The James A. Barnes Club, Temple University’s graduate student history organization, is pleased to announce the 28th Annual Barnes Club Graduate Student History Conference. The event will feature a keynote address from Dr. Marisa J. Fuentes, author of Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016), and Associate Professor of History and Women’s & Gender Studies and Presidential Term Chair in African American History at Rutgers University.

 

The Barnes Conference will be held Friday evening March 17th and Saturday March 18th, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Temple University’s Center City Campus in downtown Philadelphia. The Barnes Club Conference is one of the largest and most prestigious graduate student conferences in the region, drawing participants from across the nation and around the world.

 

Proposals from graduate students for individual papers or panels are welcome on any topic, time period, or approach to history. They welcome proposals that foreground public history and digital humanities, and are eager to work with applicants in these fields to facilitate their participation. Panels will include three or four paper presentations, running between fifteen and twenty minutes each, with comments and questions to follow.

 

At the conclusion of the conference, cash prizes will be awarded to the best papers in multiple scholarly categories. Of particular note is the Russell F. Weigley – U.S. Army Heritage Center Foundation Award, a substantial award offered through the U.S. Army Heritage Center to the best paper in military history presented at the conference.

 

Please submit a 250-word abstract that outlines your original research or project and a current C.V. via this link no later than Friday, January 6, 2023. Final conference papers will be due on Friday, February 10, 2023. Papers should be 15 double-spaced pages (excluding end notes). The registration fee is $50 for presenters. A continental breakfast, lunch, and pre- and post-conference receptions are included. Registration is free for all Barnes Club Members.

 

If you have any questions, please email: jabconf@temple.edu