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Special Issue: The Pennsylvania Backcountry (October 2012)
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography is issuing a call for articles for a special issue of the magazine on the eighteenth-century Pennsylvania backcountry scheduled for an October 2012 publication.
The editors seek submissions for a special section on Favorite Sources/Hidden Gems.
The editors seek proposals for short articles (250–750 words) featuring favorite sources/hidden gems highlighting some aspect of Pennsylvania’s eighteenth-century backcountry/borderlands, including all its political, social, intercultural, and military parameters. We invite articles focusing on both written and non-written sources, including but not limited to diaries, manuscript collections, novels, government documents, graphics, museum artifacts, and monuments. These items may or may not be found in the state, but all featured items will serve to illuminate some aspect of how Pennsylvanians, native and European, experienced the backcountry. Selections will be made based on the quality of the submission and with an eye toward representing the wide variety of source material available for understanding Pennsylvania’s backcountry.
Submission details: Submissions should be addressed to Tamara Gaskell. Contributors are encouraged to consult for reference the October 2011 issue of PMHB, a special issue on the Civil War in Pennsylvania that contained a similar section.
Deadline for submissions: April 1, 2012.
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Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
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Pennsylvania History
Special Issue: Teaching Pennsylvania History (fall 2014)
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and Pennsylvania History are planning a joint publication, scheduled for 2014, on teaching Pennsylvania history to undergraduate students. We invite educators who have a special interest in a topic such as women's history, African American history, political bosses, religious sects, a particular event (Coal Strike of 1902/03, Centennial Exhibition of 1876), etc. to prepare an article that describes their method, perhaps with illustrations, documents, and connection to websites, that would help others teach that subject in the context of Pennsylvania and US history at the college level (though articles that suggest how to adapt the presented materials for high school use are welcome). Articles should be about 15–20 pages, double spaced. Please indicate any documents or other resources you would like to include, either in print or online.
Submission details: Please send inquiries to either Tamara Gaskell or Bill Pencak.
Deadline for submissions: January 1, 2013.
