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The University of Edinburgh Southern History Workshop warmly invites paper submissions for "Coming through the Fire: Change and Continuity in the American South", a one-day in-person workshop to be held at the University of Edinburgh on 6 June 2025. We invite the submission of pre-circulated papers on all aspects of the history of the American South. PGRs and ECRs are particularly encouraged to apply.

Allan Pinkerton (1819-84) was the world’s most prominent detective. He was a Chartist in Scotland, then an abolitionist once settled in Chicago. He pioneered the employment of female detectives. In 1861, he credibly claimed to have saved Lincoln from assassination. He founded Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, a precursor to America's current privatised national security state.

The new issue of CAMINO REAL. Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas journal (Year 2025, Issue 20), edited by Ana Merino and Francisco Sáez de Adana, is seeking essays and creative writings that focus on the Universe of The Bros Hernández from all possible perspectives.

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers: Critical Health: Feminist Perspectives on Health and Well-Being in the Nineteenth-Century United States Paris, France, October 17-18, 2025 Conference Organizers: Dr. Alice de Galzain (Sorbonne Université) and Dr. habil. Johanna Pitetti-Heil (Universität zu Köln) Submission deadline: 10 February 2025 Email: criticalhealthconference@gmail.com Website: www.criticalhealthconference.wordpress.com

The Instituto Franklin-UAH awards two grants, valued at €3,500, for the publication of works in the Colección Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, published by the Editorial Universidad de Alcalá

The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum supports a one-month residency for a predoctoral, postdoctoral, or senior scholar who is researching a topic in American art and who resides, works, or attends school outside of commuting distance from Washington, D.C. Researchers whose personal circumstances (i.e., financial constraints, employment conditions, care-giving responsibilities, or other limitations) preclude them from participating in longer-term residencies are encouraged to apply. Application deadline: February 1, 2025.