Calls for Papers, Workshops, and Resources
CONFERENCES
Tracing Entanglements in Media History
Lund University, Sweden, May 17–19, 2017
With some important exceptions (such as for example Hilmes
2012; Fickers & Johnson 2012; Ribeiro & Seul 2016), media history has
thus far often tended to be discussed within national contexts. The fact that
there are – and always have been – manifold cross-border and cross-medial
interrelations has not always been properly highlighted.
With this conference we would like to further explore the
theoretical and methodological implications of such a plea for integrated media
history together with other researchers working in the field. We invite
scholars from different disciplines across the humanities and interpretive
social sciences, who have already dealt with similar issues or wish to explore
them further. We also encourage open discussions on sources and methodologies
in media historical research, including aspects on media archives and the
challenges and opportunities surrounding digitized media material.
Application deadline: Dec 1, 2016
Contact Email:
marie.cronqvist@kom.lu.se
Creating Global Change: An Interdisciplinary Conference in
Women's and Gender Studies
Thursday, March 23 – Saturday, March 25, 2017
Middle Tennessee State University Campus, Murfreesboro, TN
We invite individual or panel proposals for presentations on
any topic on women’s, gender, and sexuality issues and debates from scholars,
activists, non-profit professionals, and graduate students in all scholarly
fields and disciplines, including the humanities, sciences, social sciences,
education, arts, design, business, law, health and sports. We are especially interested in presentations
that provide feminist perspectives on the influence of women’s, gender, and
sexuality movements on gendered existence, global and social justice, and
institutional transformation.
Proposals must be submitted by December 15, 2016
Contact Email: womenstu@mtsu.edu
Ecclesiastical History Society Postgraduate Colloquium
Postgraduate students studying any aspect of the history of
Christianity, broadly defined, are warmly welcomed to come and speak. This is a
great chance to meet others working in similar (and contrasting) areas of
history, and to present a paper in a friendly, unthreatening environment. All
welcome.
Proposals of c. 100 words on any aspect of the history of
Christianity from late antiquity to the twenty-first century to be sent to Dr
Gareth Atkins (ga240@cam.ac.uk) by 24 February.
Contact Email: ga240@cam.ac.uk
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference
Founded in 1948, the KFLC is one of the country's
longest-running literary, linguistics, pedagogy, and technology conferences.
For a list of the different conference topics, see https://kflc.as.uky.edu/call-for-papers.
All individual abstracts and panel proposals must be
submitted online by midnight EST on November 20, 2016.
VariAbilities III: The Same Only Different?
University of London, 6 & 7th June 2017
In the third iteration of the Variabilities Series, we will
take stock of the academic work done on the “body” in “history”. When we study
the “Body” should we restrict ourselves to impaired bodies or make comparisons
with sports bodies? Or should a conference discussing the body entertain papers
on both impaired and sports bodies? When we consider “history” we must ask
ourselves when did history begin, and has it ended? Variabilities III is
casting its nets as widely as possible, with no methodological assumptions,
beginning or end dates, with as wide scope for dialogue as possible.
Please send your proposal (300 words) by November 30th 2016
to chris.mounsey@winchester.ac.uk
and stan.booth@winchester.ac.uk
Shifting Landscapes
4th annual Graduate Student Conference, Department of
Spanish and Portuguese Studies
March 31st-April 1st
Landscapes are assemblages of people(s), the natural world,
and cities that guide disparate disciplinary methodologies: from literary
criticism to geologic surveys. Whether material, metaphysical, ideological,
linguistic, or utopian, landscape often evokes a seer, oriented by the gaze
that constructs it, and so too is it a scene of contact, rupture, and complex,
interwoven fabrics of human and environmental history. Shifting Landscapes
endeavors to address timely concerns that are critical to understanding issues
pertaining to research in Hispanic and Lusophone Studies, and in doing so
repositions landscape as a central mode of critique. Conquest, colonialism(s),
and the emergence of global capital signaled colossal reorganization of
landscapes across the world, and more recently global warming and mass
migration are configuring landscapes, and the people that inhabit them in new
ways that merit heightened attention. Presenters are invited to submit papers
that consider and analyze the disparate articulations of resistance that arise
from our (re)thinking of epistemological landscapes.
