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Economic History Society PhD Bursaries

Bursary Scheme for PhD students The Economic History Society will consider applications for one-year bursaries of up to £5,000 to assist postgraduate students (PhD) in United Kingdom colleges and universities. The bursaries will be open to students (full or part-time) at any stage of their PhD career in economic and/or social history.  Please note that applications from students in receipt of a full stipendiary award, or a fully-funded studentship covering fees and living costs, would not be considered. Applications should be accompanied by the candidate’s academic CV and a supervisor’s statement in support of the application. It is expected that successful applicants will be, or will become, members of the Economic History Society. Any queries should please be directed to the administrative secretary. Deadline for applications: 1 July 2016. Applications should please be made online

JOB: Lecturer in Modern History, Post 1880 (University of Lincoln)

The University of Lincoln seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Modern History (Post 1800). Our ideal candidate for this position will have an emerging teaching profile in any period of modern history, including American History, a developing research profile that will ensure he or she will be returned at the next REF, and the ability to teach across the curriculum in modern history and historiography. He or she will play a key role in the School’s curriculum development. We are especially interested to read applications from candidates who would consolidate an established thematic strength while adding geographical range to our curriculum. Lincoln is a wonderful city for scholars of all periods, boasting structures dating from the Roman and medieval periods until today, including Britain’s finest cathedral and a recently-restored Norman castle. There are excellent local museums and galleries, archives spanning the medieval to the modern period, notably the Media Archive […]

Eccles Centre Summer Scholars: Conjure Women and ‘Coolie’ Women

Free Entry, Conference Centre Chaucer Room, 12.30-2.00pm on stated dates The Eccles Centre Summer Scholars series runs through July and August.  The series highlights the work of the Eccles Visiting Fellows and Postgraduate Researchers have done during their residency in the British Library, bringing the latest research related to the North Americas collections to a public audience. Gaiutra Bahadur, author of Coolie Woman, the Orwell Prize-shortlisted narrative history of indentured women, speaks about her strategies for overcoming elisions and biases in the archives that document the migration of bonded labourers from the Indian subcontinent to the West Indies.

Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!: The Day the Ramones Ignited Punk (British Library)

British Library Conference Centre 96 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom

Join Ramones Manager Danny Fields looking at the moment the US collided with the UK and Punk was born. Forty years ago, on 4th July 1976, the Ramones played their debut UK concert at London’s Roundhouse, followed the next day by another at Dingwalls. The shows that long hot summer have achieved legendary status. For many – including members of the Pistols, the Stranglers, the Clash and the Damned watching on – the band’s thrilling, fast, rebellious, New York sound blew open the possibilities of music and gave sudden acceleration to the styles that would become Punk. The Ramones manager on those nights was Danny Fields, a man with a pivotal role behind some of the great American music of the 20th century. He makes an exclusive appearance, in conversation with Barney Hoskyns, to tell the story of the moment the US collided with the UK, and is joined by […]

Job: Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of the United States and WW1 (University of Oxford)

Rothermere American Institute and Corpus Christi College The Rt. Hon. Vere Sidney Tudor Harmsworth Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on the History of the United States and World War One The Rothermere American Institute (RAI) and Corpus Christi College seek to appoint a stipendiary Junior Research Fellow on the History of the United States and World War One, tenable for three years with effect from 1 October 2016. The Fellowship forms part of the Institute’s programme of scholarship and events to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War One. The RAI has been endorsed by the US WWI Centennial Commission as a partner organisation. Duties of the post The principal duty will be to engage in research at postdoctoral level on the history of the United States and World War One, broadly defined. In addition to pursuing individual research, the holder of the post also will help […]

The Sex Pistols and America (British Library)

British Library Conference Centre 96 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom

Hear the story of the Sex Pistols tour of America. The Sex Pistols notorious 1978 tour of the southern US was one of the more surreal moments in music history. Banned from the radio and venues at home, the rapidly disintegrating band played places like Memphis, Baton Rouge, San Antonio and Dallas, in a move calculated by manager Malcolm McLaren to generate maximum culture clash. Bob Gruen was one of the acclaimed photographers on the tour and he is joined by Southern historian and US music expert Brian Ward.

