CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Teaching & Research: The Pedagogy of Inclusivity and Ethics
https://amps-research.com/conference/schools-of-thought/
Los Angeles | Prague | Virtual
21st century education has changed beyond all recognition. Virtual teaching, flipped classrooms, AI, ungrading, collective syllabi and the teacher as learner are concepts that, for many traditionalists, are foreign terrain. The issues at play are multiple, varied and often polemic. In some instances, it results in calls for a ‘return’ to what is tried and trusted – tests, grades and rote learning. In others, there are calls for more creative, critical and ‘evolved’ approaches – further pushing the boundaries of how we conceive knowledge and its application. In short, there are calls for ever newer schools of thought. Aiming to explore these broad and interrelated issues, New Schools of Thought – Critical Thinking and Creative Teaching, brings together three universities seeking to better understand the emerging, evolving and established schools of thought in contemporary education.
Contact Email conference@amps-research.com
Decolonial Pedagogies
March 27-29, 2025 | Philadelphia
The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on Decolonial Pedagogies for our 54th annual conference. For this area, we are particularly interested in proposals that relate decolonial pedagogies to the conference theme of freedom from academics from a wide range of areas across the field of education. For your proposal, you might want to consider these concepts related to freedom in decolonial pedagogies.
Submit your proposal by November 1, 2024 at www.cea-web.org.
email Dr. Maria Quintero, maria.quintero@upr.edu
Northeast MLA conference being held at Philadelphia, PA on March 6-9, 2025
Emplotting Black Vindication as Literary Activist-Self
https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21236
The panel includes various aspects of African American writers who used literature, art, history, or social scientific writings to oppose faulty presentations and held notions of an inferior tertium quid, i.e., subhuman capability. This panel welcomes review of writers and artists alike both in the past and modern who endeavored through artistic, literary, historical, musical, filmic, or other means to contend with pseudo social scientific Untermensch designation. Submissions of various writings and/or other media at various times and through varying genres and artistic forms, fashioned to make a case for full cultural and intellect parity are encouraged. The panel hopes to cover an evaluation of various writings and artistic cultural production that railed against pejorative notions of cultural, sexual, or human hierarchies and its Black maligning intent.
Contact Email serrano@udel.edu
Neuroqueering Aesthetics
https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21186
This seminar provides an opportunity to catalyze theoretical developments in Neurodiversity Studies and Critical Disability Studies. As Neurodiversity Studies and Critical Disability Studies gain traction in studies of literature and culture, we aim to create a space in which to transcend disciplinary boundaries by bringing into conversation neurodiverse (inclusive of all neurotypes) scholars from a range of philologies and disciplines who are interested in neurodiversity and neuroqueering (Walker, Yergeau), both as object and methodology of study, in studies of literature and culture. By exchanging work in advance, and engaging in substantive discussion in person, we aim to shed new light on the ways in which conceptions of neurodiversity are constructed, mediated or translated across different linguistic and cultural contexts. We especially encourage BIPOC scholars
email: Dr Jenn Hoyer (jhoyer@uark.edu) and Dr Claire Ross (claire.ross@uri.edu)
The Leaky Body: A New Turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences?
https://research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-bedwetters/academicworkshop/
9th and 10th January 2025 University of Kent
This workshop seeks to bring together scholars from all career stages from across the humanities and social sciences to explore and critique the concept of ‘the leaky body.’ Scholars have recently questioned whether ‘the corporal turn’ in the humanities and social sciences has come of age. Yet while some have suggested ‘the corporal turn’ has reached the end of its utility, others have turned towards the often unbounded, undesirable and unruly material aspects of corporeality through the concept of ‘the leaky body.’ Recent studies in the fields of anthropology, history and sociology on the substances of breastmilk, urine, menstrual blood, sperm and faeces, for example, have highlighted what it means to live corporally and how leaky bodies of different types have been viewed in various contexts as disrupters of social order. But such work on ‘leaky bodies’ remains fragmented, under researched and under theorised.
To participate, please send a 250-word abstract to Dr Claire L. Jones (c.l.jones-26@kent.ac.uk) by 21st October 2024
Contact Email c.l.jones-26@kent.ac.uk
Power and Agency
https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20042752/call-papers-texas-am-history-conference-2025
Texas A&M University in College Station, TX on February 7-8, 2025
In choosing the theme of "Power and Agency," the conference seeks to promote a scholarly discussion of ways that past individuals and the decisions they make have impacted the course of history. This theme may be interpreted broadly to include papers focusing on the impact of individuals from all backgrounds, circumstances, or time periods. Undergraduate and graduate students interested in presenting at the conference must submit a 250-word (maximum) abstract, along with a curriculum vitae (CV), by Friday, November 22, 2024 to tamuconference2025@gmail.com.