Please submit an abstract no longer that 250 words by
January 20, 2017 to spptconf@umn.edu.
Cultures of Difference: Everyday Makings of
Heteronormativity
June 2017
Any attempt to study heteronormativity involves multiple
challenges, both theoretically and ethnographically. Existing literature on
heteronormativity most often investigates the topic with a focus primarily on
queer sexualities, forgoing deep analysis of its various other workings.
Heteronormativity gains its privileges and coherency through public operations
and the mutuality of public and private. This workshop will, therefore, examine
this coherency and privilege, exploring through ethnographically driven
presentations the operations and making of heteronormative devices in their
material, affective, narrative, spatial and bodily elements. In this way, one
is able to see how heterosexual culture simultaneously institutionalizes its
narrative and normalcies, such that it operates in a way towards preserving its
own coherency.
Please send extended abstracts of approximately 350 words,
3-5 keywords, and a brief biography to culturesofdifference@gmail.com by
December 20, 2016.
Contact Email:
culturesofdifference@gmail.com
2017 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium
The year 2017 marks the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn
Brooks, who through her powerful, passionate, social and politically conscious
poetry and prose, used a range of modern literary aesthetics to provide a
window into the life of Blacks in 20th century urban America. Brooks was the
first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and was poetry consultant to the
Library of Congress. The author of the poetry collections Annie Allen and The
Bean Eaters, and the novel Maud Martha, Gwendolyn Brooks claims an irrefutable
place in our literary canon. In partnership with “Our Miss Brooks 100,” the
Center for Black Literature is proud to take part in the yearlong “Our Miss
Brooks: A Centennial Celebration.” For the 2017 NBWC Biennial Symposium, the
Center for Black Literature invites poets, writers, independent researchers,
interested faculty and students to submit proposals that examine the life of
Gwendolyn Brooks and the themes in her works.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is December 16,
2016.
Contact Email:
writers@mec.cuny.edu
Delta Symposium XXIII
The Department of English and Philosophy at Arkansas State
University opens a call for papers and presentations for the twenty-third
annual Delta Symposium April 5-8, 2017.
The Delta Symposium features scholarship on a wide variety of expressive
forms that are resonant with Delta history and culture. Special consideration
will be given to proposals that specifically address this year's theme of
“Caring for Community.” Participants are
invited to explore how culture and history are integral to life in various communities
in the region. In the past, communities
were often defined primarily as a shared sense of geographic location.
The deadline for entries is December 16, 2016.
Visit us on the web at http://altweb.astate.edu/blues/
Contact Email: ghansen@astate.edu
Futures of Queer Theory: The Right to
Philosophy
What philosophical traditions and resources have made queer
theorizing possible? What sorts of blindnesses have characterized the
philosophical foundations of queer theory? What new forms of solidarity might
be forged among queer theory and other bodies of knowledge on the margins of
philosophy (transgender studies, disability studies, the philosophy of race,
etc.) What, if anything, should queer people expect from philosophy? Is it
possible today (and if so, what does it mean) to be a queer philosopher?
In posing these questions, we hope to not only encourage the
submission of papers that will further scholarly reflection on those traditions
of philosophy germane to queer theory, but also to provide a space for
students, activists, and scholars to critically reflect on the academic
institutions in which they (do or do not) find themselves. Needless to say,
submissions are encouraged from a diverse array of disciplinary and
institutional affiliations.
