Announcement.

The Gulf South Historical Association (GSHA) is pleased to announce a call for papers for its twenty-sixth annual conference to be held at the Riverview Plaza in Mobile, Alabama. This year's theme, "Sources and Places for Conducting Research on Gulf South History," should prove to be both interesting and enlightening. The conference will take place from Thursday, October 11, 2007, to Saturday, October 13, 2007. Although the GSHA, a consortium of Gulf South colleges and universities from the states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, focuses on the places and sources available for research into the history of the Gulf South region, the association welcomes paper, panel, performance, roundtable discussion, and workshop proposals exploring all aspects of the histories and cultures of the Gulf South and Caribbean Basin. Proposals for the conference will be considered if postmarked no later than July 1, 2007. To submit an individual paper, send a brief c.v., the title of the paper, and a short abstract. Panel organizers (two or more presenters, a chair and commentator, or a chair/ commentator) must submit a c.v., paper title, and short abstract for each participant. To submit proposals or for more information about the conference, please contact Dr. Michael Thomason at jawal @zebra.net.