Western Association of Women Historians 2025 Conference
https://wawh.org/2025-conference
The Western Association of Women Historians welcomes session proposals in all historical themes, periods, and regions for next year's conference in Costa Mesa, California on April 24-26, 2025. Submission deadline: September 30, 2024.
Contact Email conferenceprogram@wawh.org
"Up From a Cotton Patch Revisited" Symposium
Mississippi Valley State University is thrilled to announce an open call for writers, performers, and storytellers to contribute to the groundbreaking "Up From a Cotton Patch Revisited" Symposium. This seminal event will be held at 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 24, 2024, in the Carver Randle Auditorium on MVSU's campus, located at 14000 Hwy East, Itta Bena, MS. The "Up From a Cotton Patch Revisited" Symposium honors the indelible legacy of MVSU’s founding president, James Herbert White, and delves into the rich cultural heritage of the Mississippi Delta, historically recognized as the Cotton Kingdom. This symposium aims to spotlight the profound stories, rhythms, and experiences that have shaped the region and influenced the world. We are seeking narratives that illuminate the lives and contributions of those who have labored in the cotton fields, and the broader cultural significance of cotton throughout the American South and beyond.
Deadline: Submissions must be received by October 1, 2024.
Contact Email cottonpatchrevisited@mvsu.edu
Heidelberg Center for American Studies Annual Interdisciplinary Spring Academy Conference
https://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring/index_en.html
Heidelberg, Germany, March 24-28, 2025
The HCA Spring Academy provides 20 international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their ongoing Ph.D. projects. The conference offers a forum for Ph.D. candidates in which they can present their research candidly and receive valuable feedback. We encourage applications that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences and pursue an interdisciplinary approach. Participants can present thesis projects on any subject relating to the study of the United States of America. Possible topics include American identity, issues of ethnicity, gender, transatlantic relations, U.S. domestic and foreign policy, economics, and various aspects of American history, literature, religion, geography, law, musicology, and culture. We also welcome proposals focused on the North American continent at large, i.e. Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean.
The Heidelberg Center for American Studies is prepared to provide accommodation during the conference week.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 1, 2024
Contact Email jbuchholz@hca.ui-heidelberg.de
Webinars, Workshops, and Roundtable Discussions on H-Teach
H-Teach, H-Net’s teaching and learning network, invites proposals for our virtual program series to be held during the 2024-2025 academic year. These events provide a platform for educators, scholars, and practitioners across disciplines to share innovative teaching strategies, engage in meaningful dialogue about pedagogical challenges, and explore new approaches to fostering student engagement and success. Sessions run for approximately 60-75 minutes, with time allocated for Q&A.
Contact Email bjcartwright@utep.edu
Thinking Trans / Trans Thinking Conference
https://philosophy.lafayette.edu/2024/08/09/thinking-trans-trans-thinking-conference-cfa/
Thursday, March 27th and Friday, March 28th, 2025 at Lafayette College in Easton, PA & hybrid/Zoom
Trans philosophy, broadly construed, provides a space where trans people can think together about our lives, experiences, needs, differences, knowledge, communities, work, and efforts for change. We envision a trans philosophy conference as a place to share these thoughts in a spirit of dialogue and collaboration. We welcome presentations from across theoretical approaches, disciplinary boundaries, and academic divides that engage with trans experiences and perspectives. We will accept both individual and group proposals for presentations. This year we will be conducting a hybrid conference to include options for both meeting in person and for joining online. The Thinking Trans // Trans Thinking Conference is the longest-running conference series on trans philosophy and trans theory.
500-750 word abstract proposals due November 15, 2024 by end of day.
If you have any questions about the conference, please email the main conference organizer Amy Marvin (marvina@ Lafayette. edu).
Unspeakable Challenges
Southern Association for Women Historians 2025 Triennial Conference, Daytona Beach, FL, June 19th -22nd, 2025
The deadline to submit a panel for consideration has been extended until October 1st. My work relates to white supremacy, the creation of Southern memory in the Progressive Era by daughters of Confederate soldiers, and institutional racism. My presentation will be specific to one woman, and how her philanthropy supported white supremacy in North Carolina. It examines the lasting effects of Confederate memorialization and the deleterious impact it has had on Black communities in southeastern NC. If you would like to participate, please reach out. I'd love to present at this conference together!
