The 15th Annual World History Association Conference will be held at California State University at Long Beach from the afternoon of Thursday, 22 June, through the morning of Sunday, 25 June 2006. Its dual themes are "Teaching World History," and "The Americas in World History."

On-line registration is now available at <www.thewha.org>. Persons who are not currently members of the WHA but who plan to attend the conference can also join the WHA at this website, thereby saving themselves $50 in conference fees. An early registration savings of $10 is also offered to all who register before 1 May. A steeply reduced conference fee is also offered to all matriculating students (with proper ID). For anyone who cannot attend the entire conference, one-day passes are available for Friday or Saturday (Sunday is free for day-pass holders). Accompanying spouses and companions who desire to attend only the conference's evening receptions can purchase a special badge at $20.

The Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) has also secured off-campus rooms at special conference rates at two hotels: The Renaissance Hotel (downtown) and the Holiday Inn Long Beach Airport. Conferees who desire to reserve rooms at these reduced rates must contact the hotels directly and identify themselves as WHA conference participants, but contact information and hotel website links are also on the conference registration page. Additionally, the LAC has secured a limited number of on-campus dormitory rooms, each of which comes with FULL BOARD (i.e. 3 daily meals in the university cafeteria). Because the daily rate is so low--$55 per person for a double and $85 per person for a single--and because the number of reserved rooms is quite limited due to competing summer programs on campus, conferees who desire to take advantage of this extraordinary deal are urged to 1) double up by sharing a room with a colleague and 2) resrve a room as soon as possible. Reservation and payment for campus housing MUST be made at the time of conference registration and on the conference registration form.