Historical Frontiers
Ever since the American historian Frederick Jackson Turner
published his “frontier thesis” at the end of the nineteenth century,
historians have been fascinated with frontiers, whether fringes of
societies or borderlands of states. Frontiers also mark the transition
from the way things have been to the way things could be. Each
successive generation of historians strives to push forward the
frontiers of historical knowledge, unearthing new sources and blazing
new trails in interpretation and methodology.
With the purpose of providing a collegial forum for the latest pioneering research, the
conference committee cordially invites graduate and undergraduate
students to submit proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual
papers on any historical topic. A cash prize of $100 will be
awarded for the best paper presented by a non-KU scholar. You may find
the official call for papers here.
Please join us for the KU–MU Conference: Conference Registration Form
All conference panels will be held in the Kansas Union located at 1301 Jayhawk Boulevard. Please see map and directions to the Kansas Union from I–70 and a directory
with room locations and information about the Union’s coffee shop,
eating area, etc. The Union’s adjoining parking garage costs $1 per
hour on Friday and is free on Saturday.
This year's conference schedule of panels.
For reference, please see 2009's conference schedule of panels.
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