Contact Email mas4631@uncw.edu
Gender, Power, and Politics in Character Assassination
https://carpresearchlab.org/carp-2025-conference/
George Mason University’s Arlington Campus, March 20-22, 2025
Character assassination (CA) is the deliberate destruction of an individual’s reputation. This timeless phenomenon appears in many shapes and forms in every cultural, political, and technological era. Various CA practices such as lies, insinuations and ridicule have been effective means of persuasion and influence in power struggles for centuries. As a field of scholarship, the study of character assassination has been experiencing a remarkable academic renaissance. We invite scholars and practitioners to submit research and works in progress which will discuss character assassination, gender, power, and politics from a variety of disciplinary and cultural angles. We welcome both theoretical work and case studies that explore this phenomenon across the globe and throughout history.
Submission deadline: October 10, 2024
email: Sergei A. Samoilenko at ssamoyle@gmu.edu.
“This is America”: Reimagined Pasts and Speculative Futures
Thursday 14th November, at University of Sussex, Brighton & Online
Representations of America’s past and future take many different forms, from the alternative histories found in science fiction and fantasy to the fragmentation of oral histories, personal accounts and other primary sources. American history is also highly curated and rationalised, including the selective American history and literature syllabi that can be found both within the United States and abroad, and the augmented representations of racial and minority histories that we see within American popular culture and discourses. A reimagined past might place a zombie outbreak within the context of the American Civil War, such as Justina Ireland’s Dread Nation, or simply seek to contribute to the decolonisation of American curriculums, discourses, and archives, by reinserting forgotten events, figures and ideas into the scholarly canon and imagination. The 2024 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium aims to interrogate the diverse and interdisciplinary ways that ‘American Studies’ scholars approach the idea of American futures and pasts.
The deadline for submissions is 30th September 2024.
email: Riziki Millanzi at riziki.millanzi@baas.ac.uk.
Disruptive Relations: Queer Living in the Time of Precarity
International Communications Association Conference (June 12-16, 2025 in Denver, CO).
Precarity abounds in a world ravished by wildfires, war, famine, ecological disasters, post-truth campaigns, extreme economic stratification and insecurity, and pandemics and epidemics. Stories of this precarity are often limited by the chrononormativity of daily life (Freeman 2010), rendering those who fall to the wayside or perform outside this temporal model as disruptions. This panel explores how representations of queer modes of living can shift temporality away from the future—whether the defiance of a reproductive future (Edelman 2004) or collective queer hopefulness (Muñoz 2009)—and towards the radical present (Gitzen 2022). Attention to this present can elucidate the ways queer folks “unscript” the relationship between heteronormative expectations and their current precarity (Halberstam 2005; Gitzen 2025).
Please send a 150-250 word abstract to both Traci Abbott (tabbott@bentley.edu) and Timothy Gitzen (gitzent@wfu.edu) by October 10th.
URL: https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA25-theme
Liberatory Practices for Worlds in Crisis
https://www.gcws.mit.edu/gcws-events-list/liberatory-practices-for-worlds-in-crisis
A graduate student conference March 22 and 23, 2025 at MIT
In 2024, we are surrounded by crisis in nearly every sector of our world(s): environmental, political, social, cultural, and interpersonal. Crisis is not a new nor a unique phenomenon: Indigenous societies have faced decimation, war has torn through family and political associations, and environmental devastation cycles again and again. This conference invites graduate student scholars, activists, and practitioners to examine what it means and has meant to survive in a world in crisis. What do we mean by crisis? Submissions may cover theoretical analyses, empirical studies, performative practices, reflections on community actions, and others. We especially encourage scholars who may be marginalized in their lived experience and/or in their academic field to participate.
All proposals must be submitted at https://tinyurl.com/2025CFPsubmissions by October
30, 2024 at 11:59pm EST
Performing Religions, Faith, and Spirituality
https://www.aarwr.com/call-for-papers.html
Arizona State University March 14-16, 2025
Religious Studies intersects with every aspect of our lives: political, spiritual, pastoral, creative, performative, and relational. The study of religious life, thought, and practice touches upon our identities, responsibilities, and cultures. It can help us to explore our own selves as we acknowledge the diversity of religious expression across time and space. We encourage you to share with us your work relating to the varieties of eclectic, particular, indigenous, diasporic, ancient, and novel religious practices. We also want to examine the complex intersections of religion with technology and science.
Submit your Proposal to Casey Crosbie and Katherine Kunz by October 31, 2024: caseygcrosbie@gmail.com, katherine@katherinekunz.com
Religions Envisioning Change
https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/forward-conference-religions-envisioning-change
The FORWARD Conference: "Religions Envisioning Change" is a biennial, three-day event focused on the current and future shape of Black religions hosted by the Center for the Study of African American Religious Life (CSAARL) at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. This thought-provoking conference will focus on the "landscape of African American religions during a period when faith-based institutions are encountering changing dynamics." Exploring the issues of women and religion; economic development; innovation and religion; religion and media; Afrofuturism; the recent research on digitalized hush harbors; and digital humanities, this event will feature noted keynote speakers, panel discussions, workshops, and films aimed at bridging “multi-faith networks and expand[ing] leadership and development opportunities for faith leaders globally.”
