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CfP: The American History Research Seminar at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford - British Association for American Studies

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CfP: The American History Research Seminar at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford

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The University of Oxford’s American History Research Seminar invites submissions from scholars who have work-in-progress they would like to workshop with the academic community at the Rothermere American Institute. Applicants should plan either: (1) to present a 45-minute paper in person at the seminar, or (2) to pre-circulate a paper of 10,000 words (including footnotes), alongside a 20-30 minute talk that would still allow attendees to engage with the substance of your material.

We welcome submissions from researchers with a broad range of historical interests relating to North America and its Atlantic and global contexts in the period c.1600-present. We seek to showcase research across a broad range of subject areas.

The seminar is open to all researchers who have completed a PhD and are post-viva. We particularly encourage submissions from women, LGBTQ+ scholars, scholars from the Global Majority, and scholars from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. We also look forward to discussing research that is being produced at a range of different institutions.

The American History Research Seminar is committed to providing a constructive workshop environment for research projects that are well-developed enough to withstand vigorous discussion, but that would still benefit from substantive feedback before going to print. We encourage applicants to consider whether their project is at the right stage to benefit fully from engagement with the workshop process before responding to the call for papers.

The seminar will take place in-person at the Rothermere American Institute on Tuesdays at 4pm in Autumn (15th October – 3rd December 2024) and Spring Terms (21st January – 11th March).

To apply, please submit a 300-word abstract of the paper you plan to present along with a 100-word bio to emily.brady@rai.ox.ac.uk by 5pm BST on Monday 19th August 2024.

Where necessary, reasonable travel and accommodation expenses will be provided by the Rothermere American Institute. For sustainability purposes, we aim this call particularly to scholars within the United Kingdom and rest of Europe.