This year’s program committee is pleased to present the program for the 2010 meeting of the American Society for History. The theme “Currents of Change” speaks especially well to the environmental character of the Pacific Northwest, and the plenary session – with its emphasis on the conflicting and changing uses of the Klamath River – highlights important regional issues associated with evolving perceptions of fish, dams, and the way different people value a remarkable waterway. But the theme “Currents of Change” resonates throughout the field of environmental history and is hardly confined to topics with a riparian bent. Thus it proved a generous platform allowing for a rich and diverse set of presentations.
The conference includes 90 regular sessions, a plenary session, a host of posters, and two special workshops. Over 400 scholars and professionals are formally participating in the program. This is a huge number – more than any prior ASEH conference— but it need be noted that the committee could not incorporate into the program all of the session and paper proposals submitted to us. Choices had to be made and we regret that we could not accommodate all the worthy proposals we received. That said, we are extremely proud of the program and believe that everyone attending the conference will find panels, posters, and roundtables of abiding interest.
