De’men Minkanen Panel
Join us for a hybrid panel hosted as a part of the dé'men minkanen project!
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Join us for a hybrid panel hosted as a part of the dé'men minkanen project!
‘Imagine West’ is a new network for early career and doctoral researchers interested in the invention and disruption of ‘westness’ by literary and visual culture in the United States and around the world. We’re open to anyone in American Studies in the UK – there’s no need to be an expert on the West – and we’ll be talking about fiction, film and images as much as academic writing. Click 'read more' to join the network and learn more about our activities and opportunities. Or, email westnetwork-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk to subscribe to the newsletter.
This workshop invites graduate and early career scholars to reassess the causes, events, and legacies of the American Revolution within the longer history of Early America(c.1600–1815). We welcome papers that challenge established narratives, recover obscured histories (including Indigenous, enslaved, and women’s experiences), explore settler colonialism, global perspectives, and showcase new methodological approaches. Limited travel support is available. Submit a 250–300 word abstract and short bio by 28 February 2026 to earlyamerica250@gmail.com.
“O'Neill skillfully demonstrates how tribes and Native workers rejected the language of rights-based liberalism, instead firmly rooting their rights as workers and managers within the more durable protections of tribal sovereignty.”—Kevin Whalen, author of Native Students at Work: American Indian Labor and Sherman Institute’s Outing Program, 1900–1945
Oxford Brookes University is delighted to offer three fully funded doctoral research scholarships under the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Landscape Award scheme. We welcome applications from motivated candidates in the Arts and Humanities or related disciplines who wish to undertake innovative and socially engaged research aligned with the University’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes proposals for its annual conference, hosted by the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès. This year's conference invites papers on any topic relating to histories of women and gender non- conforming people in the Americas, but encourages proposals for papers, panels or roundtables that explore the subject of confinement. We invite 250 word abstracts for papers of 20 minutes length. Please submit abstracts along with a 100-word biography of each proposed speaker to shawsociety@gmail.com, by Friday 30th January, 2026.
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