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Call for submissions: Across Frontiers Beyond Borders: Transatlantic History 1400-2004                                     September 30th, 2004The History Department of the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)and the Transatlantic History Student Organization (THSO) aresponsoring the Fifth Annual Graduate Student Workshop onTransatlantic History.  Since 1999 this workshop has provided a venueto discuss the comparative and transnational/ transcultural characterof the interrelations and interactions between and among the peoplesof the Atlantic World. From Africa's shores to the American West, from South America'srainforests to the European Bosporus, the Atlantic World has been thesite of social, cultural, economic and political encounters that havetransformed people and places.  The purpose of UTA'sinterdisciplinary workshop is to bring together graduate students toexplore the transatlantic interrelations and interchanges over thelast five centuries.Graduate students from history and other disciplines are invited tosubmit a 300-word abstract and abbreviated curriculum vitae by May31, 2004.  Authors of papers accepted for a 20-minute presentationwill be notified by June 30, 2004.  A limited number of travel fundsfor participants coming to the workshop will be provided by THSO.Note: Be sure to include your email and regular mailing address toensure that you can be reached during the summer of 2004.