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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://app.meltwaterpress.com/mpress/statistic.html?accessCode=c580d5e302375fa2b30c91c0ad3f3eed38ed9898&distributionId=228083&contact=carleton@ohio.edu"><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><img width=124 height=140 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://app.meltwaterpress.com/mpress/uploadedimages/2014/11/13/1999101415947926954.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><br>November 24, 2014<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Media contact:</span></strong> Susan Sullivan, Director of External Communications<br>Office: 317.328.4636, ext. 172 | Mobile: 317.888.7840 | E-mail: <a href="mailto:sussulli@oah.org">sussulli@oah.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.5pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";color:#005979'>Proposals for 2016 OAH Annual Meeting of American historians are due January 23<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>BLOOMINGTON—The Program Committee for the 2016 Organization of American Historians (OAH) Annual Meeting invites submitted proposals on the topic of leadership for its four-day 2016 program, which will be held April 7-10 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Proposals are welcome from all historians, including those who work in arts and cultural institutions, museums, nonprofit organizations, state and federal government, higher education, and other public-private settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>“The committee seeks proposals exploring any aspect of leadership in American history, from early human settlement through modern times,” noted Katherine M. Finley, OAH executive director.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Proposals reflecting broad fields of American historical work—especially those which are multicultural—as they relate to leadership are encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Submissions for paper sessions, debates, film screenings, panel discussions, exhibit posters, roundtables, state-of-the-field sessions, and workshops will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Examples of concepts that could be explored are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=square><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Conventional and unconventional aspects of leadership based on cultural, economic, social, or geographic boundaries<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>How individual and collective leaders are shaped by groups and the environments that created them<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Traditional and nontraditional forms of leadership, including that which is homegrown, imported, virtual, imagined, or invented<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The origin, character, practice, and longevity of leadership<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Successes and failures of leaders in times of crisis and prosperity<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Leadership subject areas to consider include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=square><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Agriculture, conservation, and the environment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Art, literature, music, sports, or entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Foreign relations and international affairs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Military forces, war, and peace<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Politics, economics, society, religion, or education<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Race, gender, sexuality, and class<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Reform and resistance movements, both grassroots, national, or global<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Technologies for business, communication, health care, and manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Urban or rural development<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Attended by more than 2,000 top scholars and historians from around the world, the OAH Annual Meeting is the world’s largest gathering of American history specialists.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The 2016 Program Committee is co-chaired by Dr. Ann Fabian (Rutgers University) and Dr. Eric Rauchway (University of California, Davis).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Proposals must be received by January 23, 2015. For complete details, including submission procedures, suggested paper lengths, and more, go to oah.org/call-for-proposals or call 812.855.7311.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Founded in 1907, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to American history scholarship. With more than 7,800 members from the U.S. and abroad, OAH promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, encouraging wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of history practitioners. It publishes the quarterly </span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Journal of American History<em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>, the leading scholarly publication and journal of record in the field of American history for more than nine decades. It also publishes </span></em>The American Historian<em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> magazine. Formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association (MVHA), the association became the OAH in 1965 to reflect a broader scope focusing on national studies of American history. The OAH national headquarters are located in the historic Raintree House on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>For information, visit oah.org, e-mail <a href="mailto:oah@oah.org"><span style='font-style:normal'>oah@oah.org</span></a>, or call 812.855.7311.</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Contact information: s sullivan, Organization of American Historians, 112 N. 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