The Association for Documentary Editing invites proposals for sessions at the organization’s annual meeting in Princeton, N.J., June 20–22, 2019.

At this year’s meeting, we are eager to discover and discuss the ways in which documentary editors interact with evidence—unearthing it, stumbling over it, negotiating how best to represent it, distributing it, defending it, learning how to recognize and cite it, helping others recognize it and cite it, debunking poor imitations of it, meming it, &c. We are excited to hear about the understanding and use of evidence—broadly conceived—as it appears at the intersections between editorial work and archival, pedagogical, traditional academic, and digital humanities work.

Some questions we could seek to answer:

• How do we decide what constitutes evidence worth publishing? How has that changed over the years? How has it changed with larger social trends, technology of publishing, &c.?
• What happens when records or discussions of legal evidence make up part of your archival evidence?
• What are useful strategies for finding evidence of histories that have left very little evidence?
• Is there an editorial role in handling evidence that may make an editor and/or end-users uncomfortable?
• Where is the line between evidence and interpretation? What part of the edition is the “evidence”?

The program committee will consider proposals for presentations in a variety of formats, including:

1. Pre-arranged panel: usually consists of three thematically associated papers, with an optional commentator and chair. A panel can take one of two forms:
   a. Individual presentations (typically three) no more than 20 minutes in length.
   b. Papers (full length, three to five) pre-circulated to the panel and possibly also on the ADE website. Panelists summarize briefly (10 minutes or less) at the meeting.
   In either format, panelists should have questions prepared to engage fellow panelists and the audience in discussions of the common themes and issues raised in and beyond the papers. In the interest of promoting discussion, time limits will be strictly enforced. Thematically coherent panels of product or process demonstrations are also encouraged.
2. Individual presentation: typically in either format (a) or (b) above. If accepted, individual presentations will be grouped into panels using one of the formats above.
3. Roundtable: usually consists of four to six speakers and addresses topics of broad interest and scope with a defined and pre-circulated list of guiding questions. The objective should be creating lively debate and active audience participation.
4. Poster or digital demonstration: both the printed poster format and computer demonstrations of websites or digital projects, especially for works-in-progress. The setting for the poster session will encourage in-person presentation and informal conversation.

Please contact program committee chair Ondine Le Blanc (oleblanc@masshist.org) if you have questions about the stated theme or formats. Each finished proposal should comprise an abstract of no more than 500 words, including a statement of preferred format; and name, email address, and any relevant institutional or edition affiliation for each presenter. Please send your proposal as an attachment (Word, plain text, PDF, Open Office) or email to the same email address by February 20, 2019.

2019 Program Committee: Tenisha Hart Armstrong, Dale Brenneman, Robert Karachuk, Ondine Le Blanc, Merry Ellen Scofield.

The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton, N.J., on June 20-22.