History of Education Society

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Annual Meeting

The History of Education Society holds an annual meeting once a year in the fall.

The 2009 Annual Meeting of the History of Education society will take place October 22-25, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Double Tree Hotel in Philadelphia, Penssylvania. The submission deadline is February 15, 2009. Click here for information on the Call for Papers.

For questions about payments and registration, please contact Robert Hampel, HES Secretary/Treasurer (e-mail: hampel@udel.edu; phone: 302-831-1651; mail: School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716).

Registration: The deadline for conference pre-registration and hotel reservations is SEPTEMBER 21, 2009. To pre-register at a reduced rate, please print out this form and send it—along with a check—to the address on the form. For questions about payments and registration, please contact Robert Hampel, HES Secretary/Treasurer (e-mail: hampel@udel.edu; phone: 302-831-1651; mail: School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
Membership: All conference attendees are expected to be HES members. If you are not already a member, or if you wish to renew, please go to http://www.historyofeducation.org/membership.html.
Hotel: HES has reserved rooms at the conference hotel, the
Doubletree Philadelphia. A block of rooms is reserved for Wednesday, October 21, for those attending the Thursday Workshop on Teaching the History of Education, and for HES board members, who will also meet on Thursday. Larger blocks of rooms are available for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. For reservations, please call 1-800-222-TREE or
register online at
http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/PHLBLDT-HIS-20091021/index.jhtml Please identify yourself as being with the HISTORY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY, Group Code C-HIS. Prices are $165/night for single occupancy and $185/night for double occupancy. In order to credit the HES and receive the conference rate, RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY SEPTEMBER 21.
Ground Transportation: The Doubletree Philadelphia is easily
accessible via taxi, rail or bus from the Philadelphia International Airport and from the 30th Street Amtrak Station. For directions and details, as well as for a list of nearby restaurants, please consult the hotel’s website at www.philadelphia.doubletree.com.
Conference Highlights: As you’ll see on the program we have an outstanding lineup of panels, receptions, and workshops this year. Special events include

--Welcome Reception, Thursday October 22, 6-7:30 p.m., on the Pool Deck of the Doubletree, sponsored by Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania.

--Teaching the History of Education Workshop, Thursday October 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Open to all HES members who sign up for the workshop in advance. For more information on the workshop and to sign up, go to http://www.historyofeducation.org/meeting_detail.html.

--Keynote Address, Friday October 23, noon-1:15 pm, sponsored by Random House Books: Thomas Sugrue (University of Pennsylvania) will speak on “Jim Crow’s Last Stand: Education and Civil Rights in the Postwar North.”

--Reception and Address at the American Philosophical Society, Friday October 23, 5:30-7 p.m.: Kim Tolley (Notre Dame de Namur University) will speak on “Mathematics and the Science Education of American Girls, 1781-1814.”

--Historical Walking Tour of University City, Saturday October 24, 9-11:30 a.m.: University of Pennsylvania professor John Puckett will lead a historical walking tour of the neighborhood surrounding the University, placing special emphasis upon the University’s efforts to enhance public schooling.

--Graduate Student Session, Saturday October 24, noon-1:30 p.m, on “The Ins and Outs of Research: Lessons from One Another

--Presidential Address, Saturday October 24, 5:15-6:15 p.m.: Eileen Tamura (University of Hawaii) will speak on “Value Messages: Catholic Schooling, American Soldiering, and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans.”

--Banquet, Saturday October 24, 7:30-10 p.m., sponsored by Yale University Press: Jay Schwartz of “Secret Cinema” will show clips from early 20th-century American film, focusing on depictions of schools.

--Graduate-Student Research Project at the American Philosophical Society: A team of graduate students will conduct research on the APS’s 1795 Education Essay Contest. The team will present its findings on Sunday, October 25, 10:15-11:45 a.m.

--Book Exhibit: Thanks to Sherman Dorn for organizing the HES book exhibit. On Sunday, October 25, HES will sell copies of the exhibit books. Graduate students and unemployed historians may buy books at 10:00 AM; all others may purchase books at 10:15.

For questions about the book exhibit, please contact Sherman Dorn, book exhibit coordinator (e-mail: dorn@mail.usf.edu; phone: 813-974-9482; mail: EDU 162, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-7750).

This year, the Society will also sponsor a special graduate-student research project at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, October 22 to 24. Under the direction of Kim Tolley (Notre Dame de Namur University) and Benjamin Justice (Rutgers University), students will attempt to identify the authors of anonymous submissions to the APS' now-famous 1795 essay contest. Participants in this project will present their findings at an HES panel on Sunday morning, October 25.
Interested students should contact Kim Tolley and Benjamin Justice at ktolley@ndnu.edu and bjust@rci.rutgers.edu.