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This is the second call for papers for the  Nature's Workshop  con-
ference.  Anyone doing research on topics related to the conference
theme is invited to submit an abstract by 20 May for consideration.
Please forgive any cross-posts.
Thank you,
   Chrys Rodrigue, Center for Hazards Research, CSU, Chico
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                         CALL FOR PAPERS
 
The Southern California Environment and History Conference Planning
Group is organizing its second conference:
 
                         NATURE'S WORKSHOP
                      Environmental Change in
               Twentieth Century Southern California
 
              California State University, Northridge
                       September 18-20, 1997
 
 
The Nature's Workshop conference  will bring together an  interdis-
ciplinary group of researchers and archivists to discuss and devel-
op current understanding of Southern California's environmental and
historical landscape.  This second annual conference will  focus on
Southern California in the  twentieth century,  a period of massive
transformations of natural systems  through modern urban and indus-
trial growth.
 
If your research or archival collection relates to the 1997 confer-
ence theme,  and you'd like it to be considered for presentation in
this program,  please submit three (3) copies of your abstract or a
description  of your collection,  together with a brief _curriculum
vitae_ (including your name, address, telephone number, and  fax or
e-mail address). Complete panels or sessions are encouraged, in ad-
dition to individual presentations. Acceptance or rejection of pro-
posed presentations or panels will be determined by the  SCEHC Pro-
gram Committee, and applicants will be notified by mail.
 
Please mail submissions (including a SASE), no later than May 20 to:
 
   Southern California Environment and History Conference
   c/o Center for Southern California Studies
   California State University
   Northridge, CA 91330-8371
   attn: Lorna Fenenbock, Conference Coordinator
 
For further information, please call (818) 677-6518.   You can also
send a fax to (818) 677-7115.  E-mail can be sent to [log in to unmask]
or [log in to unmask]
 
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