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    Kinder-BrANCH Fellowship 2024-25

    Applications are invited for the annual Kinder-BrANCH Fellowship for study at the University of Missouri during the 2024-25 academic year. The fellowship is open to students who have recently completed, or are slated to complete, their undergraduate studies at a British university. Applications from social groups that historically have been underrepresented in higher education, especially Black, Asian, and minority ethnic students, are particularly encouraged to apply.

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    CFP: HOTCUS Winter Symposium 2024 – The uses and abuses of ‘neoliberalism’ in modern US history, UCL

    Symposium date: February 16, 2024. The deadline for submissions is Monday 4 December, 2023. Interested presenters should submit a 300 word summary of their proposed contribution to events.hotcus@gmail.com, detailing the paper’s coverage, argument, and contribution to the wider conference themes. Please also include a brief CV and contact information. We also welcome proposals for panels or sessions, provided they meet HOTCUS’s commitment to diversity and inclusion (see note below). For panel proposals, please include a brief CV and contact information for all participants.

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    CFP LGBTIQ+ Representations and Media in US Popular Culture

    Double special dossier Representations and Media in US Popular Culture: Exploring New Directions, Challenges, and Queer Heritage edited by J. Javier Torres-Fernández for the peer-reviewed journal REDEN. The dossier aims to examine, critique, and celebrate these representations seeking to foster a comprehensive and interdisciplinary exploration of LGBTIQ+ representations and media in US popular culture.

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    Funded 4-year PhD Opportunity: Great Flood Stories

    Interested in studying for a PhD in Cross-Cultural Great Flood Stories? [Stipend and home fees only for 4 years, plus research training costs of up to GBP1000 p.a.]. UoH Centre for Water Cultures advert coming soon. For an informal discussion, get in touch.

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    Call for Papers (ExNa Issue 8, Dec. 2024) – Mobile Locative Media: Hybrid, Narrative, and Game Spaces

    Call for Papers (Issue 8, Dec. 2024) Mobile Locative Media: Hybrid, Narrative, and Game Spaces for Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media (Issue 8, Dec. 2024) Special Issue Guest Editors (Part I): Dr. Manuel Portela, University of Coimbra, Portugal, mportela@fl.uc.pt Dr. Vasileios N. Delioglanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, deliogla@enl.auth.gr

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    Application are now open for the 2024-25 Eccles Centre Visiting Fellowships!

    Dive into the exceptional resources of the British Library and advance your research in the studies of the Americas.

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