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Dear Friends:
We are eagerly looking forward to the Biennial meeting next week
Attached are 3 documents
2. The schedule of the conference itself
3. A map to campus, especially important if you are driving and parking at CLU
As you have questions, please let me know
Mark
Mark Granquist
Professor of the History of Christianity
Luther Seminary
2481 Como Ave
St Paul MN 55108
The deadline for registering at the Best Western hotel is September 3, 2018, in order to be guaranteed a room in our block. After September 3, Best Western will still honor this room rate, but ONLY if they have rooms available.
Airports for the Conference: There are two airports in Southern California that would be appropriate for conference attendees. The first, Los Angeles International (LAX) is perhaps a bit further away, but there would be more flight choices and fares might be cheaper. The second, Burbank (BUR) is a bit closer, but there might be fewer, perhaps more expensive flights.
Given these complexities, its not feasible for the LHC to arrange airport transportation for attendees of the conference. There are commercial shuttles and other transportation options that might be appropriate, in addition, this post is a forum for arranging ride shares from the airport to the conference site. All the usual rules of internet forums apply in the comments below. If you have any further questions, you can use the Contact Us form to send an email. Thanks!
Hello all,
Please find the schedule and registration form for the LHC Biennial Meeting below:
In addition, please read the important information on airports and hotels below:
Airports for the Conference: There are two airports in Southern California that would be appropriate for conference attendees. The first, Los Angeles International (LAX) is perhaps a bit further away, but there would be more flight choices and fares might be cheaper. The second, Burbank (BUR) is a bit closer, but there might be fewer, perhaps more expensive flights.
Given these complexities, its not feasible for the LHC to arrange airport transportation for attendees of the conference. There are commercial shuttles and other transportation options that might be appropriate, and there is room on the LHC website for possible exchanges of ride-sharing information, etc.
The hotel we have arranged with is the closest one to the California Lutheran campus, but it is still some ways away, so we'll have to use the hotel van and attendees cars to move people back and forth. REMEMBER - the conference rate for the hotel is good though September 3, so please make your arrangements before then!
CALL FOR PAPERS
Lutheran Historical Conference Biennial Meeting
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 04‒06, 2018
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, California
The LHC will gather to hear papers focused on this conference theme:
“Lutherans on the Frontiers of Faith, Culture, Geography, and Society”
It has been a generation since the Lutheran Historical Conference has met on the West Coast. The October 2018 biennial meeting will be the first gathering held in Southern California and will inaugurate the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the first documented arrival of Lutherans in the Western Hemisphere⸻an ill-fated expedition of Danish Lutherans who were searching for the storied Northwest Passage to the Far East⸻who spent the winter of 1619‒1620 in the Hudson Bay area. The LHC Program Committee invites the membership of the Conference to submit proposals about Lutherans who were pioneers on various frontiers of church and society. Papers dealing with any aspect of this theme are welcome. Paper proposals outside of the theme are also welcome and will be seriously considered.
Speakers will be given twenty minutes for their presentations, followed by five to ten minutes of Q and A and discussion. Paper proposals should include a title, a 250 word (maximum) abstract, and a brief biographical sketch of the presenter.
Proposals and inquiries are due by May 15, 2018 and are to be sent
via email attachment to the Program Chair:
Joel L. Pless, Ph.D.—Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee
Some basic ground rules for submissions: The Program Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any paper proposal for the good of the LHC and its biennial meeting. Presenters must be or become members of the Lutheran Historical Conference before the convening of the meeting. Presenters are alone responsible for covering conference fees and all travel costs and are encouraged to apply for financial support from their home institutions. Students are also encouraged to submit paper proposals and to apply to the LHC Board of Directors for limited scholarship assistance with travel-related expenses.
The Program Committee will seriously consider all legitimate submissions and will inform each submitter of its decision whether or not to include his/her proposal as part of the 2018 LHC program. Besides hearing and reacting to papers, the LHC will transact official business, hold elections, and will go on a bus tour of sites of interest in the area.
Interested in the latest on the next Biennial Conference and everything else that the Lutheran Historical Conference is planning? Check out the latest minutes from the LHC Board:
In this day and age, not even historical societies can avoid the need for an update every now and then. Thus, we at the Luther Historical Conference are happy to unveil our new (and hopefully improved) website. You'll find all sorts of things lurking here, from our officers to membership information to annual meeting information. In the near future, we hope to add research helps and even an online membership and conference registration portal. As always with new websites, there are plenty of bugs that need hunting down, so as you click through, please don't hesitate to contact us and let us know what isn't quite working yet.
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