Submissions should be sent to futuresofqueertheory@gmail.com
by January 16, 2017
PUBLISHING
Borders, Bodies, Homes
We live in a world of migratory population flows, resurgent
nationalisms, and state-sanctioned violence. The next issue of Rejoinder web
journal will explore the theme of bodies and borders in the context of these
geopolitical phenomena. We invite submissions that focus on how the relationship
between borders and bodies shapes our understandings of selfhood, exile, and
home. Writing (including essays, commentary, criticism, fiction, and poetry),
and artwork should address these relationships from feminist, queer, and social
justice-inspired perspectives. We particularly welcome contributions at the
intersection of scholarship and activism. For manuscript preparation details,
please see: http://irw.rutgers.edu/about-rejoinder.
Please send completed written work
(2,000-2,500 words max), jpegs of artwork, and short bios to the editor, Sarah
Tobias (stobias@rci.rutgers.edu) by December 9, 2016.
The Romance of Science Fiction/Fantasy
Whether we consider romance novels incorporating elements of
the fantastic, the future, or the alien, or works of Science Fiction/Fantasy
exploring love, desire, and other aspects of romantic culture, the relationship
between these genres has been enduring and productive. Following up on a series
of joint panels at the 2016 national conference of the Popular Culture Association,
the Journal of Popular Romance Studies calls for papers for a special issue on
the intersections between romance and science fiction/fantasy in fiction
(including fan fic), film, TV, and other media, now and in the past, from
anywhere in the world.
Papers of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, including notes
and bibliography, should be sent to Erin Young (managing.editor@jprstudies.org).
special issue on 'Trans materialities
The Graduate Journal of Social Science (GJSS) is an
international, academic, peer-reviewed, open-access social science journal. The
GJSS is now inviting papers for its thematic issue on Trans Materialities
(edited by Max van Midde, Olga Cielemęcka and Vick Virtú). Abstracts are due by
4 Nov 2016. Submissions of work by MSc/MA/MS, MPhil, PhD students, academics in
precarious positions and independent researchers, artists, collectives, and
activists are welcome. We especially welcome contributions from indigenous
and/or people of colour, and/or trans and/or non-binary people, and
perspectives from post-Soviet contexts and the Global South. We encourage
collaborative and collectively authored pieces. See link below for details, and
please share this CfP with others who may be interested. Please visit this
webpage for more details: http://gjss.org/?q=cfp/trans-materialities
The deadline for abstract submission is 4th November, 2016.
Edited Volume on Indigenous Psychology: Paradigms,
Perspectives and Possibilities
We invite proposals for chapters, each of a maximum of 5000
words (including references and supplementary material), for a book on the
theme of Indigenous Psychologies: Paradigms, Perspectives and Possibilities.
This publication will contribute to the growing body of literature informing
and promoting the Indigenous Psychology movement. With this edited volume we
intend to generate a diverse context of discussion of the historic and emerging
theoretical and ethical paradigms of Indigenous psychologies, the plurality of
perspectives and traditions on psychology by Indigenous peoples, and identify
critical agendas or possibilities of future research, policy and practice in
our field.
Proposals due December
15, 2016.
Contact Email: ansloos@uvic.ca
Journal of Popular Romance Studies – 2 special issues
“The Romance of Science Fiction / Fantasy”
Whether we consider romance novels incorporating elements of
the fantastic, the future, or the alien, or works of Science Fiction/Fantasy
exploring love, desire, and other aspects of romantic culture, the relationship
between these genres has been enduring and productive. Following up on a series
of joint panels at the 2016 national conference of the Popular Culture
Association, the Journal of Popular Romance Studies calls for papers for a
special issue on the intersections between romance and science fiction/fantasy
in fiction (including fan fic), film, TV, and other media, now and in the past,
from anywhere in the world.
Papers of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, including notes
and bibliography, should be sent to Erin Young
(managing.editor@jprstudies.org).
