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Eccles Centre Training Session: Researching in the North American Collections at the British Library

The British Library 96 Euston Road, London

Eccles Centre Training Session: Researching in the North American Collections at the British Library When: Friday 11 November, 11.30-15.00 Where: The British Library, Boston Spa (West Yorkshire) Price: £12 (lunch and a coach pick up from York train station will be provided) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-in-the-north-american-collections-at-the-british-library-tickets-28504570939 The British Library’s North American collections are the largest outside of the US, and hold huge research potential. For the same reasons, researchers new to the Library may find the experience daunting and not know how to best approach working with the collections.  With such vast holdings, even more experienced users are liable to overlook key resources. This interdisciplinary day will start with an illustrated overview of the Library's North American collections, including tips on how best to navigate the Library's catalogues and electronic databases and a digital ‘show & tell’.  Participants can then select from a choice of talks on North American newspapers, working with US Federal […]

CFP: Pocahontas and After (British Library and the Institute for Historical Research)

CALL FOR PAPERS Pocahontas and after: historical culture and transatlantic encounters, 1617-2017   The British Library and the Institute for Historical Research, London March 16-18, 2017     A major international conference to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Pocahontas’ death.  Co-hosted by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library and the Institute for Historical Research.   Additional support has been provided by the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture and The University of Warwick.   In 2017 the Anglo-American world will mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Pocahontas.  Numerous commemorative activities, from walking tours to talking monuments, have been planned on both sides of the Atlantic. Intense, closely focused interest in her life, is, of course, not a new phenomenon.  Her story has been romanticised at many points over the centuries, and multiple representations of Pocahontas (as Noble Savage, Mother of a Nation, […]

Job: Lecturer in American History (Queen’s University Belfast)

Queen’s University Belfast seek a Lecturer to undertake research in American History in line with the School’s 
research strategy, to teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to contribute to School administration/outreach activity. The post is available immediately. Further information about the School may be obtained at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/ Informal enquires may be directed to Dr K Turton, email: k.turton@qub.ac.uk, Telephone 028 9097 3664 or Dr A Stanonis, email: a.stanonis@qub.ac.uk, Telephone 028 9097 5030. Anticipated interview date: Friday 16 December 2016 Closing date: Monday 14 November 2016 Apply online at www.qub.ac.uk/jobs. For further information or assistance contact the Personnel Department, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 9097 3044 or email onpersonnel@qub.ac.uk. The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit.  It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability.

CFP: Heidelberg Centre for American Studies 14th Annual Spring Academy Conference (Heidelberg, Germany)

Heidelberg Center for American Studies 14th Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg, Germany, 20-24 March, 2017 /Call for Papers/ The fourteenth HCA Spring Academy on American History, Culture, and Politics will be held from March 20-24, 2017. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects. The HCA Spring Academy will also offer participants the chance to work closely with experts in their respective fields of study. For this purpose, workshops held by visiting scholars will take place during this week. We encourage applications that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences and pursue an interdisciplinary approach. Papers can be presented 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 […]

Funding: Monticello College Foundation for Women at the Newberry Library (Chicago)

Long-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars who wish conduct research at the Newberry; applicants for long-term opportunities must hold a PhD by the application deadline, which is November 15. Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry’s scholarly activities, including fellows’ seminars and the weekly colloquium. Stipends for Long-Term Fellowships are $4,200 per month. The Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women is designed for a postdoctoral woman at an early stage (pre-tenure) of her academic career, whose work gives clear promise of scholarly productivity and who would benefit significantly from research, writing, and participation in the intellectual life of the Newberry. The applicant’s topic must be related to the Newberry’s collection. Preference will be given to proposals particularly concerned with the study of women. Applicants must request at least four and no more than six months of […]

CFP: 2017 Federal History Conference (Washington D.C.)

"A Return to the Archives” The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) will hold its annual meeting on April 13, 2017, at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Building in Washington D.C. Throughout its 37-year history, SHFG has enjoyed a unique & fruitful relationship with the National Archives. As one of the nation’s primary stewards of its records, NARA’s holdings are indispensable to federal historians and public history professionals across the nation. In turn, SHFG members have used NARA’s resources for official work duties and personal projects. Thus, the Society’s annual meeting will highlight the interplay among archivists, historical researchers, and public history professionals that enables a greater understanding of our collective past. The program committee invites participants to broadly interpret the conference theme, “A Return to the Archives.” Topics might include: the impact of technology and archival resources on the sharing of public history; the challenges […]

CFP: Jimmy Carter and the ‘Year of the Evangelicals’ Reconsidered (New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Saint Anselm College)

CFP  Jimmy Carter and the ‘Year of the Evangelicals’ Reconsidered April 6-8, 2017 New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Saint Anselm College Manchester, New Hampshire In 1976 Newsweek magazine borrowed a phrase from pollster George Gallup and proclaimed that year the “Year of the Evangelicals.”  Both presidential candidates – Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter – claimed to be “born again” Christians, a claim made by one third of all Americans; and significant proportions of Protestants and Catholics told Gallup’s pollsters that the Bible should be taken literally, a marker of conservative evangelical Christianity.  This phenomenon caught journalists by surprise, and they struggled to understand this new segment of the electorate, beginning at the top with the candidacy of Jimmy Carter. The election of 1976 brought evangelicals back into the political arena. While many of these people supported Carter’s candidacy and made the difference in his election, the ways in […]

UCL US Studies Event: The 2016 Presidential Election: a Post-mortem

UCL Darwin B40 Lecture Theatre Gower Street (entrance is via Malet Place), London, United Kingdom

15 November 2016, 1:15pm-2:00pm, UCL Darwin Lecture Theatre, Malet Place THE 2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A POST-MORTEM Nick Witham will provide an accessible overview of the controversial 2016 US presidential election campaign as a part of the UCL Lunch Hour Lectures series. More information.

Cambridge American History Seminar: ‘Between Neighborhoods’

Cambridge American History Seminar For further details, pre-circulated papers and other seminars see the CAHS webpage. Thursday 17 November (Room TBC): Seth Fein, Historian and Filmmaker, Seven Local Film Film Screening: Between Neighborhoods Seth Fein’s new film is a history of Queens (New York City) as a transnational hub for people and commerce from the 1964 New York World’s Fair until today.

UCL US Studies Event: The 2016 Presidential Election: A Roundtable

UCL-Institute of the Americas 51 Gordon Square, London, United Kingdom

17 November 2016, 5:30pm-7:00pm THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A ROUNDTABLE Clodagh Harrington (De Montfort), Tom Packer (Oxford) and Timothy Stanley (The Telegraph) will discuss the results of the 2016 elections with Iwan Morgan. More information.

Cambridge American History Seminar: ‘Throwing Away the Gods’

Cambridge American History Seminar For further details, pre-circulated papers and other seminars see the CAHS webpage. 21 November: Seth Archer, Mellon Fellow in American History, University of Cambridge Throwing Away the Gods: Hawai‘i, 1818-1825 Discussion will be based on a pre-circulated paper

UCL US Studies Event: Film Screening and Discussion – Between Neighborhoods

25 November 2016, 5:30pm-7:30pm, Chadwick Building, B05 Lecture Theatre BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS: FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION Filmmaker Seth Fein will screen and discuss his new film, Between Neighborhoods, a history of Queens (New York City) as a transnational hub for people and commerce from the 1964 New York World’s Fair until today. More information.