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Latest News and Events

    The Apathy of Empire: Cambodia in American Geopolitics by James A. Tyner

    What America’s intervention in Cambodia during the Vietnam War reveals about Cold War–era U.S. national security strategy.

    Seeking News, Making China: Information, Technology, and the Emergence of Mass Society by John Alekna

    Alekna weaves together both rural and urban history to tell the story of the rise of mass society through the lens of communication techniques and technology, showing how the news revolution fundamentally reordered the political geography of China

    DEADLINE EXTENDED: Lead Curator, North America: Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania at the British Library

    Job description: Location: St Pancras; Hours: Permanent – Full time; Grade: A; Salary: £40,950 per annum. The Eccles Institute Lead Curator for North American Collections will lead the team responsible for developing, managing, and promoting the Library’s printed and digital North American collections. They will also work on associated research development and engagement activities.

    BrANCH Harriet Tubman Prize *extended*

    Sponsored by the Royal Historical Society, the Harriet Tubman Essay Prize is awarded for the best undergraduate essays or research projects on any kind of nineteenth century American history by Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic students based in the UK. In the current cycle, up to £500 will be awarded for the Tubman Prize.

    CFP Convalescence in 19th- and 20th-century anglophone literature

    CFP Convalescence in 19th- and 20th-century anglophone literature Organisers: Leslie de Bont, Aude Petit-Marquis, Sanna Melin Schyllert, Deepshikha Mahanta Bortamuly, Violina Borah Paper proposals of max 300 words and a bio (max 100 word) should be sent before 20 December 2024 to: convalescencelit2025@gmail.com Responses will be given by 28 February 2025. Please indicate in your proposal whether you wish to attend in person in Nantes or Delhi or via Zoom.

    16th Annual Conference of the US Foreign Policy Working Group of BISA

    SHAPING A NEW WORLD ORDER: US FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE END OF THE POST-COLD WAR ERA. 4-5 September 2024, Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy, Defence Studies Department, King's College London.

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