Cambridge American History Seminar For further details, pre-circulated papers and other seminars see the CAHS webpage. 31 October: Bronwen Everill, Lecturer in History, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge Free Produce, Free Labour, and the Africa Question Discussion will be based on a pre-circulated paper
The CFP for the British Association for American Studies Annual Conference (6-8 April 2017) is now open. Conference and panel proposals may be sent toBAAS2017@canterbury.ac.uk by 1 November 2016. Follow the conference on Twitter (@BAAS2017) and find more details here: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-and-humanities/school-of-humanities/american-studies/research/baas-annual-conference-2017.aspx In 2018 BAAS and the European Association for American Studies will jointly host the annual BAAS and biennial EAAS conference (4-7 April 2018) in London. This will be a collaboration between King’s College, London, UCL and the Eccles Centre at the British Library. The 2019 conference will be hosted by the University of Sussex. We are now soliciting bids from institutions interested in hosting the conference in 2020. The deadline for this is 31 December 2016. Individual or joint bids - for example, from two institutions located in the same city - are both welcome. Further information - including a sample bid - can be obtained from the Chair of the Conferences Subcommittee, Dr Paul […]
BAAS Small Conference Grants BAAS invites scholars in any field of American Studies to apply for funding to support the organization and running of conferences, colloquia, and/or conference-related activity. It is not meant to fund the applicant’s attendance at a conference. BAAS has access to these funds through membership subscriptions, publications, and particular grants-in-aid from other sources. The Conferences Sub-Committee will prioritize applications that fund postgraduate attendance and that publicize BAAS, the Journal of American Studies, and U.S. Studies Online at the event. Please note that the Conferences fund is not primarily intended to defray costs for visiting speakers, catering, or publicity. BAAS is committed to promoting best practice in matters of equality and diversity and applicants are expected to demonstrate similar consideration when submitting bids to this scheme. The closing deadline for the next round of applications is 1 November 2016 and more information can be found […]
Location: Beirut Salary: Not specified Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Contract / Temporary Placed on: 16th September 2016 Closes: 1st November 2016 The Department of English at the American University of Beirut is seeking to fill a faculty position in gender and women’s studies to begin August 15, 2017. We invite applicants with a PhD in the fields of literature and/or language studies having a clear focus on issues related to gender and women’s studies (or conversely). Preference is given to applicants whose research intersects with disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, history, philosophy, political studies, sociology, and visual culture, and engages the Arab/Muslim world. The new hire will be expected to coordinate the development of the university’s initiative in gender and women’s studies as a trans-disciplinary research and educational program. AUB faculty engage in research, teaching, and service. The new hire is expected to teach at […]
Location: Beirut Salary: Not specified Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Contract / Temporary Placed on: 16th September 2016 Closes: 1st November 2016 The Department of English at the American University of Beirut is seeking to fill a faculty position in gender and women’s studies to begin August 15, 2017. We invite applicants with a PhD in the fields of literature and/or language studies having a clear focus on issues related to gender and women’s studies (or conversely). Preference is given to applicants whose research intersects with disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, history, philosophy, political studies, sociology, and visual culture, and engages the Arab/Muslim world. The new hire will be expected to coordinate the development of the university’s initiative in gender and women’s studies as a trans-disciplinary research and educational program. AUB faculty engage in research, teaching, and service. The new hire is expected to teach at […]
Annual Public History Lecture (History Subject Group/School of Histories, Cultures and Languages, University of Hull), Wednesday 2 November at 6 p.m., Leslie Downs Lecture Theatre, Ferens Building, University of Hull. Light refreshments follow at 7 p.m. Professor Ann McGrath (Director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University) is interested in deep history, gender and nation and is committed to public outreach via her work in Museums, Commissions of Enquiry and in legal cases. Her last film, Message from Mungo (Ronin Films 2014) co-directed with Andrew Pike, won the United Nations of Australia Media Award. Professor McGrath is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal. Professor McGrath will be speaking about her latest book, for which she won the 2016 New South Wales Premier's Prize for History: 'Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia' (University of Nebraska Press, […]
