Colloque Cheiron

53rd Annual Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social
Sciences

Call for Papers

The 2021 Annual Meeting of Cheiron will be held using a virtual format
June 15 – 17, 2021

CHEIRON invites submissions of papers, thematic symposia/panels, roundtables and posters that
deal with any aspect of the history of the human, behavioral or social sciences or related

historiographical and methodological issues. All submissions should conform to the guidelines
listed below.

Submissions must be received by February 12, 2021, 5 pm EST

Please send your proposal electronically as an attachment in MSWord (.doc or .docx) to Co-
Program chairs Larry Stern, at lstern@collin.edu and Barbara Stern, at bstern@collin.edu
 

Submission guidelines:
All papers and proposed sessions (thematic symposia/panels, roundtables) should focus on new and original work, i.e. the main part of the work should not have been published or presented previously at other conferences.

Since this will be a “virtual” conference using a platform such as Zoom, all presenters must have
access to the internet with video and sound capabilities.

Please indicate the submission type (papers, proposed sessions (thematic symposia/panels, roundtables) or posters. Paper presentations should aim to be approximately 20 minutes in length, to be followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Presenters also have the option to upload their paper (as a video, audio, Powerpoint, written paper) to a secure conference website prior to the session so that attendees can be better prepared to engage in the ensuing discussion. In this case, the presenter will provide a brief five-to-ten-minute summary of the work, with the remaining twenty-to-twenty-five minutes set aside for discussion.

To facilitate the peer review and planning process, please provide a separate page that includes:
a) title; b) author’s name and affiliation; c) author’s email address; and d) audio/visual needs. In all types of proposals, names of authors/presenters should not be indicated anywhere but on the
separate cover page for the submission.

Papers: Authors should submit a 700-800 word abstract plus a short bibliography that includes
the major sources that inform their work. Reminder: Completed papers should aim to be
approximately 20 minutes in length.

Thematic Symposia/Panel or roundtable: The organizer should submit send a 500-600 word
description and rationale of the event (plus short bibliography) and a list of the names and
affiliations of the participants. Participants should submit a 500-750 word abstract plus a short
bibliography that includes the major sources that inform their work.

Notification of acceptance: Notifications will be sent by mid-March 2021.
 

Young Scholar Award:
Since 2008, Cheiron has awarded a prize for the best paper or symposium presentation by

a young scholar. To be eligible for consideration, the young scholar must be the sole or

first author on the paper and must be responsible for the bulk of the work of the paper.
The young scholar must be a student currently or must have completed doctoral work not
more than 5 years prior to the meeting.
 

About three weeks after the meeting, applicants for this award will submit a copy of the presented paper (rather than the abstract); it may include further, minor changes.

Submissions go to the Cheiron Executive Officer, who sets the exact deadline, and the entries will be judged by members of the Program Committee and the Review Committee. The winner will receive a certificate from Cheiron and will be asked to submit the paper to the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences within a reasonable period of time. The Award winner may ask Cheiron for assistance in preparing the paper for submission to JHBS. If the paper is accepted by JHBS for publication, the winner will receive a $500 honorarium from the publisher, Wiley-Blackwell, in recognition of the Cheiron Young Scholar Award. Please note that the award committee may choose not to grant an award in any given year and that the honorarium depends on publication in JHBS, in addition to winning the Award.

 

For more information:
For updates on the conference, please consult Cheiron’s website at:
www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Cheiron.

For questions concerning the program, contact either of the Co- Program Chairs: Larry Stern: lstern@collin.edu or Barbara Stern: bstern@collin.edu

For questions concerning the Young Scholar Award or general organizational issues, please contact Larry Stern, Cheiron Executive Officer: lstern@collin.edu