Our Call for Papers has been extended through Monday, September 30th
Contemporary Arts, the Urbanocene and the More than Human World
https://artsurbanocene.sciencesconf.org/
2-3 June 2024, UNIVERSITY OF RENNES 2, FRANCE
The Anthropocene discussions often focus on the so-called “great acceleration” which underestimates the effective role of urbanization and the geographic, economic, social, cultural and political upheavals accompanying it. This workshop aims to discuss the radical strategies employed by contemporary artists in navigating the Urbanocene by metamorphosing urban public spaces into vibrant arenas of introspection, advocacy, and resilience. Can the catalytic potential of these artistic endeavors galvanize urban communities' involvement and nurture a sense of symbiosis within the environment?
Please send proposals of max 500 words in English or French and a short CV to Tijen Tunali tijen.tunali@univ-rennes2.fr by October 15, 2024.
PUBLICATIONS
Fragility
https://www.intellectbooks.com/jaws-journal-of-arts-writing-by-students#call-for-papers
JAWS is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes new art and writing from early- to mid-career researchers and practitioners working across creative disciplines. Fragility lends itself to breakage and rupture; fragility names that which is precarious. Fragility also offers redemptive change for things that ought to be broken. Fragile systems demand critical thinking and organising; fragile bodies require more attention and softness. However, in the face of resilience – which, of course, has its merits – JAWS 10 looks at the potential inherent in fragility. What can we learn from tenuous connections?
Please email your submission as a Word processing document (not PDFs or Google Docs) to editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com.
The deadline for submissions is 18 November 2024.
Edited Volume on Periodization
https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20042719/cfp-edited-volume-periodization
Periodization, the act of chunking up time to make units of study, is a fraught practice undertaken by scholars, educators, media professionals, and everyday people. Although largely arbitrary, the ending and beginning dates of a period do much to influence how people outside of the historical profession think about topics such as progression, regression, and the present’s current location in a larger human narrative. We are asking historians, rhetoricians, and educators to submit chapter proposals for a new edited volume on the practice of periodization. Plans are currently to hold a 1-2 day public facing symposium with invited authors and participants to deliver drafts of the chapters and engage in discussion about the project and how we can create more nuanced understandings of periodization in the general public.
Writers interested in submitting should send a 300 word abstract, short bio (100 words), and CV (two pages) as attached word documents to Lee Bebout lee.bebout@asu.edu and Wesley Bishop wrbishop@jsu.edu by February 15, 2025.
Collaborative Worldbuilding
https://nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/calls-for-papers/
Special issue Storyworlds: A Journal of Narrative Studies
This special issue takes interest in the ambit of collaborative worldbuilding practices from mainstream content creation to the radical creation involved in activist circles. The term worldbuilding has been used in each kind of practice, whether in media production or political intervention. Worldbuilding describes the process of imagining and describing fictional worlds or, indeed, possible worlds. Fictional worlds, also known as storyworlds, may grow out of stories or they might be described ahead of storytelling, while worldbuilding for possible worlds imagines and influences change in the real world. We welcome theoretical elaborations of the concepts of worldbuilding in the fields of narratology, ecocriticism, gender and sexuality studies, postcolonial and Black studies, literature and cinema, popular culture and reception studies, digital humanities, science fiction, game studies, and many more.
Abstracts of up to 300 words should be sent to guest editor Brent Ryan Bellamy (brent.ryan.bellamy@gmail.com) by December 31, 2024.
The Author Is Dead, Long Live Co-Authors! Collaborative Work in the Humanities
https://thefebruaryjournal.org/en/announcements/call-for-submissions/28
Proclaiming the death of the author, Roland Barthes (1967) certainly did not mean collaborative work in the humanities. His argument was that the meaning of a work of fiction cannot be derived from its author’s intentions and biography. It is the reader who makes sense of the text, Barthes declared. Collaboration has been a feature of the natural sciences for a long time, partly due to the high intensity of laboratory work. The social sciences, driven by the necessity to cross disciplinary boundaries, have also increasingly embraced collaboration. We would like to dedicate the spring 2025 issue of The February Journal to investigations of collaboration in the humanities. What is its status in today’s academia and beyond? What are its benefits and pitfalls?
