The Lent term schedule for the Cambridge American History Seminar and American History events, including details of which seminars have pre-circulated papers, is now available here: http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/seminars/american-history-seminar Friday 20 January (ROOM TBA), 4:00pm: Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, Harvard University and staff writer for The New Yorker The Rise and Fall of the Fact
Girton College are delighted to invite you to a conference to celebrate the work of Betty Wood and Alastair Reid will take place in the Stanley Library. The conference is entitled 'Society and Social Movements', and will have sessions on labour history, slavery, the colonial American South, gender history. It will be the College occasion to congratulate Betty and Alastair on their retirement. To RSVP please email, Dr Simone Maghenzani ( sm955@cam.ac.uk), by Sunday 15 January 2017. Programme of events 10.00 am Welcome Dr Simone Maghenzani The Mistress of Girton College, Prof. Susan J. Smith For Betty Wood HISTORY OF THE COLONIAL AMERICAN SOUTH Chair: Dr Nick Guyatt (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) Speaker: Prof. Tim Lockley (Warwick) Discussant: Dr Ben Marsh (Kent) HISTORY OF GENDER AND SLAVERY Chair: Dr John Thompson (St Catharine’s College, Cambridge) Speaker: Dr Inge Dornan (Brunel) Discussant: Dr Sarah Pearsall (Robinson College, […]
The Lent term schedule for the Cambridge American History Seminar and American History events, including details of which seminars have pre-circulated papers, is now available here: http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/seminars/american-history-seminar All seminars are held on Mondays at 5:00 PM in the Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College, unless otherwise indicated. 23 January: Simon Newman, Professor of History, University of Glasgow Hidden in Plain Sight: Escaped Slaves in Jamaica Discussion will be based on a pre-circulated paper
CFP Lying Conference to be held at Bordeaux Montaigne University, France, November 9-10, 2017. If you look up the word “lie” in the Oxford dictionary, it is defined as an intentionally false statement, meant to deceive. Like irony, lying is a matter of intention and interpretation, and it exists in a virtual space. Indeed, if it is not reported or simply detected by somebody else, a lie never exists as such, and in a way never reaches its potential. However, unlike irony, it is not regarded as a figure of speech. It does not refer to the particular position or strategy of a speaker with regard to his/her own words, but instead to the deceitful nature of these words. Lying challenges facts and truth and distorts them. It either works in the interests of the liar or, when it becomes compulsive or pathological, against them. It can thus designate fundamentally different […]
Elie Wiesel has long been a pivotal figure in Holocaust discourse. His book Night was one of the earliest works by a survivor and continues to be a significant point of reference in Holocaust literature. He went on to become an incredibly prolific writer, working in a range of genres. His death in July 2016 invites examination of what form his literary, political, and cultural legacy will take. Despite a large and distinguished body of scholarship on his writing, many of his works, particularly his more recent fiction such as The Sonderberg Case (2010) and Hostage (2012), have yet to be subject to sustained critical analysis. This volume seeks to bring together insights into Wiesel’s novels. The editors invite abstracts on any work concerning Wiesel’s novels. Topics may include: Wiesel and the contextualization of the Holocaust within Jewish history The relationship between Wiesel’s fiction and non-fiction Hypertextuality in Wiesel’s work […]
Call for Papers: The Red and the Black – The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic Conference to be held at the Institute for Black Atlantic Research (IBAR), University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 14-15 October 2017, to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Keynote speaker: Professor Winston James, University of California, Irvine. With special performances from Linton Kwesi Johnson (invited) and David Rovics The Russian Revolution was not only one of the most critical events of the twentieth century in its own right but an inspirational event across the ‘black Atlantic’ as a blow against racism and imperialism. For colonial subjects of European empires internationally as well as black Americans, the Russian Revolution promised the hope of a world without oppression and exploitation. This conference aims to build on the growing scholarship and literature in this area to explore the impact the revolutionary events in Russia during 1917 made […]
BAAS welcomes proposals from Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers in any field of American studies for its new Public Engagement and Impact Award. Recognizing the diversity of public engagement and impact projects by its Postgraduate and Early Career members, this award seeks to encourage and enhance good practice. One award of up to £750 will be made available to a project the purpose of which is to either i) disseminate new research to non-academic audience or ii) work collaboratively with an external organization. Please note that the award is not primarily intended to defray routine research costs such as archive trips or attendance at academic conferences. Awards may be used to cover the costs of meetings including organizing workshops or conferences designed to bring together project partners and to showcase the project. This award is open to all Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers who are BAAS members at the time […]
