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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">2016 AGS Conference: Call for Papers and Participation Sessions</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">June 21-26, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Xavier University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Cincinnati, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Proposals are solicited for scholarly papers, 25 minutes in length, to be presented during the Evening Lectures, June 22-25. Please
send your proposal and a 250-word abstract by <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">February 1, 2016</span></strong> to Nancy Tatarek, Lecture Program Coordinator:
<a href="mailto:netatarek@gmail.com" target="_blank">netatarek@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Proposals are solicited for participation/class sessions, of 45 minutes in length, to be presented Thursday, June 23 and Saturday, June 25. These sessions are
not for presenting research papers, unless the paper is about how to do a particular type of research using the presenter's research as a case study. We encourage panel discussions and will allow more than one time slot if needed. Please send your proposal
and a 250-word abstract by <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">February 1, 2016</span></strong> to Judy Juntunen and Krista Horrocks, Participation/Class Sessions Coordinators:
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<a href="mailto:rycraftjuntunen@aol.com" target="_blank">rycraftjuntunen@aol.com</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">AGS 2016 Conference Scholarship for Students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">STUDENTS</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">: Have you been doing research on gravestones, cemeteries,
or a closely related topic? Would you like an opportunity to attend the next Association for Gravestone Studies Conference and Annual Meeting as a guest of AGS? Enter the AGS Student Scholarship Competition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The next AGS Conference will be held at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 21 - 26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Requirements</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">: The applicant must be a graduate or undergraduate
student at an accredited college or university, as well as a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies. A student membership is just $25 per year and includes the next published issue of <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Markers</span></em>,
four issues of the <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">AGS Quarterly</span></em>, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Application</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">: Each applicant should submit a proposal for
a twenty-minute presentation: a scholarly paper suitable for delivery at an academic conference, or a report of comparable quality on an on-going research project, to be presented at the Friday evening lecture session. PowerPoint is the preferred presentation
medium. <br>
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Each entry should include the title, a summary or abstract and a PDF of the PowerPoint program, as well as a letter of recommendation from an academic adviser. Your entry should consist of a cover letter, with attachments, emailed to <a href="mailto:soulestones@gmail.com" target="_blank">soulestones@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The award will cover registration and activities fees, plus room and board for the full conference (about $525) and will include a cash prize of $200, which will
be presented at the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Deadline: March 31, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Address all questions to the Scholarship Committee, c/o <a href="mailto:soulestones@gmail.com" target="_blank">soulestones@gmail.com.</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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