The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture invites panel and paper proposals for its Twelfth Annual Conference to be held June 9–11, 2006, in Quebec City. The conference will be hosted by Laval University and chaired by Laurier Turgeon and Allan Greer. The program committee invites proposals that address topics on the entire range of subjects that constitute the early American field of study.

The conference will meet on the campus of Laval University located in Old Quebec City, the site of the first permanent French colony established in North America in 1608, and the political, religious, and cultural capital of New France. The location affords an opportunity to consider the French Atlantic world and the cultural history of New France, and to draw comparisons with that of the British, the Dutch and the Spanish, including the nature or their relationships with native American peoples.

The Institute encourages the study of all aspects of the lives of North America’s indigenous and immigrant peoples from the sixteenth century to approximately 1820, including the related histories of the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. Annual meetings are meant to reflect the broad interests and diverse membership of scholars engaged in the study of early America and are especially open to graduate students and faculty in the early stages of their careers.

Panels consisting of two or three papers organized around a coherent theme or theoretical problem that include commentators and panel chairs are especially encouraged, but the committee reserves the prerogative to make changes to the overall configuration of panels. Proposals for individual papers will also be considered. To encourage the widest possible participation, the committee will not approve more than one appearance by any scholar at the conference. Participants in the Eleventh Annual Conference may not participate in the 2006 meeting in the same capacity, but 2005 presenters may comment and commentators may present. A Panel Locator is available at the Institute’s website to assist in the formation of panels and can be accessed via keyword and subject areas at http:/www.wm.edu/oieahc/conferences/panel.

Panel proposals must be submitted by the panel organizer and include a one-paragraph description of the panel, one-page summaries of each paper, and a one-page c.v. for each presenter. Individual submissions must include a one-page proposal and a one-page c.v. All c.v.’s should include mailing and email addresses and telephone numbers. Proposals must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2005. They must be submitted in hard copy; no fax or email submissions will be accepted. Send ten (10) hard copies of each proposal to Professor Laurier Turgeon, Département d’histoire, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, G1K 7P4.