WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA: JUNE 14–17, 2018
Accommodations Participants Registration Schedule
The 24th Annual Institute Conference will convene 14–17 June 2018 in Williamsburg, Virginia.
The conference celebrates the Omohundro Institute’s 75th anniversary and will assess the past, present, and potential futures for the practices of early American History.
Chaired by Alan Taylor (University of Virginia), the program committee also includes Christian Ayne Crouch (Bard College), Philip Gould (Brown University), Eric Hinderaker (University of Utah), Simon P. Newman (University of Glasgow), and Carla Gardina Pestana (University of California, Los Angeles).
In the call for papers, the committee welcomed proposals considering all aspects of early American history, which they imagined to include the adjoining oceans and seas and both continents of the Americas and all of the peoples who lived on or traveled across those waters and territories. Given the OI’s Lapidus Initiative, the committee also welcomed proposals that highlight digital tools, methods, and scholarly projects. They also sought to diversify participation in every possible way to encourage wide-ranging conversations about approaches, methods, theories, and topics.
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In order to allow more time for questions, the CFP also encouraged presenters to limit presentations to 10 minutes and to pre-circulate papers when possible.
We are aware that some panelists may not want to pre-circulate work and do not require anyone to do so.
For those participants who would like to pre-circulate papers, please email PDFs to oi.annuals@gmail.com. Indicate the PANEL title in the email subject line; name the file using this convention, LAST NAME_Paper Title.
We will accept emails through Tuesday, June 12. Papers will be linked to the appropriate name and session on the OI website by the end of Wednesday, June 13.
GETTING TO AND AROUND WILLIAMSBURG
Located approximately forty-five minutes’ drive from Richmond and Norfolk airports (RIC and ORD respectively) Williamsburg is also easily accessible via the Newport News airport (PHF). Amtrak trains also stop in town. Each airport has a shuttle service to Williamsburg: check the airport websites for more information.
PARKING
Free parking is available in front of the Sadler Center (200 Stadium Drive, Williamsburg, VA) in any of the spots designated as Day Student or Resident. Overflow parking can be found in the W&M Hall/Kaplan Arena lot in Day Student or Resident spaces. Please note that Williamsburg area high schools will celebrate graduation on Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16, and parking in the W&M Hall lot will be crowded.
MEETING SPACE
The conference will take place on the main campus of William & Mary in the Sadler Center. Additional events will take place at the Kimball Theatre in downtown Williamsburg, the Sunken Garden and the Wren Courtyard in the heart of the old campus, and on Jamestown Island. Book exhibits and posters will be located in the Sadler Center and open throughout the conference. A series of themed meet-ups will take place in area pubs on Thursday night.
Coffee and tea will be available Friday thru Sunday and receptions with heavy hors d’oeuvres will follow the afternoon plenary sessions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
PROGRAM AND APP
All conference attendees will receive an abbreviated printed program for quick reference when they pick up their registration packets. A PDF of the information on these pages, including panel and paper titles and participants, is available for download here.
You can also access the detailed conference program via our free app. Download the GUIDEBOOK app and look for “OI 24th Annual.”
COST
An all-inclusive fee of $100 will be charged to all tenured and tenure-eligible faculty members. Non-tenured or tenure-eligible faculty (for example, adjunct or part-time instructors), emeriti faculty, and independent scholars are asked to pay $40 each. Students are asked to pay $35 each.