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Applications are open for a 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Hull Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre for Water Cultures - Great Flood Stories and What They Teach Us: Applying Lessons from Cross-Cultural Diluvial Traditions
University College London’s Americas Research Network is proud to launch the Call for Papers for its 2024 conference, Historical Roots, Modern Realities: Nationalism Across the Americas, to be held online on Friday, June 28, 2024. The Americas Research Network welcomes proposals that examine the complex and multifaceted roles of nationalism within the Americas, particularly through trans- and inter-hemispheric perspectives.
Clinton Institute, University College Dublin 8-9 March 2024 Journalism and academia have interlinked yet divergent histories as forms of knowledge production. In recent years, partly due to the similar challenges they face – wide public distrust in institutions of knowledge and the erosion of public spheres – there are increasing signs of collaboration and cross-fertilisation, as well as shared anxieties about the future. Keynote Speakers include: Henry Farrell (Johns Hopkins University/Monkey Cage), Alexa Koenig (University of California Berkeley), Gary Younge (The Guardian).
Applications are invited for the annual Kinder-BrANCH Fellowship for study at the University of Missouri during the 2024-25 academic year. The fellowship is open to students who have recently completed, or are slated to complete, their undergraduate studies at a British university. Applications from social groups that historically have been underrepresented in higher education, especially Black, Asian, and minority ethnic students, are particularly encouraged to apply.
Symposium date: February 16, 2024. The deadline for submissions is Monday 4 December, 2023. Interested presenters should submit a 300 word summary of their proposed contribution to events.hotcus@gmail.com, detailing the paper’s coverage, argument, and contribution to the wider conference themes. Please also include a brief CV and contact information. We also welcome proposals for panels or sessions, provided they meet HOTCUS’s commitment to diversity and inclusion (see note below). For panel proposals, please include a brief CV and contact information for all participants.
Double special dossier Representations and Media in US Popular Culture: Exploring New Directions, Challenges, and Queer Heritage edited by J. Javier Torres-Fernández for the peer-reviewed journal REDEN. The dossier aims to examine, critique, and celebrate these representations seeking to foster a comprehensive and interdisciplinary exploration of LGBTIQ+ representations and media in US popular culture.
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