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Public Lecture: Why the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) Backfires (And How to Fix It) (University of Cambridge)

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 (UCL)

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 […]

Call for Applications: Visiting Researcher Stipends at the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum (University of Exeter)

Call for Applications for Visiting Researcher Stipends at The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter http://www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/ The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University Exeter, UK is both a public museum and a rich research resource for scholars of moving image history. The museum is named after the renowned filmmaker Bill Douglas and was founded on the extraordinary collection of material he put together with his friend Peter Jewell. In the twenty years since its opening, the museum has received donations from many sources and now has over 75,000 artefacts on the long history of the moving image from the seventeenth century to the present day. Thanks to the support of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Trust we are able to offer stipends to enable research using the collections at The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. We are inviting applications for two categories of award:  UK stipends are available […]

Arthur Miller Centre Prizes 2017

The Arthur Miller Centre Prizes 2017   The Arthur Miller Centre Prize for Best Journal Length Article The Arthur Miller Centre Prize of £500 is awarded for the best journal length article on any American Studies topic by a United Kingdom citizen based at home or abroad or by a non-UK citizen who publishes their essay in a United Kingdom journal, providing that the entrant is a member of the British Association of American Studies in the year of submission. Submissions, including the article and publications details, should be e-mailed to Emma Long at Emma.Long@uea.ac.uk or, if preferred, three hard copies should be mailed to the address below. The Arthur Miller Centre First Book Prize The Arthur Miller Centre First Book Prize of £500 is awarded for the best first book on any American Studies topic in the preceding calendar year by a United Kingdom citizen based at home or […]

CFP: Special Relationships: Poetry Across the Atlantic Since 2000 (Oxford University)

Deadline for submissions: February 12, 2017 Full name / name of organization: Rothemere American Institute, Oxford University Contact email: poetrysince2000@gmail.com Special Relationships: Poetry Across the Atlantic Since 2000 We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for Special Relationships: Poetry Across the Atlantic Since 2000, a one-day symposium exploring the interstices of poetics in the circum-Atlantic region since 2000, to be held at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford on May 19, 2017. The symposium aims to consider some of the ways in which poets’ ideas of relatedness in the region complicate the idea of straight lines of influence. In Claudia Rankine’s 2015 Citizen, for example, Rankine recounts an incident at the home of a British novelist shortly after the 2011 London Riots, sparked by the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of the Metropolitan Police. When asked if she will write about Duggan’s death, Rankine […]

More Than A Score: Interest Group Ratings and Polarized Politics (Cambridge American History Seminar)

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. 13 February: Emily Charnock, Lecturer in History and Keasbey Research Fellow in American Studies, University of Cambridge More Than A Score: Interest Group Ratings and Polarized Politics Discussion will be based on a pre-circulated paper

CFP: Migration, Diaspora, Circulation and Translation (University College Dublin)

Migration, Diaspora, Circulation and Translation  October 5-7, 2017 University College Dublin, Clinton Institute for American Studies Dublin, Ireland A conference sponsored by the Charles Brockden Brown Society (www.brockdenbrownsociety.ucf.edu) Our conference site in Dublin calls to mind issues of migration, immigration, emigration, colonization, revolution, and other changes that result from the movement of people, ideas, and things from one place to another. Such issues were significant in colonial and early national American writing and thought in the long eighteenth century. The current global migration crisis and the recent “Brexit” vote makes these topics timely for reappraisal: as millions of migrants and asylum seekers cross into Europe, the world confronts questions about borders, resources, community, poverty, wealth, understanding of cultural differences, and human rights. The Eleventh Biennial Conference of the Charles Brockden Brown Society invites papers on all aspects of diaspora, migration, circulation, and translation in the long eighteenth century. The following […]

CFP: Association Française d’Etudes Américaines (AFEA) / French Association for American Studies (University of Strasbourg)

Graduate Student Symposium 2017 – University of Strasbourg, June 6, 2017 Call for Presentations The French Association for American Studies invites doctoral students in American studies to take part in the Graduate Symposium (“Doctoriales”) specifically organized on their behalf during its annual conference. This year’s workshops will be held on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 (9am-5pm) at University of Strasbourg (France). The conference will take place on June 7 to 9, 2017. For further information, please check our website: http://www.afea.fr Since 2008, the AFEA has been encouraging the internationalization of its Graduate Student Symposium by offering grants (up to 500 euros each) for a maximum of ten European candidates (other than French) to help cover their travel expenses. All students are, in addition, invited to attend the whole conference free of registration charges. The symposium provides an opportunity for PhD students to present their research in a less formal session than […]

CFP: BRANCH Postgraduate and Early Career Workshop (UCL)

BRANCH Postgraduate and Early Career Workshop UCL Institute of the Americas 30th March 2017 We are pleased to invite papers for the BrANCH postgraduate and early career workshop, to be held at University College London on 30th March 2017. The Workshop provides a forum for the constructive consideration and discussion of thesis chapters, potential journal submissions, and conference papers. Submissions are encouraged for individual papers from postgraduate and early career academics working on all aspects of US history in the long nineteenth century. The Workshop is a valuable medium for young scholars to bring exciting new research to the table and develop it further through in-depth discussion with their peers. It also provides an opportunity for those of us at the early stages of our academic careers to meet up outside the annual BrANCH conference. Limited funding is available to subsidise the travel of those presenting their work. We will […]

JOB: Postdoctoral Fellow – Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series 2017-18: Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation

Postdoctoral Fellow - Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series 2017-18: Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation Faculty of English Language and Literature, St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford Grade 7: £31,076 - £38,183 p.a. This post arises from a grant awarded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation for a Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series to be held in Oxford in the academic year 2017-18. The Series is entitled Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation and will bring together academics, creative practitioners and policy experts in a series of events to discuss the contribution of cultural practices of commemoration to post-war reconstruction and reconciliation across the world. Three modes of commemoration will be highlighted in turn: textual (term 1); monumental (term 2); and aural (term 3). The Postdoctoral Fellow will be attached to the project full-time for 12 months commencing on 1 July […]

JOB: Senior Lecturer in American Literature (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Goldsmiths, University of London, is proud of its reputation for innovative and challenging thinking across its wide range of disciplines and for research-led teaching. With over 800 students at all levels and 45 established academic staff, the Department of English & Comparative Literature is one of the largest in Goldsmiths and hosts the Goldsmiths’ Writers’ Centre (home of the Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction) and the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies. We are looking to appoint a lecturer in American Literature and Culture to bolster our wide-ranging existing team, contribute to teaching on our successful BA and MA programmes, and supervise MPhil and PhD students. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates. An interest in African American literature or American literature in a global context (transatlantic, transnational, postnational), and the ability to augment the current provision of the Department may be an advantage. You will have a PhD in […]

BAAS Conference Attendance Hardship Fund

BAAS Conference Attendance Hardship Fund BAAS is pleased to announce a Hardship Fund has been made available to support attendance at the BAAS Annual Conference in April 2017. Up to 5 awards of up to £300 each will be made and applications are invited from any postgraduate students and early career researchers who are members of BAAS. For the purpose of this fund, an early career researcher is defined as someone: Within 5 years of award of PhD* Working on sessional contracts OR a full-time contract of 12 months or less. * An applicant who completed their PhD more than 5 years ago may be considered if personal circumstances have prevented them from devoting themselves full-time to teaching and research activities e.g. long periods of ill health / paternity or maternity leave / caring duties. This will need to be outlined in the application. Applicants will be asked to declare: […]