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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.

Join the online launch of Sylvia Plath and the Supernatural, with the author Dr Dorka Tamás (Royal Holloway) in conversation with Dr Amanda Golden (NYIT). You After a short presentation and conversation between Dorka and Amanda on Plath’s affiliations with the supernatural, the politics of the witch trials during the Cold War, and the magical attributes of poetry, we will have an open Q&A & discussion where you can also ask questions to the author. You can register for the event on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-sylvia-plath-and-the-supernatural-by-dorka-tamas-tic

Both the Age of Revolutions website and this volume are a whiff of fresh air in an age of pollution by trumped-up news. Subscribe to the site and buy this book. You will receive insight into research in one of the richest areas of historical study: world-wide revolutions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Mexico, Venezuela, and Japan appear alongside France, Haiti, and beyond in essays brimming with new ideas and bibliographical leads. - Robert Darnton, Harvard University, author of The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789

“Impressively researched and engaging, P FKN R is a book that offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny. The book uses the figure of Bad Bunny to explore Puerto Rico’s colonial history and present. Diáz and Rivera-Rideau critically examine his takes on race and gender in a way that is not only about the singer’s life and career, but about the recent history of Puerto Rico.” - Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, author of Puerto Rico: A National History

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award: War & Military, Gold Medal “[More Precious than Peace] offers well-chosen anecdotes to bring wartime debates to life . . . an enjoyable read.” —Journal of Military History "The past decade has seen numerous books related to the First World War published in conjunction with its centennial. What separates Doenecke’s from its predecessors is his willingness to give a podium to dissent." —The American Conservative

The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is pleased to sponsor a panel on "'Give Me Health and a Day': Emerson and Health, Illness, and Unity" at the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering, to be held in Concord, MA, on July 8-12, 2026.