Deadline: January 1, 2017
“Masculinity Studies Meets Popular Romance”
The Journal of Popular Romance Studies solicits papers for a
special issue on masculinity and popular romance media, now and in the past,
from anywhere in the world. We are interested in how masculinities are and have
been represented in the texts of both heterosexual and queer popular romance
media, including fan-produced media. We are also interested in papers on
masculinity in the marketing of such media (e.g., movie trailers and romance
novel covers), and in the discourse of the global romance communities that
produce, enjoy, and discuss such media (editorial guidelines, recaps and
reviews, blog posts, Tumblrs, etc.). Papers that explore the intersection of
masculinity with other cultural phenomena, including race, religion, and class,
are welcome.
Papers of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, including notes
and bibliography, should be sent to Erin Young (managing.editor@jprstudies.org)
Deadline: January 6, 2017
Call for Proposals/Manuscripts: LGBTQ Popular Culture: The
Changing Landscape https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/149489/call-proposalsmanuscripts-lgbtq-popular-culture-changing
The Journal of Homosexuality seeks article-length
manuscripts for an upcoming special issue, “LGBTQ Popular Culture: The Changing Landscape,” to be published in
late-2017/early-2018. This special issue seeks essays that examine these
seismic changes, their sociological and cultural implications, reminisces of
what has been lost and gained, and hints at what the future may hold for LGBTQ
people. Can there be a post-gay world or
have the challenges to the communities simply entered a new phase?
Proposals of 250 to 500 words should be sent to the special
issue editor, Bruce Drushel, Ph.D., Department of Media, Journalism, &
Film, Miami University, drushebe@miamioh.edu, by January 1, 2016.
Education in the Borderlands: Promises, Utopias and
Realities
To understand borderlands as spaces of living and education
requires a different understanding of border and space itself. Borderlands are
not just a space where two politically constituted spaces meet each other but
where these two also become intertwined, or as Heidegger would ask us to
understand, where new forms of social relations and structures begin their
‘presencing’. It is this emerging of new forms that this volume is interested
in identifying, exploring and understanding.
The purpose of this volume is to provide an authoritative,
state of the art review of research on education in the borderlands worldwide.
The authors may submit chapters dealing with, amongst others, intercultural,
identity, pedagogical, and representational issues. Any context of education is
of interest to the editors (kindergarten to adult education as well as from
formal to informal and even non-formal education). In addition to empirical
works the editors also welcome theoretical contributions exploring the
problematics of education in borderlands.
Deadline for abstracts: 15th Nov. 2016
Contact Email: fred.dervin@helsinki.fi
Colin Kaepernick. Is He a Moral Entrepreneur? On the Role
Athletes Play in the Public Sphere
Colin Kaepernick’s act of protest resembles those of other
black athletes like Tommy Smith and John Carlos and Mohammed Ali. All of them
attempted to raise critical awareness on the racism in American society, but at
the same time, other interesting philosophical questions emerged. One such
philosophical question is the role athletes play in the public sphere given
that they are admired and celebrated public figures. Such a question is at the
core of the debate on whether or not athletes are role models. A debate that ties
with broader questions like the relationship between politics and sports, and
the value and status of sport in society.
Fair Play aims to publish a special issue around Colin
Kaepernick’s act of protest that discusses some of the issues mentioned above.
In doing so, the editors of such a special issue would like to invite all those
who want to participate in the issue to submit a work related to the Kaepernick
case.
Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2017
Contact Email:
francisco.javier.lopez@uv.es
Going to Extremes: Literature and Language at the Limits
Interplay: A Journal of Languages, Linguistics, and
Literature is seeking contributions in its respective fields for a special
issue examining instances of extreme forms/modes of expression. Throughout
history, various shifts in usage within literature and language have been
viewed as “tendentious” (Mikhail Bakhtin), or conceptually provocative toward
more received modes of discourse. Bakhtin has provided a general context via
his notion of the “carnivalesque,” which would include disturbing or irreverent
verbal statements, socially transgressive comments, and/or forms/genres of
literature that go beyond the expected content and/or styles of literary
conventions, often in ways calculated to disturb, provoke or even insult
cultural norms. Satire, invective, parody, spleen, radical criticism, mockery,
challenging or untypical shifts in verbal/linguistic structures, the legacy of
“hip” discourse, bizarre neologisms, new and unique blends of genre, the
carnivalesque, the morbid and the grotesque, provide the general sphere of
interest for this special issue of Interplay.
