World History Association

Exhibiting at the Seventeenth Annual World History Association Conference
University of London, Queen Mary College, Mile End Campus
25-29 June 2008

Plans are progressing at a fast pace for the Seventeenth Annual WHA Conference at Queen Mary, the University of London. Founded in 1885, the Queen Mary campus at Mile End in London's vibrant East End is a lovely mix of late Victorian and modern buildings located only 15 minutes away by underground from central London.

Conference themes
In honor of our host city, the themes of this year’s meeting are “Global Cities” and “The Sea: Highway of Change.” The Call for Papers, available on line at www.thewha.org, is already generating proposals, and we expect many more by the deadline in January 2008.

Keynote speakers will be Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto, of Queen Mary and Tufts University, and Professor Leonard Blussé, of Leiden University.

Professor Fernández-Armesto, the winner of the 2007 WHA Book Prize for his Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration (W.W. Norton, 2006), will address the theme of “The Sea: Highway of Change.”

Professor Blussé, whose many studies of the Dutch in East and South Asia include Strange Company: Chinese Settlers, Mestizo Women, and Dutch in VOC Batavia (Cellar Book Shop, 1988) and The Dutch Encounter with Asia, 1600-1950 (B. V. Waanders, 2004), will address the theme of “Global Cities.”

Book exhibit
As always, we will be offering a centrally located exhibition area for publishers and other organizations to present the latest in world history scholarship and pedagogy. The exhibition will be held in a secure room alongside the refreshment breaks and panel sessions in the Bancroft Building, on the Mile End Campus of Queen Mary. In addition to the refreshment breaks, a Thursday afternoon exhibition time for those exhibitors who wish it will afford conferees plenty of opportunity to circulate among the displays.

As a way of expressing our appreciation, the WHA will also place on its website, at no charge, a link to exhibitors’ and sponsors’ websites along with your logo and a brief notice of up to 75 words. Please submit this information at the time of reservation.

Advertising
We encourage exhibitors as well as publishers and other organizations who may not be able to attend to place an advertisement in our conference program, which each registrant receives and pores over many times during the course of the meeting. It is an excellent opportunity to reach a targeted audience. Exhibitors receive a special discount (see form for details).

Reservation and payment
Exhibition and advertising space may be reserved by completing and mailing the downloadable registration form along with a minimum deposit of one-half the total cost of your reservation. Please note that in the event of cancellation, there is a non-refundable cancellation fee of $50.

Exhibiting organizations will receive one free conference badge. Badges grant entry to all sessions, receptions, and refreshment breaks. Additional badges may be purchased at the regular conference rate of $110 each mailed in via check using the downloadable registration form or paid through our online registration system.
For more exhibitor logistics, see Guidelines, below.

Sponsorship
We deeply appreciate your participation in The World History Association’s annual conference. Your presence serves our members, even as it gives you an opportunity to connect with highly engaged professionals and consumers.

In honor of this symbiotic relationship and to further expand your organization’s profile among our membership, we ask you to consider additional conference sponsorship, either by underwriting a conference refreshment service, luncheon, or reception; by sponsoring all or part of one of the keynote speakers’ expenses; or by helping to bring scholars who might not otherwise be able to attend.

Subventions of refreshment services, luncheons, or receptions start at $500 and rise according to the nature and cost of the event. Patrons will receive prominent acknowledgement both at the time of the event and in the conference program, which will feature the sponsor’s logo next to the event that they are underwriting. Patrons are also encouraged to offer a small display at the event.

Other sponsorship opportunities include underwriting the conference attendance expenses of a non-U.S. resident world history scholar or teacher through our World Scholar Fund, or by contributing to our Student Assistance Fund, established to facilitate the participation and attendance of students at the WHA conferences. Although both funds were established only last year, the generosity of individuals and organizations made it possible for the WHA to bring two highly accomplished scholars from China and one from India to our 2007 conference in Milwaukee. Ongoing contributions also make it possible for us to keep our student registration rate very low.

If you are interested in becoming a conference patron, please contact WHA Executive Director Kieko Matteson or Conferences Chair Al Andrea as listed below.

Contact
We want you to be pleased with your participation. The Conferences Chair, Prof. Al Andrea, pledges to make every effort to meet your special (and reasonable) needs. You may reach him at aandrea@uvm.edu or via cell phone at (802) 578-5896 up until the start of the conference, or contact WHA Executive Director Kieko Matteson in Hawaii at thewha@hawaii.edu, office phone (808) 956-7688 / fax (808) 956-9600.

For additional information please contact:

World History Association
2530 Dole Street, A203
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-7688