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UCL Americas Research Network 2024 Conference – Historical Roots, Modern Realities: Nationalism Across the Americas

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AHRC Midlands3Cities PhD funding for UK/EU students

AHRC Midlands3Cities PhD funding for UK/EU students The AHRC-funded Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M3C) brings together six leading universities in the Midlands region: the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, De Montfort University, University of Leicester, Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham. M3C provides combined research expertise for the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. For 2018 entry, M3C is awarding up to 80 PhD Arts and Humanities Open Doctoral Competition studentships and is offering seven Midlands3Cities Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) for UK/EU applicants. The Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham is inviting applications from students whose research interests include: African-American Literature, History and Culture American Art and Visual Culture American Intellectual History American Labor History American Music American Popular Culture American Political History American Print Culture and Book History Asian-American Literature and Culture Canadian Literature and Culture Civil Rights and  Social Justice […]

CFP: William Birch and the Complexities of American Visual Culture: A Symposium Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Visual Culture Program at the Library Company of Philadelphia

CFP: William Birch and the Complexities of American Visual Culture: A Symposium Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Visual Culture Program at the Library Company of Philadelphia Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., October 5, 2018 “This country is new and flourishing. The mechanical arts are at their highest pitch, but the fine arts are of another complexion. They are the last polish of a refined nation… From an insignificant conceit of merit we have generally no knowledge of or feeling for, our imitations of nature, however beautiful, are mechanical altogether. But may be considered as the first lesson necessary for the fine arts... I do not profess myself a member of the fine arts; I am a copyist only, but from my knowledge of them have been allowed judgment and taste, which is competent to give me a relish for them …” --William Birch In celebration of the tenth anniversary […]