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Connected Nations: Indigenous Rights and the Royal Proclamation of 1763 6 – 7 October 2023 Donald Gordon Conference Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston
Need a cuppa and some good conversation? Join the SHA Membership Committee’s new online Confab sessions. Our goal is to bring folks together in an informal virtual setting to chat, vent, share ideas, or simply meet a few other historians in and of the South.
The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), is organizing, together with the Sciences Po Center for History in Paris, a new Seminar Series on Modern North American History. (September 2023 – April 2024). This series will consist of monthly seminars in a hybrid format (online and in person) that encourage active participation from doctoral students and aim to serve as an open and inclusive forum for discussing some of the most innovative recent scholarship. It is a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow researchers, and to meet academics with various levels of experience in
The British Association for American Studies (BAAS) is seeking two Conference Managers to oversee the planning and running of its 69th Annual Conference. The Conference Managers will be responsible for the successful preparation for, and running of, the digital conference in accordance with BAAS’s principles of inclusion, accessibility and sustainability. We conceive these roles as ideal positions for Early Career Academics or postdoctoral members of the BAAS community aiming to gain valuable transferable organisational experience.
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Meredith Broussard, Hosted By Nicole Gipson & Ahmed Honeini Date: October 4 1900 -2000 This event will involve a short talk, followed by a discussion with the Associate Editors of the Journal of American Studies (Nicole Gipson & Ahmed Honeini) and then a Q&A with our online audience. Book now: buff.ly/44Nt9mT
A two-day international conference at the University of Strasbourg funded by the Institut Universitaire de France Dates: 21-22 March 2024 Venue: University of Strasbourg, France Confirmed keynote speakers: Dawn Raffel is a writer whose most recent book is Boundless as the Sky (2023). Dr. Judith Madera (Wake Forest University) specializes in African American and Caribbean literatures from the eighteenth century to present.
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