Call for Papers 

The 55th Annual Meeting of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era 

Auburn University and Columbus State University will co-host the 55th annual conference of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era (CRE) at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center in Auburn, Alabama, from Thursday, February 27 to Sunday, March 2, 2025.  Auburn is a friendly university town set in the rolling hills of east Alabama and boasting a vibrant culinary scene (with several restaurants within easy walking distance of the hotel.) The town is conveniently located along Interstate 85, and a shuttle bus runs regularly from Atlanta international airport directly to the hotel. 

We are pleased to welcome Lynn Hunt (UCLA), Sarah Chambers (University of Minnesota), and Beatrice de Graaf (Utrecht University) as our keynote speakers. 

The conference organizers are calling for papers on any topic related to the period 1750-1850 in any geographical location. While the conference has traditionally welcomed scholars focusing on Europe, the United States, and the Atlantic World, we encourage panels that expand our understanding of the Revolutionary Era in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and all places in between. We seek a wide range of presentations, including traditional panels (consisting of three paper presenters and a chair), roundtables, workshops, or lightning sessions devoted to recent scholarship, pedagogy, and professional concerns. Submissions of pre-organized panels and roundtables are strongly encouraged but we also welcome individual papers from faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars working in any discipline and on any topic exploring the Revolutionary Era.  

Panel and paper proposals must clearly explain their topics and questions in ways that will be understandable to the broad constituents of the CRE, not only to those interested in the specific topics in question.  

The CRE publishes Selected Papers with our affiliate Age of Revolutions, an open-access journal with an international scholarly and general readership.  

Submission Instructions  

We encourage the submission of full session proposals. Individual paper proposals will also be considered.  

Session proposals should include a panel description; a brief abstract for each paper (no more than one page); a brief CV for each participant (no more than two pages); and an indication of AV needs, if any.  

Individual paper proposals should include a brief abstract (one page); brief CV (no more than two pages); and an indication of AV needs, if any.  

Roundtable proposals must include a session title; the full name and institutional affiliation of each participant; a brief abstract (one page) summarizing the roundtable’s themes and points of discussion; a brief CV for each participant (no more than two pages); and an indication of AV needs, if any.  

Send proposals by December 1, 2024 (extended from November 1, 2024) to consortiumrev@gmail.com. For questions, please contact Philip Baltuskonis at pjb0047@auburn.edu.  

Hotel

Reservations should be made at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center, located at 241 S. College Street, Auburn AL 36380, which will serve as the conference hotel. Make your reservation online at https://be.synxis.com/?Hotel=75989&Chain=10237&arrive=2025-02-27&depart=2025-03-02&adult=1&child=0&group=250327CREM or by phone to 334 821 8200.  Make sure you mention the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era to get the discount rate, which will be $179 per night, plus taxes. The deadline for reserving a room at the discount group rate is January 28, 2025.

Getting here

By car

The Hotel at Auburn University is located just off the I-85, at 241 College Street, Auburn AL 36830.

Coming from the north (via Atlanta), use exit 57, following signs for Bent Creek Road.  Turn right onto Bent Creek Road. Turn left onto E Glenn Avenue. Turn left onto E Samford Avenue. Turn right onto S College St.

Coming from the South (via Montgomery), use exit 51, bear left onto S. College Street, and drive for about 4.5 miles.

On S. College St., the hotel will be on your right.  Turn in for parking right before you reach the main hotel entrance. The hotel offers overnight self parking ($20/night) and overnight valet parking ($25 a night).

After Friday at 5.30 restrictions on parking on campus are not enforced.  There is a university parking deck opposite the hotel at 5 Roosevelt Dr, Auburn AL, 36849.

By airplane

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), served by most major airlines and Delta’s largest hub, is located 100 miles from the Auburn University campus. Average travel time between the airport and campus is 1.5-2 hours.

There is a scheduled ground shuttle service between Hartsfield-Jackson directly to The Hotel at Auburn University via Groome Transportation: https://groometransportation.com/auburn/ . The cost for a one-way shuttle service from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Auburn University is US$55.00 if booked online.  Reservations by telephone (334 821 3399) are $65 per trip. The shuttle schedule can be found here: https://groometransportation.com/auburn/#gt-auburnsched-1. For information regarding all other ground transportation from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, please visit: http://apps.atl.com/Passenger/GroundTransportation/Default.aspx.

Alternatively, attendees might consider flying into Columbus (CSG: https://www.flycolumbusga.com/), Mongomery Regional Airport (MGM: https://flymgm.com/), or Birmingham International Airport (BHM: https://www.flybirmingham.com/.)

By bus

The closest Greyhound Bus station to Auburn University is located at 300 Columbus Pkwy, Opelika, AL 36801, which is about 10 miles from the meeting. Please contact Greyhound Tel: 1-800-231-2222; Website: www.greyhound.com.

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CRE 2025 Program Committee 

Philip Baltuskonis (Auburn University; Program Co-Chair)  

Bryan Banks (Columbus State University; Program Co-Chair) 

Ralph Kingston (Auburn University; Program Co-Chair) 

Marc Lerner (University of Mississippi; Program Co-Chair)