the 2016 OAH Annual Meeting in Providence
• Each participant must have a ready manuscript, dissertation, or proposal to present to the publisher
• Each participant should select the publisher that most matches their research interest
• Each participant may sign up for only one meeting
• Space is limited; each 15-minute meeting is scheduled on a first come, first served basis, on Saturday morning, 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Participating Publishers (a full list of publisher interests is available at: http://www.oah.org/meetings-events/2016/hub/):
• University of Chicago
Press—Press representatives
are interested in all areas of
American history, with series
that focus particularly on urban
history, conceptions of power
in early America, religious
history, architectural history,
and unusual perspectives on
the Chicago region. The press is
especially active in developing
works with crossover and trade
potential.
• Duke University Press—Book
acquisitions editor Gisela
Fosado is available to meet with
potential authors during the
2016 OAH meeting. Gisela is
interested in books that make a
substantial intervention in many
subfields of history, including
gender studies, environmental
studies, African American
studies, Latino/a studies, and
studies on social movements.
She acquires academic books as
well as books that reach readers
beyond the academy.
• McFarland Publishing—We
are happy to hear about all
things American history! The
following is a list of some
topics within our American
history offerings: military
history, popular culture and
the performing arts, sports
and games, transportation,
body & mind, literature,
language, mythology, religion,
librarianship, social sciences,
science & technology, African
American studies, Appalachian
studies, Jewish studies,
American Indian studies,
women’s studies, gender
studies, food studies, and
notable and infamous figures.
• Southern Illinois University
Press—Executive editor
Sylvia Frank Rodrigue would
like to meet with prospective
authors at the 2016 OAH. SIU
Press publishes the history
and politics of the American
Midwest, Illinois, the Civil War,
and Reconstruction, including
the subfields of aviation, crime,
gender, medicine, military,
race, and urban studies. You are
welcome to submit proposals to
her before the conference.
• SUNY Press—Acquisitions
editor Amanda Lanne-
Camilli is available to meet
with potential authors in the
areas of indigenous studies
and New York State studies.
She is particularly interested
in projects focusing on the
indigenous peoples and
cultures of North America,
especially the northeastern
United States, as well as general
and scholarly projects relating
to New York history, geography,
natural history, photography,
architecture, cooking, wine, and
travel/recreation.
• Temple University Press—
Press representatives would
like to meet potential authors
working in the areas of urban
history, Asian American history,
the history of crime, LGBT
history, political history, and
public history. A proposal
may be helpful but is not
required in advance of an initial
conversation.
• Wiley—Meet with Andrew
J. Davidson, senior editor for
history, who commissions core
and supplementary collegelevel
textbooks and reference
works in U.S. history, with a
specialization in core texts for
survey courses on the history
of the individual states and
on titles in history methods
and skills. In addition to texts
in almost all subfields of U.S.
history, he acquires works
in European, Atlantic, and
world history. Among the
text projects he is currently
interested in commissioning are
new volumes in the celebrated
American History Series,
especially in diplomacy, as well
as core texts for courses in the
history of science, medicine,
U.S. and global economic and
business history, borderlands,
and Hispanic America.
To apply: Email your name, title (if applicable), contact information (including phone number), proposal title, short blurb, and your top two
publisher choices to meetings@oah.org.
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