Society for German-American Studies     Call for Papers   32nd Annual Symposium   April 17-20, 2008 Collonial Williamsburg   The University of Virginia, Charlottesville  College of William and Mary, Williamsburg

 

One-page abstracts of scholarly papers dealing with any aspect of German-American Studies should be submitted by November 15, 2007 to:

 

Albert W. Spengler

Cooper Center for Public Service

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400206

Charlottesville , VA 22904-4206

Telefax: 434 982 5524

E-Mail: aws@virginia.edu

 

2008 marks the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of Germans in the New World at Jamestown, Virginia. Special events will be held in conjunction with the conference in Colonial Williamsburg.

Paper topics should address the purpose of the Society for German-American Studies to study the history, language, literature and culture of the German element in North America, including the immigrants and their descendants from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other German-speaking areas of Europe.

Special Panels Anticipated:

Germans in Virginia including West Virginia

German Immigration to the New World

Germans in the Revolutionary War

Germans in the Civil War

German dialects in the New World

German contributions to America