Deadline for abstract submissions is November 15, 2016
Thomas Argiro: tomarg_29@hotmail.com
Manfred Sablotny: manfred.sablotny@gmail.com
Global Psychedelia and Counterculture, special issue of Rock
Music Studies
This call aims to gather work that tries to document and
understand the myriad ways psychedelic rock music and its attendant
countercultural values developed, as they took root around the world during the
“long 1960s”; and, conversely, how global influences were incorporated into the
music and countercultural movements in the USA and UK. The topic area also includes the ongoing
influence of these developments on popular music and culture up to the present
day, including contemporary international psychedelic revivals.
Abstracts of approximately 250 words should be submitted by
December 31, 2016
Please email all abstracts and inquiries to Kevin M. Moist
at: kmm104@psu.edu.
FROM COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS TO THE IRAQ WAR: PRISONERS OF WAR
AND THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY
October 26 -28, 2017, Louisville, KY
Too often prisoners of war have been considered by
historians to be a special, separate topic.
If discussed at all, POWs make only a brief appearance in legal histories
or in the history of POW policies or histories of POW camps. They show up as sums in casualty lists or are
discussed as a burden on military resources, creating more mouths to feed,
house and guard. This conference
proposes to consider prisoners of war as more than simply casualties, losers or
victims by examining the range of ways in which POWs played an active role in
the conduct and outcome of America's military encounters.
We are interested in the way the handling of POWs decided
campaigns and operations, the range of roles that POWs filled both on and off
the battlefield – as hostages, consumers, laborers, propaganda tools, and means
of communication, to mention only a few.
At the same time we will be looking to move toward an integration of the
POW experience into the larger narratives and problems of political, military
and social history.
Proposal deadline is January 30, 2017
Contact Email:
lwhites@filsonhistorical.org
Theory and Practice: how Islam Alters the Modern World
The issue analyzes the relationship how cultures,
behavioural norms, and how migration are affected by theoretical understandings
of Islam. Whether or not cultures can coexist, the cause(s) of terrorism,
whether religio-national identity can change and adapt, are key questions that
this issue will analyze. The scope looks at the interactions between different
types of peoples (as a product of migration) through a theoretical lens. In
other words, the issue primarily concentrates on how practical and theoretical
understandings of Islam affec the world we live in today. Both theoretical and
practical issues surrounding the nature of Islam are of concern. The study of
Islam in practice will help understand socio-political phenomena in the modern
world, and may determine future governmental policy. The study of Islam in
theory helps understand whether or not Islam in practice is conducive to the
former. Furthermore, the journal will include discussion on the existence of
several cultures in the same location, i.e., specifically, the positive or
negative nature of coexistence between Islam and other religions.
Submission deadline: February 10, 2017.
Contact Email:
special_issue@journals-of-scientifcs-rd.com
Edited Collection on Nationalism and Sport
Call for papers: Edited Collection on Nationalism and Sport.
Contributions of particular interest will focus on athletes and social justice.
Contact Email: nicholas.villanueva@colorado.edu
Minority Rights and the New Migration
During the past several decades, and especially at present,
throughout Europe the traditional nation-state has been challenged by rapidly
increasing ethnic diversity. European
countries have increasingly become less homogeneous and more pluralistic. The past few years have seen the arrival of
millions of refugees and economic migrants, a trend that continues today. This
special issue will focus on the impact and implications of this most recent
influx on the possible (re)definition of “minority rights”.
