Juanita Brooks Conference on Utah History Poster Session CFP

By January 16, 2025

Proposals due: April 1, 2025: accepted on a rolling basis (no limit on participants)

The Juanita Brooks Conference, a platform that values and promotes diverse histories and cultures of Utah and the American West, eagerly awaits your poster submissions. We extend this invitation to scholars and students across various fields, including environmental history, American religion, women’s history, and Native American studies. Your contributions should be related to subjects significant to the states associated with Juanita Brooks’ life and scholarship—Utah, Idaho, Arizona, and Nevada.

Posters should meet the following requirements (adapted from the American Historical Association):

  • Readable from 5 to 10 feet
  • Use at least a 48-point font for titles and a 36-point font for body text and tables
  • Text should be no more than 800 words
  • Please print on 36” x 24” foamboard

Conference organizers will provide materials to display each poster. After the poster sessions, we will give participating students $50 to reimburse them for any expenses.

The following blog posts may prove helpful when designing your poster:

Fred Gibbs’ blog post on design for historians: https://fredgibbs.net/posts/consider- the-poster

Archives and Public History at NYU: https://wp.nyu.edu/archivesandpublichistory/2014/05/13/poster-tips-for- humanities-conference-posters/

Tips and templates for designing posters: https://colinpurrington.com/tips/poster- design/

Proposals due: April 1, 2025

Send to: jstuartteaching@gmail.com and amanda.hendrixkomoto@gmail.com

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