Proposals for contributions are due on October 31, 2024.
email: info@thefebruaryjournal.org
Dissenting Feminisms
From campaigns against disenfranchisement to protests against sexual and gender-based violence, feminism has historically combined dissent—against exclusion, subordination, and prevailing power structures—with a focus on the imperative for social and political transformation. This issue of Rejoinder explores the history of feminist dissent and how it has shifted through the decades, both for activists and academics. We encourage contributions that explore feminism(s) from a wide range of positionalities, contexts, and geographical regions. Submissions may include essays, commentary, criticism, fiction, poetry, and artwork.
Please send completed
written work (2,000-2,500 words max -- MS Word), jpegs of artwork, and
short bios to irw@sas.rutgers.edu with "Rejoinder Submission" in the
subject line by December 15, 2024.
Placial
https://www.journals.membrana.org/index.php/membrana/announcement/view/18
Membrana
Vol 10, no 1, guest edited by Ali Shobeiri (Leiden University), aims to
explore the historical, theoretical, and conceptual crossovers between
photography and place. This issue therefore raises several questions:
How can photography and visual culture reflect on the “placiality” of
human relationships, social networks, political environments, economic
conditions, and aesthetic contexts in contemporary society? In times of
geopolitical conflicts and oppressive ideologies, how can photography
shape and reshape, or dilute and distort, our conception of place and
perception of placemaking? What are the ramifications of digitization,
virtualization and AI generations of photography for the representation
of place?
The deadline for contribution proposals (150-word abstracts and/or visuals) is November 11, 2024
email: s.a.shobeiri@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Human & Beyond: Exploring Our More-Than-Human World
https://routledgeopenresearch.org/collections/humanandbeyond/about
The study of life-forms’ interplays has much to contribute to the survey of alternative post-anthropocentric narratives. This is no more pressing while the disastrous phenomena afflicted on Earth’s ecosystems continues to threaten all life-forms’ existence. The Human & Beyond collection explores the concept of our “more-than-human world." Focusing on the “more-than-human world” this collection opens the possibilities of encompassing a vast web of disciplines that highlights the interconnectedness of human existence with environmental wellbeing.
Submission deadline: 1 November 2025
Full Bleed
https://www.full-bleed.org/submit
Welcome to Full Bleed, an annual print and online journal devoted to the intersection of the visual and literary arts. In this year marking the hundredth anniversary of the Manifesto of Surrealism, we look forward to featuring in our next issue a selection of new manifestos for our own time and poetry in the ars poetica vein. A separate section of Full Bleed 8 will explore the topic of censorship.
The deadline for submissions via Submittable is November 15.
Contact Email fullbleedjournal@gmail.com
Books Available for Review
https://sharpweb.org/sharpnews/category/reviews/book-review/
SHARP News is an open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. SHARP News is looking for constructive and insightful reviews of scholarly books on topics of interest to book history, book studies, print culture, authorship and publishing studies, and media studies. We explicitly encourages submissions from graduate students, early career researchers, book trade professionals, and independent scholars, as well as those who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, and other minorities.
ReviewsEditors: Jolie Braun and Madeline Zehnder (reviews@sharpweb.org)
The Aesthetics and Ethics of the Toxic
Culture and Dialogue: Call for Contributions to Special Issue
The word ‘toxic’ gained traction around 2010 and soon became a buzzword. In 2018, the Oxford English Dictionary declared ‘toxic’ Word of the Year. “Toxic” environments have also arguably become more common under the pressure of social movements that attempt to better moderate behaviors, whether it be the #metoo movement or other similar movements that seek to rectify societal injustices (these are often associated with terms such as political correctness or wokeness). While such an awareness of ethical matters in society is certainly commendable, it is also a fact that social media’s echo-chambering has made people more intolerant towards disagreements. The special issue approaches toxicity from a philosophical angle by concentrating on the aesthetics and ethics of the toxic.
Please send abstracts to guest editor Thorsten Botz-Bornstein at botz.t@gust.edu.kw by November 1, 2024.
Advancing Gender Equity and Public Policy
Gender equality and equity are critical research issues that demand comprehensive, cross-cultural analysis. Promoting gender equity is essential not only for advancing political development but also for fostering balanced societal progress worldwide. To bridge the existing gender gap and enhance women’s roles in global economies, thoughtful social and public policies are required This volume seeks to explore the multifaceted dynamics of women’s political and economic participation, leadership, and decision-making opportunities, alongside the broader implications of AI on gender equity. We invite analyses that critically assess how current political structures influence gender equity, as well as how these structures shape women’s involvement in the economy and policymaking. This book will focus on gender equity in the context of political development, highlighting the social, cultural, and economic barriers women face.
Please submit an abstract (250-300 words) and your CV to Drs. Dmitry Kurochkin & Elena Shabliy, the editors, at dkurochkin@fas.harvard.edu and eshabliy@g.harvard.edu by October 15, 2024.