Please send all submissions and enquiries to Andreea
Carstocea, carstocea@ecmi.de, by 15 November 2016.
Literature across Frontiers
Aesthetique Journal for International Literary Enterprises
invites scholarly articles and research papers from academicians, teachers and
research scholars on “Literature across Frontiers”. AJILE is an international
bi-annual peer reviewed electronic journal designed to give wings to the
scholarly and academic aspirations of the literary community around the world.
Each featured issue aims at furthering research and fostering academic
deliberations clustered around a distinctive thrust area of contemporary
literary and/or linguistic relevance.
See the detailed call for papers here: http://www.mutemelodist.com/postings.php?pid=332&cid=8&subid=31
For any clarification please feel free to contact us at mutemelodist@gmail.com
FUNDING
Linda Hall Library Fellowship Program
The Linda Hall Library is accepting applications for its
2017/18 Fellowship program. The Fellowships range from one week to a full year
and are awarded to outstanding projects in history of science, environmental
history, and related science and technology studies that make use of the
Library's collections. Awards range from up to $3,000 per month for
pre-doctoral fellows to $4,200 per month for post-doctoral fellows.
For more information and to apply online by January 16,
2017, visit: http://www.lindahall.org/fellowships.
Contact Email: fellowships@lindahall.org
Black Metropolis Research Consortium Summer Short-term
Fellowship Program
the Summer Short-term Fellowship Program has engaged
scholars, artists, writers, and public historians from the United States and
Europe to better formulate new historical narratives of Chicago’s past. The
new, original research and art developed through this program is significant as
it illuminates the national and international importance of Chicago’s African
American community.
Contact Email: bmrc@uchicago.edu
URL: http://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BMRC_2017FellowApplicationGuidelines.pdf
Linda Hall Library Fellowship Program
The Linda Hall Library is accepting applications for its
2017/18 Fellowship program. The Fellowships range from one week to a full year
and are awarded to outstanding projects in history of science, environmental
history, and related science and technology studies that make use of the
Library's collections. Awards range from up to $3,000 per month for
pre-doctoral fellows to $4,200 per month for post-doctoral fellows. The Library
holds more than 10,000 rare books dating from the 15th century to the present,
as well as 500,000 monograph volumes and more than 48,000 journal titles from
around the world, with especially strong holdings in Soviet and East Asian
science. Its collections also contain conference proceedings, government
publications, technical reports, and over 200,000 industrial standards. Fellows
at the Linda Hall Library participate in a vibrant intellectual community
alongside in-house scholars and colleagues from nearby research institutions.
For more information and to apply online by January 16,
2017, visit: http://www.lindahall.org/fellowships.
Contact Email: fellowships@lindahall.org
Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship
Spend your summer conducting research on a nationally
significant U.S. building or site and preparing a history to become part of the
permanent HABS collection. The HABS/SAH Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship, a
joint program of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Society
of Architectural Historians (SAH), permits a graduate student in architectural
history or a related field to work on a 12-week HABS history project during the
summer of 2017. The Fellow’s research interests and goals will inform the
building or site selected for documentation by HABS staff. HABS is a program of the National Park
Service and the Fellow is usually stationed at our Washington, DC office. The award consists of a $10,000 stipend, and
SAH conference registration and travel expenses up to $1,000.
Contact Email: lisa_davidson@nps.gov
Bernard Bellush Prize
BERNARD BELLUSH PRIZE The Bernard Bellush Prize recognizes outstanding
scholarship by graduate students in labor and work history. Please do not send
full dissertations. The Bellush Prize honors the contribution to labor history
made by Bernie Bellush, as a scholar and as an activist. Entrants should send
(email acceptable) one copy of their paper to: Brian Greenberg 18 Borden Street
Shrewsbury, New Jersey Email: bgreenbe@monmouth.edu The deadline is June 15,
2017.
ACOR Fellowships Announcement 2017-2018
There are several fellowships for graduate students whose
work is in the natural and social sciences, humanities, and associated
disciplines relating to the Near East.
