Moving Workers

CFP: Southern Labor Studies Conference

Papers are invited for the 2004 Southern Labor Studies Conference. It will be held in Birmingham, Alabama April 22-24, 2004. The theme of the conference is, "Moving Workers: Migration and the South." Professor Joseph Trotter will be the keynote speaker. There will also be two plenary sessions, one examining contemporary migration into the South and a second plenary will address the historical and interpretive dimensions to migration.

The conference web-site is: www.slsc2004.org.

Anyone can submit papers and sessions online at the web site as well as get specific information regarding the conference. The submission deadline is November 7th, 2003.

To submit a proposal through the mail:

  • Individual paper: Please include contact information, a 2 page vitae, and a 500 word paper abstract.
  • For entire sessions: Please include contact information for the person proposing the session, a 2 page vitae for each presenter, 500 word abstract for each paper in the session, and include all names and institutional affiliations for presenters, chair and discussant(s).
  • Mail submission: Professor Robert Woodrum, Miles College, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 5500 Myron Massey Blvd., Fairfield, Alabama 35064 or email them to robert@slsc2004.org.

For questions and comments please email robert@slsc2004.org.