FUNDING/FELLOWSHIPS/PRIZES
Phillips Fund for Native American Research
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips-fund-native-american-research
The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society provides grants to fund research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans in the continental United States and Canada. The funds are intended for such extra costs as travel, tapes, films, and consultants’ fees.
The committee prefers to support the work of younger scholars who have received the doctorate. Applications are also accepted from graduate students for research on master’s theses or doctoral dissertations.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Fund for Historical Photographic Research
https://www.grantinterface.com/Form/Preview?form=1298664&urlkey=haf
Established by Peter’s lifetime companion, Pam Mendelsohn, this fund supports the study of under-researched women photographers internationally, past and present, and under-researched Western American photographers through the Great Depression. A small panel of outside consultants with professional expertise in the field of photohistory and/or grant reviewing will review the applications in order to determine the awards. Applications will be judged on the quality of the proposal, the ability of the applicant to carry out the project within the proposed budget and timeline, and the significance of the project to the field of photographic history. Past recipients and their projects are featured at https://www.palmquistgrants.com/.
November 15 is the deadline for sub missions
Contact Email rebekahburgess@gmail.com
Chase Travel Grants for Florida History
https://pkyonge.uflib.ufl.edu/researchers/travel-grants/Applications are now open for the Chase Family Grant for Visiting Graduate Scholars which provides up to $2000 to defer the expenses of conducting research in the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida. Applicants should be enrolled in a graduate program leading to the masters or doctoral degree and actively engaged in research on Florida history or research that incorporates Florida as a major focus. Study of all topics in Florida history is welcome.
Applications close on November 1, 2024 at 5 PM EST.
Contact Email jgcusick@ufl.edu
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
https://www.acls.org/competitions/mellon-acls-dissertation-innovation-fellowship/
ACLS invites applications for Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships, which provide a year of support for doctoral students preparing to embark on innovative dissertation research projects in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. The program seeks to expand the range of research methodologies, formats, and areas of inquiry traditionally considered suitable for the dissertation, with a particular focus on supporting scholars who can build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable academy.
Applicants must: have completed at least two years and all required coursework in the PhD programs in which they are currently enrolled by the start of the fellowship term.
Applications must be submitted no later than 9:00 PM EDT, October 30, 2024
Malamy Research Fellowship Application
https://www.pem.org/phillips-library/phillips-library-fellowships
The Frances E. Malamy Research Fellowship is awarded to one recipient each year to perform independent scholarly research. Fellowships awarded may be taken in the calendar year following an accepted application. The recipient receives a $5,500 award, payable in two equal installments, at the middle and conclusion of their residency.
All application materials, including references, must be received by 11:59pm on October 27, 2024.
Questions? Email research@pem.org.
Research Fellowships: Library Company of Philadelphia
https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2/
The Library Company offers the following long-term dissertation fellowships, each with a stipend of $30,000 for the academic year (September 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026) or $15,000 for the fall or spring semester. The Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch Program in Women’s History one-semester fellowship supports dissertation research on any aspect of women’s history (broadly defined) documented in the Library Company’s collections. The Program in African American History (PAAH) Dissertation Fellowship supports research in African American history and culture (broadly defined) of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Either a nine-month fellowship (September to May) or a one-semester fellowship may be awarded.
Short-term fellowships support dissertation, postdoctoral, and independent scholarly research with a stipend of $3,000. For the 2025-26 cycle, fellowships associated with the Library Company’s four academic programs (African American History, Early American Economy and Society, Visual Culture, and Women’s History) will be offered.
The submission deadline is January 15, 2025.
Contact Email fellowships@librarycompany.org
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
https://iehs.org/awards/george-e-pozzetta-dissertation-award/
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) invites submissions for two awards of $1,000 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined. These awards are intended for graduate students in the process of researching and writing their dissertations, not for students completing and defending in 2025. For the 2025 award, the committee invites applications from any Ph.D. candidate who will have completed qualifying exams by the end of 2024.
Application materials and the supporting letter must be received by the submission deadline: December 15, 2024.
email: pozzetta_award@iehs.org,
JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
Women’s, + Sexuality Studies –Assistant Professor
https://apply.interfolio.com/153118
The Department of Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies (GWST) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin August 2025. The successful candidate should have a demonstrated record of scholarship and teaching core courses in the field of Gender, Women’s + Sexuality Studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as a commitment to and experience in fostering inclusive excellence. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies or a closely related field and research and teaching expertise in gender, women’s and sexuality studies as they relate to either Black Diasporic experiences or Arab/Muslim experiences.