Deadline for all applications is February 1, 2017
E-mail: acor@bu.edu
CLIR Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in
Original Sources
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is
currently accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Mellon Fellowships for
Dissertation Research in Original Sources. The program will be offering about
fifteen competitively awarded fellowships in 2017. Each provides a stipend of
$2,000 per month for 9–12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000
upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and
submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience
The deadline for submission of application materials is 5:00
pm Eastern time, Friday, December 2, 2016.
Contact Email: mellon@clir.org
2017-2018 Lemelson Center Fellowships and Travel Grants
The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program annually awards 2 to
3 fellowships to pre-doctoral graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and
other professionals who have completed advanced training. Fellows are expected to reside in the
Washington, D.C. area, to participate in the Center's activities, and to make a
presentation of their work to colleagues at the museum. Fellowship tenure is based upon the
applicant’s stated needs (and available funding) up to a maximum of ten weeks. Stipends will be $630/week for pre-doctoral
fellows and $925/week for post-doctoral and professional fellows. Applications are due December 1, 2016. For application procedures and additional
information, see http://invention.si.edu/lemelson-center-fellowship-program.
Researchers are encouraged to consult with the fellowship coordinator before
submitting a proposal – contact historian Eric S. Hintz, Ph.D. at +1
202-633-3734 or hintze@si.edu.
Terra Foundation International Research Travel Grant for
US-based Scholars
http://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/terra-foundation-for-american-art-international-research-travel-grant-for-us-based-scholars/
Terra Foundation International Research Travel Grants offer
US-based scholars working on American art and visual culture prior to 1980 the
opportunity to conduct research outside the United States. Grant funding is available
for short-term travel for scholars whose research projects require study of
materials outside the United States.
For this program, the foundation accepts proposals from
US-based doctoral students and postdoctoral and senior scholars.
Deadline: January 15, 2017
Contact Email: grants@terraamericanart.org
Research Travel Grants: Rubenstein Library, Duke University
The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
is now accepting applications for our 2017-2018 research travel grants:
http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/grants-and-fellowships/
The Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture,
the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History
and Culture, the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing
History, the History of Medicine Collections, and the Human Rights Archive will
each award up to $1,000 per recipient to fund travel and other expenses related
to visiting the Rubenstein Library.
The deadline for application is January 31, 2017 by 5:00 PM
EST.
Contact Email:
kelly.wooten@duke.edu
WORKSHOPS
Archival Summer School for Junior Historians in the United
States
This ten-day summer school prepares Ph.D. students working
in various fields of history for their prospective research trips and teaches
them practical research skills. Participants learn how to contact archives, use
finding aids, identify important reference tools, and become acquainted with
miscellaneous American research facilities, among them the Newberry Library in
Chicago and the National Archives and the Library of Congress in Washington DC.
They gain insight into how historical materials – both traditional and digital
ones – are acquired, preserved, and made accessible to historians. In addition,
they have the opportunity connect with their peers and meet a number of
prominent scholars and discuss their research with them.
To apply, please email the following materials in one PDF
file named LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_ASS2017 to engel@ghi-dc.org no later than January
31, 2017:
Contact Email: engel@ghi-dc.org
RESOURCES
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, and Queer History
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, and Queer History is an extensive and comprehensive look at LGBTQ
heritage in the United States. Each chapter provides an expert summary of a
particular topic.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
A new database was launched last week by HeinOnline and
Professor Paul Finkelman: Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture,
& Law
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
brings together, for the first time, all known legal materials on slavery in
the United States and the English-speaking world, as well as materials on free
African-Americans in the colonies and the U.S. before 1870. Included are every
statute passed by every state and colony, all federal statutes, all reported
state and federal cases on slavery, and hundreds of books and pamphlets on the
subject. In total, the collection contains more than 1,000 titles and nearly
850,000 pages.
