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Interested in studying for a PhD in Cross-Cultural Great Flood Stories? [Stipend and home fees only for 4 years, plus research training costs of up to GBP1000 p.a.]. UoH Centre for Water Cultures advert coming soon. For an informal discussion, get in touch.
Call for Papers (Issue 8, Dec. 2024) Mobile Locative Media: Hybrid, Narrative, and Game Spaces for Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media (Issue 8, Dec. 2024) Special Issue Guest Editors (Part I): Dr. Manuel Portela, University of Coimbra, Portugal, mportela@fl.uc.pt Dr. Vasileios N. Delioglanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, deliogla@enl.auth.gr
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British American Nineteenth Century Historians (BrANCH) and the Peter J. Parish Memorial Fund are pleased to announce their dissertation prizes for the best pieces of work on American nineteenth century history. Two prizes will be awarded: one for the best dissertation written by an undergraduate, another for the best dissertation written by a taught postgraduate, who received their undergraduate or taught postgraduate degree in 2023, at a university or equivalent institution in the UK. The deadline for submissions to the Parish prize is November 3, 2023 - email e.r.west@reading.ac.uk
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) offers research fellowships of up to three weeks a year to promote the interpretation of Virginia and access to its collections. Fellowships carry a weekly stipend of $1,000 and $500 for local mileage. A week is defined as five days in the E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. Research Library, which is open 10am to 5pm, Monday through Saturday. The deadline for applications is January 26, 2024. For more information visit: https://virginiahistory.org/research/research-resources/research-support
U.S. Studies Online (USSO) is thrilled to announce a call for contributions to our latest special series, "Pedagogies of Resistance, Pedagogies of Hope: Redefining American Studies", in collaboration with BAAS Early Career Representative, Dr Siân Round.
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