If, like me, you are missing this year's annual meeting of the 
Organization of American Historians, going on right now in Minneapolis, take heart.  You won't miss it entirely, because 
Rick Shenkman at 
History News Network is not only posting about the meeting on HNN, he is posting YouTube videos of some presentations.  The first installment is 
here.  Look for updates on HNN.  The full conference program is 
here.  Now if only we could get Rick to cover our favorite panels....