JOB: Lecturer in American History (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Manchester Metropolitan University seeks to appoint a lecturer in American History. You will help in growing the History section of the Department, contributing to research development and to the high-quality teaching and supervision at undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels. The Department is a collegial one, with an emphasis on mutual support, and organised around the principle of working together as a team to achieve the University’s 50/50 agenda by 2020. We offer a stimulating environment for a world-leading researcher along with an exceptional level of staff development and research support. Ideal Candidate The successful applicant must be a scholar with a record of achievement in research as demonstrated by publications that are world-class in terms of originality, significance and rigour. S/he will also have experience in or willingness to apply for external grants and build partnerships by working with external agencies. The appointed candidate must be an exceptional teacher, collegial […]

Eccles Centre Summer Scholars Series: Progressive Era World’s Fairs/Black Activists in Britain

Free Entry, Conference Centre Chaucer Room, 12.30-2.00pm on stated dates The Eccles Centre Summer Scholars series runs through July and August.  The series highlights the work of the Eccles Visiting Fellows and Postgraduate Researchers have done during their residency in the British Library, bringing the latest research related to the North Americas collections to a public audience.   Representation and Participation in Progressive Era World's Fairs Emily Trafford explores the activities of Chinese and Chinese-American people at world’s fairs, examining the ways in which world’s fairs became key sites of battle over the representation of the Chinese in America.   “The Low Growl of the Lion:" Black Activists in Britain 1830-1895  Hannah-Rose Murray discusses the impact of Frederick Douglass and other black activists on British society and her creation of the world's first digitised map of their speaking locations in Britain.

Registration Deadline: The US and Us: American History in Britain in the Twenty-First Century Workshop (University of Leicester)

A Workshop for Early Career Researchers 15-16 September 2016   The United Kingdom has long been home to a number of world renowned historians of the United States. However, historians of the U.S. based in the United Kingdom face a number of distinct challenges. The aim of this workshop is to consider those challenges in detail, and specifically to develop the skills of early career historians of the U.S. in Britain. This event will bring together early-career researchers to consider the state of U.S. history in Britain and enable the participants to play a leading role in confronting the challenges of higher education in the twenty-first century. In addition to considering the state of the field, specific sessions will consider key challenges such as public engagement and impact, research projects and grants, publishing strategies and the future of publishing, and teaching strategies and resources. A small number of more established […]

Appalachian Conference (Cecil Sharp House, London)

Cecil Sharp House 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, United Kingdom

Saturday 16 July, 10:00am - 5:00pm Cecil Sharp House, London Pastoralism and modernity in the southern mountains: a centenary symposium on Cecil Sharp's 1916 Appalachian journey. 2016 marks the centenary of song collector and folklorist Cecil Sharp's Appalachian fieldtrip, an event that shaped both North American and European conceptions of the history and culture of the southern mountains of America. To celebrate, Cecil Sharp House is hosting a weekend of Appalachian music and a conference exploring the culture of the region. Friday 15th July, 7:30pm Sharp's Appalachian Harvest - Brian Peters Brian Peters opens the weekender with his show ‘Sharp's Appalachian Harvest’. It tells the epic story of the trips made by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles into the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, portrayed in music, narrative and image by leading ballad singer, musician and researcher Brian Peters. Brian Peters sings some of the best of the ballads, reads fascinating excerpts […]

Eccles Centre Summer Scholars: The Lies of Summer

Free Entry, Conference Centre Chaucer Room, 12.30-2.00pm on stated dates The Eccles Centre Summer Scholars series runs through July and August.  The series highlights the work of the Eccles Visiting Fellows and Postgraduate Researchers have done during their residency in the British Library, bringing the latest research related to the North Americas collections to a public audience. Chris Birkett looks at the 1998 Lewinsky scandal that plunged America into cultural turmoil, and explores how the Home Run Race of the same year deployed baseball mythology to reaffirm beliefs in idealised American values of morality, masculinity and confession during a time of political and moral crisis.

Job: Departmental Lecturer in American History, Fixed Term (University of Oxford)

Oxford University is seeking a Departmental Lecturer in American History (1776 – 1914), tenable from 1 October 2016 for a fixed-term of 1 year. Applications are invited from scholars with active research and teaching interests in any area of American History of that period. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability and willingness to give tutorials, lectures, classes and supervision at both undergraduate and graduate level across a range of papers in American History. The Lecturer will also be required to undertake examining and administrative work, and will engage in advanced study and original research in American History. The successful candidate will hold a doctorate in a relevant field or show evidence that a doctorate is imminently expected. S/he will have a strong research record and a record of successful teaching within the field, the ability to teach and lecture at an appropriate level in an interesting and engaging manner […]