Second International Conference of the Intercontinental Crosscurrents Network Institute of Arts and Humanities, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Nov. 3 – 5, 2016 Convener: Department of English and North-American Studies (DEINA) and the Centre for Humanistic Studies (CEHUM) Networks are structures of relation, alignment, assembly, and linkage, however loose and asymmetrical their construction. They seem, first of all, combinative, their “work” deriving from or yielding to a common purpose or unifying theme. Along these lines, networks constitute structures of support or specific forms of exchange and solidarity, in essence bringing relations into being that can begin to exist across the norms and epistemologies of the status quo. This focus on the productive aspects of networks, which often goes hand in hand with a celebratory discourse of accomplishments or injustices addressed, obscures another important question, however, namely, the extent to which networks operate on, or are, or can be, in themselves, […]
BELLOWS AND THE BODY Barber Institute of Fine Arts FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER 9.30am – 4.45pm This special one-day symposium will gather academics and curators from Europe and the US for a series of conversations exploring how George Bellows and other Ashcan School artists approached the body. A full day of papers, followed by a round-table discussion, addresses diverse themes including censorship, the significance of the life class and connections to popular illustration and radical magazines. Join us for lively debate and gain a new insight into Bellows and his Ashcan contemporaries. There will also be a free evening lecture (see right) taking place on Thursday 3 November. Symposium Attendees, along with general members of the public are more than welcome to attend. BOOKING ESSENTIAL £30; £25 concessions; £10 students (includes lunch and refreshments) BOOK BY DEBIT/CREDIT CARD: Contact 0121 414 2261 education@barber.org.uk STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT We are offering travel grants […]
2016 Biannual Conference of the Swiss Association for North American Studies, SANAS University of Bern, November 4-5, 2016 The “popular” and “people” and the “political” and “polis” find a common nexus in the concept of community. There are few topics as contentious in the Humanities as community, and its extension into American studies is of particular interest and import given the volatility of contemporary social landscapes. The American community undoubtedly extends beyond, and is neither as homogeneous nor as singular as, the geographical borders allotted to it on maps. This conference seeks to bring together contributions that investigate the nature of community as part of both popular and political discourses and practices in North America. The expression of the political in terms of a unified land or people is problematized in contemporary, fragmented accounts of community. The dissent is evident in the contemporary political situation of the US where the […]
Deadline: 6 November 2016 The Fulbright Commission is the only organisation that offers scholarships for academic work in any subject, at any accredited US university. Each year, we give Awards to approximately 20-25 UK postgraduates. More than funding, our Awards offer scholars the opportunity to have a transformative cultural and academic experience and provide unparalleled support both during and after their Fulbright year. Find out more
Border Control: On the Edges of American Art Thursday 25 and Friday 26 May 2017 Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 4BB, UK Convened by Julia Tatiana Bailey (Tate) and Alex J. Taylor (University of Pittsburgh) Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art Recent histories of American art have strived to cross its boundaries and expand its limits. As migration and expatriatism have come to be understood among its defining characteristics, once carefully delineated edges between the national and the foreign seem increasingly porous. This shift corresponds with the dissolution of other kinds of borders. Artists have long transgressed the limits of artistic movement, medium specificity and other imposed restrictions, sometimes sneaking well outside the bounds of art itself. Historians of American art have also begun to more actively cross the disciplinary limits that once constrained the field. This two-day conference will bring together new scholarship exploring […]
Applications for the 2017-18 awards competition will be accepted until midnight on Sunday, 6 November 2016. The Fulbright-American Studies Scholar Award may be of particular interest to you and your network. In this award category one grant will be offered to a UK academic or professional to undertake US-based research and/or lecturing in any discipline related to American Studies for a period of three months. Applications are accepted for this award from individuals at any stage in their academic career providing they hold a PhD in a relevant area at the time of departure to the US. The Award provides $5,000 per month. A variety of other sponsored subject-specific and university specific grants are also available. Detailed information about this award can be found on our website. A brief summary of all the Fulbright 2017-18 awards opportunities has been included at the bottom of this email. If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, please do not hesitate to contact us […]