It is time to make plans to attend the annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association. The meeting will be held in El Paso later in the spring from March 3 to 5th. And, even if you don't usually attend this fine organization's annual meeting, its certainly worth taking a look at the online program to see the impressive array of research and writing that is taking place today on the subject of Texas history. Founded in 1890s, the Texas State Historical Association in the oldest learned society in the Lone Star State. It has been holding an annual conference for well over a century. The annual meeting is always a lively and exciting time for those people who follow the development of Texas history and what people write about it. This year dozens of historians and authors will be presenting the results of their work in a series of over three dozens sessions. Organized around themes, each of these sessions feature several historians giving talks and presentations on their work, after which other historians provide commentary and context for the papers just presented. In addition, there are plenary sessions, along with luncheons and dinners, at which outstanding writers and authors talk about larger aspects of the Texas historical experience. Those who love history books are always attracted to the meeting by the extensive and rather large displays annually mounted by publishers and book-sellers. First-run academic presses proudly display their latest books on Texas history at the exhibition hall, while used and rare book dealers operate booths where book-lovers can purchase literary treasures about the Texas past. For many years, as well, the T.S.H.A. featured a live auction of particularly noteworthy rare or desirable books. In recent years, this auction has been resurrected to become one of the highlights of the meeting.
If you have an interest in the latest research on Texas history, take a look at the annual program by clicking here.
