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Brent M. Rogers connects the histories of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and the Mormons, highlighting two pillars of the American West to better understand cultural and political perceptions, image-making, and performance from the 1840s through the early 1900s.
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.
UCL's Institute of the Americas is proud to announce the launch of attendee registration for its annual Americas Research Network conference on June 28th 2024 (this Friday) via Zoom. We have an exciting lineup of four panels, a collaborative book hour with USSO, and a distinguished keynote from Dr. Alvita Akiboh (Yale). Through the support of BAAS, we're proud to offer free registration to all attendees and particularly welcome PGRs and ECRs.
Join the LSE Webster Review of International History to celebrate the centenary of James Baldwin's birth, honouring his incredible legacy and impact on literature and civil rights.
For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs—brother of Harriet Jacobs—was buried in a pile of newspapers in Australia. Jacobs’ long-lost narrative, The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots, is a startling and revolutionary discovery. A document like this—written by an ex-slave and ex-American, in language charged with all that can be said about America outside America, untampered with and unedited by white abolitionists—has never been seen before. Published together with a full biography. Available now, £16, PB.
The GREEN BAAS steering committee recently released BAAS' first ever Climate Action Plan. This document, which is meant to be updated every year, reflects our ongoing commitments to global climate action. Please have a read and send your comments, encouragements and suggestions to the GREEN BAAS co-leads, Rebecca Tillett and Elsa Devienne.
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