 Workshop Guidelines The Early American History Workshop runs on a very informal basis. Organizationally the Workshop is guided by a volunteer facilitator who oversees the schedule and manages the E.A.H. email list. The current facilitator is John Howe of the History Department. If you are interested in joining the email list or learning more about the Workshop, please contact Prof. Howe at howex002@umn.edu. Workshop business, such as announcements and paper distribution, is done by email.  The Workshop meets biweekly. The day and time is determined by consensus on a semester by semester basis in order to insure that the greatest number of participants can attend. Presentation slots are allocated on a first come, first served basis.Workshop papers are pre-distributed electronically. Presenters email their papers to the facilitator who will then distribute it to participants via the email list. Hard copies are also available for photocopying in the History Department copy room (636 SST). Presenters are asked to forward their papers to the facilitator in time to give Workshop participants three or four business days of reading time. Presenters are free to attach a cover letter to their paper if they wish to provide participants with additional information or alert them to any specific help being sought. The Early American History Workshop is designed to help scholars with works in progress rather than serve as a space to disseminate knowledge. For that reason, Workshop sessions are informal roundtable discussions rather than the more formal academic format of presentation with commentator response. Presenters are encouraged to open the Workshop with a brief statement to begin the discussion, but other than that there is no session chair nor any strict operating procedures. |