Deadline Oct 01, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
email: mccann@umbc.edu
Managing Editor for Sinister Wisdom
https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/node/824
Sinister Wisdom seeks a managing editor for a part-time contractual position beginning in the fall of 2024. Please see the responsibilities below and more information about Sinister Wisdom. To apply, please send a resume/CV along with a thoughtful cover letter detailing your interest and qualifications for the position AND a statement about how this position fits within your current work life (e.g. how does part-time freelance work complement other work and life commitments that you have). Email this information to Julie@sinisterwisdom.org. Please respond by October 15 for best consideration.
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of LGBTQ+ Studies, Santa Clara University - Department of English
The Department of English at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic university, invites applications for a tenure track position (full-time) in LGBTQ+ studies in the areas of professional writing or literature and cultural studies. We particularly encourage candidates who bridge these areas and candidates with expertise in queer rhetorics to apply. This position is slated for inclusion in a College of Arts & Sciences cluster hire in the area of LGBTQ+/Queer Studies that also includes the Departments of Women & Gender Studies and Public Health. Cluster hire participants will receive mentorship and regular group meetings providing peer support and interdisciplinary intellectual community to support their scholarly and creative work.
Inquiries may be sent by email to jgopp@scu.edu, Attention: English Department Search Committee.
Assistant Professor, Gender and History of Medicine
https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/396501
The University of Georgia (UGA) Department of History and Institute for Women’s Studies invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor. We seek a specialist in gender and the history of medicine. This is a joint appointment between the two units on campus; the tenure home will be in the Department of History.
Applications received by November 1, 2024 will receive full consideration
Inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Susan Mattern and Dr. Kelly Happe, Search Committee Co-Chairs (smattern@uga.edu; khappe@uga.edu).
Assistant or Associate Professor – Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Assistant or Associate Professor (Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies)
The Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor faculty position beginning September 1,2025 in the areas of native/indigenous feminisms and human rights. Areas of potential research interest include but are not limited to: settler colonialism, dispossession, migration and diaspora contexts; decolonial education; Black/Indigenous or Afro-Indigenous futurisms; critical legal, land and sovereignty issues; Indigenous community reclamation of knowledge, land, and water; social movements; environmental justice, traditional ecological knowledge, and urgent climate issues. We are especially interested in scholars who use collaborative and/or innovative research methodologies such as literary and cultural studies, art, storytelling, land-based pedagogies, performance studies, etc.
Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2024
Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies
https://apply.interfolio.com/151581
The Program in American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Studies. We seek candidates with a research and teaching profile in critical ethnic studies and/or Indigenous Studies. We are especially interested in applicants whose teaching deploys multidisciplinary perspectives, methods, and approaches to knowledge formation and transfer. As a multidisciplinary program, we welcome candidates from all fields in the humanities and interpretive social sciences; candidates working in histories, popular culture and media studies, environmental studies, arts and activism, war and empire, and other fields are welcome to apply. We especially welcome scholars who implement frameworks of comparative or relational racialization and transnationalism.
application deadline of December 2, 2024
Contact Information amcs@wustl.edu
Project Manager, Black Joy & Resilience, Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, Inc.
This half-time position (18 hours per week) will support the administrative and community relation functions of a two-year grant funded project entitled Black Joy & Resilience, which seeks to create a digital scholarly edition which will counter contemporary media and historical projects focused on Black trauma. The project will examine stories of Black joy as expressed not just amid anti-Blackness and state-sanctioned violence against Black bodies but in defiance of it.
Time Frame October 2024 - February 2026
This position can be 100% remote.
Contact Information director@pacscl.org
Full-Time Assistant Professor of History and Women’s Studie
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67605
The University of Georgia (UGA) Department of History and Institute for Women’s Studies invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor. We seek a specialist in gender and the history of medicine. The successful candidate is expected to maintain an active research agenda in gender and the history of medicine. Competitive applicants will demonstrate evidence of training, expertise, and commitment to women’s and gender studies.
Inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Susan Mattern and Dr. Kelly Happe, Search Committee Co-Chairs (smattern@uga.edu; khappe@uga.edu).
Assistant Professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
https://jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/542611/assistant-professor-women-gender-and-sexuality-studies
The Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for an Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies beginning in August 2025. We seek someone with an area of specialization in Trans Studies with an emphasis on intersectional analyses. Possible secondary areas of specialization within this focus include queer of color critique, Trans futures, carceral studies, ongoing institutions and practices of Trans activism, disability studies, or fat studies. Potential courses taught include Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Introduction to Transgender Studies, and Queering Gender, Race, and Class.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2024
Inquiries may be directed to the Search Committee Chair: Dr. Tanya Bakhru, Program Coordinator and Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies tanya.bakhru@sjsu.edu
Fellow in American Studies
https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=36421
The Effron Center for the Study of America at Princeton University works to fulfill Princeton's institutional vision - in the nation's service and the service of humanity - by offering curricula, supporting research and hosting discussion on the evolving experiences and identities of the peoples of the territories known as America. By exploring and relating issues raised separately by the humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences, and by engaging with a wide range of scholarly methods and theories, we aim to create a generative space for new understandings of - and approaches to - issues that profoundly affect contemporary lives and will profoundly affect future generations. Candidates need not be academic scholars. However, the selection committee will place great weight on indications of the candidate's teaching ability as well as the rigor, innovation, and interdisciplinary emphasis of the proposed seminar course.
