After many years of service, Carl Brasseaux has retired as managing editor of Louisiana History.  Michael S. Martin of the Department of History at UL Lafayette will serve as interim managing editor.

Paper/session submissions for the 2011 annual LHA conference will be accepted until September 15. The conference will take place March 17-19 in Lafayette.  Please send a brief description of the proposed paper/session, along with copy of each participant’s curriculum vitae to Dr. David Anderson, Department of History, P. O. Box 8548, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272; e-mail: davida@latech.edu.

The LHA is now accepting nominations for the Company of Fellows which recognizes remarkable contributions to Louisiana culture, literature, and history. Nominees need not be members of the LHA. Nominators must send a resume/curriculum vitae of those being nominated with letters of support to Dr. Stephen Webre, Fellows Committee Chair, Department of History, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272. The deadline for nomination is September 1.