Transatlantic Studies Association 16th Annual Conference University College Cork, Ireland 10-12 July 2017 Call for Papers Established in 2002, the TSA is a broad network of scholars who use the ‘transatlantic’ as a frame of reference for their work in political, economic, cultural, historical, environmental, literary, and IR/security studies. All transatlantic-themed paper and panel proposals from these and related disciplines are welcome. This conference thus welcomes papers in the following areas: 1. History 2. International Relations and Security Studies 3. Literature, Film and Culture 4. Planning and the Environment 5. Economics 6. Proposals that investigate the ‘transatlantic’ and explore it through frames of reference such as ideology, empire, race, religion, migration, political mobilisation, or social movements 7. Proposals that incorporate perspectives that involve north-south and south-south transatlantic connections, as well as north-north Both panel proposals and individual papers are welcome. Panel proposals are encouraged to include a discussant. New members […]
HOTCUS Annual Conference: Call for Papers University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 16-18th June 2017 Plenary Speaker: Professor Penny Von Eschen (Cornell University) Papers from members or non-members are requested on all topics concerning the history of the United States from 1890 to the present. Individual or panel proposals are welcome (panels should have no more than three presenters in total). Topics for papers or panels might include: Political and policy history Race and racism Gender and sexuality Citizenship and immigration Capitalism and economics Religion Domesticity and the home Conservatism and liberalism Environmental history Urban history Border history Native American history Cultural and intellectual history International and transnational history “State of the field” debates Please send a brief CV and a summary of the proposed paper or panel of no more than 300 words per paper by 4 February 2017 to the HOTCUS Events Secretary, Nicholas Grant: Nicholas Grant (n.grant@uea.ac.uk)
The Lent term schedule for the Cambridge American History Seminar and American History events, including details of which seminars have pre-circulated papers, is now available here: http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/seminars/american-history-seminar All seminars are held on Mondays at 5:00 PM in the Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College, unless otherwise indicated. 6 February: Alan Taylor, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair, University of Virginia and 2016-17 Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor, University of Oxford Premature Independence: College Violence in Virginia, 1750-1826
You are kindly invited to attend a public lecture by Professor Alan Kuperman, University of Texas, USA Why the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) Backfires (And How to Fix It) Thursday, 9 February 2017 4.00pm Alison Richard Building, Room S1 POLIS Department, University of Cambridge ABSTRACT: The moral hazard of humanitarian intervention, a controversial hypothesis when originally proposed nearly 20 years ago, is now a well-documented phenomenon in multiple conflicts spanning several decades and continents. The prospect of intervention may spark or prolong rebellion and thereby increase the risk of brutal counter-insurgency that harms civilians. Sadly, many scholars and activists still deny this reality, fearing that by acknowledging it they might undermine public support for their cherished humanitarian norms. This is ironic, because nothing could undermine these norms more than failing to reform their implementation to reduce such tragic unintended consequences. This lecture is part of a public lecture series on […]
The Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture: Sir Keir Starmer MP, on Human Rights Start: Feb 09, 2017 06:00 PM Location: UCL Main Quad Pavillion, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT The UCL Institute of the Americas is pleased to announce that its 2017 annual Eleanor Roosevelt lecture will be delivered by Sir Keir Starmer MP. Keir Starmer's maiden parliamentary speech after his election in 2015 referenced Eleanor Roosevelt's inspiration to modern advocates of human rights. This was in recognition of her role as chair and driving force of the United Nations Human Rights Commission that created the 1948 charter of liberties, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Keir Starmer will discuss the development of human rights under this charter and comment on the significance of Eleanor Roosevelt's legacy. Sir Keir Starmer, KCB, QC, has served since 2015 as Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras and is presently a member of Labour front-bench team as spokesperson on Brexit. He has been a […]