Deadline: 11:59pm EST on December 1, 2024
Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies open rank position
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28397
The Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (GSF) at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track or tenured professor to begin July 1, 2025. We seek a colleague who works in the areas of feminist science and technology studies (STS), and whose research and teaching center gender, sexuality, and health. Areas of expertise could include, but are not limited to, reproductive health and/or reproductive justice; transgender health; sexual health; environmental health and/or justice; and the intersections of climate justice and health. We particularly encourage applications from scholars whose research focuses on non-US contexts, and global or transnational approaches to the study of health.
Review of completed applications will begin on October 15, 2024.
Email: aa133@duke.edu
EVENTS: WORKSHOPS, TALKS, CONFERENCES
SNCC & Grassroots Organizing series in Fall 2024
https://sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassroots-organizing/
With the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union discussion series focuses on SNCC’s grassroots community organizing and its relevance to ongoing efforts to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society.
Contact Email mnt31@duke.edu
Fairy Castles Gliding Like Swans: How Daydreaming Affects Writing and Analysis
October 22, 2024, 11.15–12.45pm CST, on ZOOM
“Let us consider the combined impact of drawing and daydreaming on our writing. I do this as I reflect on my book, Palma Africana, concerned with the rapid spread of an oil palm plantation in northern Colombia, enabled by paramilitary violence.” Lecture in English by CAS-E Distinguished Fellow Prof. Michael Taussig (Columbia University), organized by DFG-Funded Center for Advanced Studies ‘Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective.’
The lecture is free, but please register here in advance. Alternatively you can follow the lecture on Zoom here.
Public Lecture Series on Anti-Racist Practices in Art History
https://www.khist.uzh.ch/en/department/registration.html
With a focus on Europe, where anti-racist initiatives and practices are still lesser established within universities and cultural institutions, this lecture series will discuss how art history can assume a more self-critical stance to actively counter racism in all its manifestations. How can anti-racist and decolonial efforts be fostered through art historical research and teaching(remove comma) as well as through the contextualisation of artworks or collections?
The events will mainly take place at the Institute of Art History in Zurich but also in hybrid form – with two of them taking place exclusively online. Please note that some lectures will be held in English while others exclusively in German. All events can be attended via Zoom. You can register here to receive the links for the individual events: https://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/institut/registration.html.
Contact Email chanyoung.park@uzh.ch
How Educators Can Overcome Barriers to Engaging with the Conflict
https://www.brandeis.edu/mandel/events/learning-about-learning.html#lal:kf
October 10, 2024, 1-1:30pm ET via Zoom
There is a growing consensus that successful and holistic Israel education demands a sophisticated and nuanced engagement with critical questions within Israel, and in particular, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This feels especially pressing in a post October 7th world. Despite this critical need, many educators continue to express reticence for conflict education. In this session, Keren Fraiman will explore why educators are hesitant to engage in conflict education, highlighting the greatest sources of challenge and a typology of barriers to entry. Importantly, she will share what we can do to support our educators, educational systems, and the community more broadly.
These events are free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Contact Emai mandelcenter@brandeis.edu
"Extra! Extra!" Queer All About It: Southern LGBTQ NewsOctober 17th, 2024, at 6:00pm CSTpapers and Magazines
October 17th, 2024, at 6:00pm CST
Join us for a virtual event where we will explore the rich history of LGBTQ publications in the Southern United States. From groundbreaking newspapers to vibrant magazines, we will dive into the stories and voices that have shaped the LGBTQ community in the South.
Free eBook: The Gender Binary and the Invention of Race
The Gender Binary and the Invention of Race explores a fundamental and often overlooked connection between modern European conceptions of gender and race. Starting in the eighteenth century, these conceptions have intermeshed through a racialized gender‑binary ideal for the male‑female couple that, supposedly, only Europeans embody. The Gender Binary and the Invention of Race is an accessibly written book that will be of interest both to undergraduate and graduate students of Gender Studies, as well as to a general audience wishing to learn more about the relationship between the categories of race, gender, and sexuality.
Paul Mellon Center Event Recordings
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/recordings
Recordings of events associated with our busy research programme, including seminars and lunches, workshops, symposia and conferences.
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