2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for the
History of Discoveries
Where: Golden, Colorado
When: 20-22 September 2018 with tour on 23
September
Venue: Colorado School
of Mines
Our 2018 Annual
Meeting will be provided in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Map Society and
it will also offer a pre-conference that will be free to SHD members. The RMMS pre-conference, Golden
Quest: Mapping the Stampedes, will take place on Thursday, before the
traditional opening reception of the SHD conference that evening, followed by SHD’s program on Friday and
Saturday. The Exhibition of the Colorado Gold Rush History, a world-famous
collection of rocks as well as maps of the West will be exhibited in the
Geology Museum.
Following the
conference, on Sunday September 23rd, will be a guided tour of
original gold-rush towns in the mountains near Golden, a ride on the famous
Georgetown Loop steam engine train, an expert tour of an underground gold mine,
and then a tour of impressive dinosaur and geological wonders nearby.
Theme: Great Mountains of the American West
The Gold
Rush in the American West sparked interest in the vast mountain area situated
between the continent’s interior and the West Coast. The development of an
overland route that connected the continental part of the country with the
Pacific coastline spurred the exploration and mapping of the Rocky Mountains as
never before. Fur traders, gold miners, soldiers, colonists, and adventurers
became explorers and mapmakers of the great mountains of the American West.
Papers, 20 minutes in
length, are invited on all aspects of this theme, from exploration and the
reconnaissance of the mountains, mining activities, survival conditions, trail
supplies, the family life of the pioneers, as well as any other social and economic
aspect relating to the colonization and exploitation of this mountainous area.
The Committee also welcomes proposals from
SHD members, scholars, and independent
researchers that address all
aspects of geographical discovery and exploration. Preference will be given to those papers
that are particularly aligned with the conference theme, but all paper
proposals of high quality, regardless of geographic orientation, will be
considered.
The audience at SHD meetings is diverse
and includes academics and members of various professions. All are especially
interested in the processes and consequences of geographical exploration and
discovery. Presenters are encouraged to use images (maps, paintings,
photographs, etc.). For the benefit of the audience all visuals have to be
presented as PowerPoint-compatible projections.
Paper proposals are due March 15, 2018. Please provide
a proposal that includes the following components:
·
the
title of the presentation
·
the
author’s name and address, including email address and affiliation
·
an
abstract summarizing the paper’s scope and conclusions (maximum of 500
words)
·
a
statement about the originality of the contents of the paper: how much is new,
unpublished material, based on research in primary sources, etc.
·
a
statement indicating whether PowerPoint or other digital media will be used and
whether internet access is necessary for the presentation
·
a
brief biographic sketch of the author(s)
SHD
welcomes submissions from graduate students and emerging scholars.
Paper proposals should be submitted as e-mail attachments, with the
subject line SHD 2018, to:
Dr. Mirela Altić, Program Committee Chair, mirela.altic@gmail.com
Questions? Please contact Dr. Altić
at mirela.altic@gmail.com
