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The Southern Historical Association Graduate Council and Western Historical Association Graduate Caucus are delighted to welcome applications for the Fall 2025 SouthxWest Exchanges. Our Exchanges invite you to share your research in 5 minutes or less, a vital networking skill for all postgraduate and early-career researchers.
The Research Training Group Authority and Trust (GKAT) at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA), Heidelberg University, Germany, invites proposals for the conference themed Contested Authority, Trust in Transition: Making Sense of the American Landscape" that will take place May 20-22, 2026. PhD students and junior scholars are particularly invited to apply. Limited travel grants are available. Please submit your abstract (250 words maximum) and a short biography to the organizers (iz8@uni-heidelberg.de) until November 15, 2025.
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society invites participants in a panel on "Emerson and Power" at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, to be held March 12-14, 2026, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invites applications to its premier fellowship program, the oldest and largest in American art. Scholars from any discipline whose research engages the art, craft, and visual culture of the United States are encouraged to apply, as are those who foreground new perspectives, materials, and methodologies. Fellowships are residential and support full-time research in the Smithsonian collections at the graduate, predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior levels. Learn more and apply at https://americanart.si.edu/research/fellowships/apply.
What is the British Library? What’s in the collection? How can I find what I need? What development opportunities are available? Join us online for an introduction to the British Library for prospective and current PhD researchers of all disciplines looking to engage with our collections. This event may also be useful for Higher Education staff who support postgraduate research.
Join the British Library and Senate House Library to explore our collections covering Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Get expert advice from our Reference Specialists, speak with curators of our collections, meet researchers with similar interests and develop your academic network at our in-person Doctoral Open Day.
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