Dear Jared
I'm sending this on to Scott Haine, who has been our go-to person for 
the AHA.  He will be able to answer your questions better than 
I.  However, I think that another session on alcohol is not really 
viable at this point.

Dan Malleck

At 02:04 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote:
>What do you intend in the session on "Alcohol, Public Spaces, and 
>Writers"?  Can you give me an idea of the papers already planned for 
>that session?  Is the paper you're looking for to extend the topic 
>to include drugs?  Are you only looking for one additional session 
>-- that being the one having "drugs or a mix of drug and alcohol 
>studies as its focus? -- or is it possible to propose an additional 
>session, say one specifically on alcohol?  In other words, besides 
>finding out what has already been planned, can I find out if there 
>is a general call for ADHS papers at the ADA, and could you post 
>that call?  Thanks very much. -- Jared Lobdell
>
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>From: Dan Malleck <[log in to unmask]>
>Dear colleagues
>As many of you know, the ADHS usually has several sessions every 
>year at the American Historical Association meeting annual meeting.
>
>Given the origins of the ADHS, these sessions have tended to be 
>alcohol related.
>
>We would like to expand the scope of those presentations, and are 
>issuing a call for papers for the ADHS sessions at the AHA.  Egads, 
>so many acronyms.
>
>This is therefore a call for papers or session ideas. We are looking 
>for one paper to add into a session already created that is 
>currently on alcohol, public spaces and writers.  We are expanding 
>that session to include drugs, public spaces and writers.  We need 
>one paper for that session
>
>We are looking for an additional session that h as dru gs or mix of 
>drug and alcohol studies as its focus.  As you can see the session 
>is very open.  We would like to have suggestions either of a full 
>session, or of papers that we could put into a session.
>
>Send on your ideas!
>
>We would like to have something set up by April, so we have a 
>tentative deadline of March 31.
>
>Please note, next year's AHA is in New York City, Jan 2-5.
>
>Dan Malleck, PhD
>Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
>Secretary/Treasurer, The Alcohol and Drugs History Society
>Editor-in-chief, Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An 
>Interdisciplinary Journal
>http://historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com
>
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