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Volume 23, Number 4 Activities of Members
Joan Hoff, professor of history at Indiana University and former executive secretary of the OAH, is the new president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, New York City. Nancy MacLean, Northwestern University, is the winner of the 1995 Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award, presented by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Philip C. Dolce has won three awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for programs in his WPAT radio series, "Suburbia: The American Dream and Dilemma. One award was for a program he did with Robert Fishman, Rutgers University, entitled "Does Suburbia Have a Future?" Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati, will be teaching at the Institut fr Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany, from October through February, and at the Insitut fr Amerikanistik, University of Innsbruck, thereafter. Virginia A. Metaxas Quiroga, Southern Connecticut State University, just published Occupational Therapy: the First 30 Years, 1900-1930. Howard Beeth, Texas Southern University, has been elected president of the Southwestern Historical Association. Richard K. Lieberman's book, Steinway and Sons, is available this fall from Yale University Press. Andrea Friedman, Merrill College, has been awarded Honorable Mention in the 1995 New York State Historical Association Manuscript Award competition for her book, Prurient Interests: Anti-Obscenity Campaigns in New York City, 1909-1945. Andrew W. Robertson and a colleague will conduct the American Antiquarian Society's "First Democratization Project," to collect, analyze, and archive all existing voting records from the early national period. Nicholas C. Burckel, associate dean for Washington University Libraries in St. Louis, Missouri, has been named the new director of libraries at Marquette University. Among the North Caroliniana Society's Archie K. Davis Fellowship winners for 1995-96 were Leslie Brown, Duke University, Walter E. Campbell, independent scholar, Caroline C. Cortina, Brown University, Timothy R. Hanson, University of Maryland, Marjoleine Kars, University of Maryland, Nathaniel J. Sheidley, Princeton University, and Brian Ward, University of Newcastle. The American Association for State and Local History has granted James M. Woods, Georgia Southern University, a Certificate of Commendation for his book, Mission and Memory: A History of the Catholic Church in Arkansas. Gerda Lerner, Robinson-Edwards Professor Emerita of History at the University of Wisconsin and a former president of the OAH, has been awarded the "K„the Leichter PrizeþAustrian State Prize for Women's History of the Labor Movement." The prize will be awarded in Vienna, Austria, on September 27, 1995, by the Minister of Labor and the Minister of Women's Affairs, in the presence of the Chancellor of the Austrian Republic. The prize is named for a Social Democratic politician and resistance leader, who was killed by the Nazis in 1942. The American Council of Learned Societies awarded grants for travel to international meetings abroad to Dolores E. Janiewski, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand; Milton Cantor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; David M. Reimers, New York University; and William S. Graebner, State University of New York, College at Fredonia. Iver Bernstein, Washington University, William Fitzhugh Brundage, Queens University, Canada, Charles D. Cashdollar, Indiana University, Pennsylvania, Joshua B. Freeman, Columbia University, Joanne L. Goodwin, University of Nevada, Elna C. Green, Sweet Briar College, Carol Groneman, City University of New York, John Jay College, Jacqueline Jones, Brandeis University, Nancy K. MacLean, Northwestern University, Louise M. Newman, University of Florida, and Thomas J. Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania, were named American Council of Learned Societies Fellows for 1995-96. The Virginia Center for the Humanities announces that Rita G. Koman, an independent scholar from Manassas, Virginia, has been awarded a fall semester residency fellowship for her work on "The Free People of Color in Postbellum Prince William County, Virginia." Lana Ruegamer, Indiana University, Bloomington, is this year's winner of the Emma Lou and Gayle Thornbrough Award for the best article to appear in the Indiana Magazine of History. "Dorothy Lois Riker, 1904-1994: Reflections on Indiana History, Historical Editing, and Women in the Historical Profession" examines the range and significance of Riker's commitment to the preservation and publication of the state's history. Announcements
Connecting Scholarship Series Available The National Center for the Study of History and Serenus Press publish the Connecting Scholarship Series to provide teachers, students, and professionals with guides that unite scholarship and careers. Initial publications in the series include two paperback guides, A Guide to Writing the Longer Piece. Introducing Electronic Reports and the brochure, Connecting Scholarship & Careers. All are designed to supplement regular course work in high schools, junior colleges, or first year universities. They also are intended for special mini-courses and in adult education classes. A Guide to Writing the Longer Piece ($6.00) provides advice to writers of works more than 20 to 30 pages, including reports, articles, short monographs, dissertations, and publications for broad distribution. Introducing Electronic Reports ($8.00) leads readers through the major steps in planning, researching, analyzing, and composing a report using commonly available computer tools. To order, contact the National Center for the Study of History, RR 1, Box 679, Cornish, ME 04020-9726; (207) 637-2873. Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
The Music Library Association announces the establishment of the Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in the U.S. on any aspect of American music. Contact Jean Geil, Epstein Award Committee, Music Library, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, 2136 Music Building, 1114 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 244-4072; w-geil@uiuc.edu. Deadline is November 15, 1995; applications received after that will be considered for the 1996 competition. The National Air and Space Museum offers a Guggenheim Fellowship and the A. Verville Fellowship. Both provide support for historical aerospace research done in-residence. Request an application form by November 15. Completed applications are due by January 15, 1996. To receive a fellowship application package contact Fellowship Coordinator, National Air and Space Museum, MRC 312, Washington, DC 20560. The Pew Evangelical Scholars Program is pleased to announce its program of Research Fellowships for academic year 1996-97. Proposals on both non-religious and religious topics in the humanities, social sciences, and theological disciplines are invited. Contact Michael S. Hamilton, Pew Evangelical Scholars Program, G123 Hesburgh Library, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556; (219) 631-8347; fax(219) 631-8721. Deadline is November 30, 1995. The United States Holocaust Research Institute seeks applications for the 1996-1997 Pearl Resnick Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program. Contact Mirianne Fields, Academic Programs, Research Institute, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150; (202) 488-6110; fax(202)479-9726; mfields@ushmm.org. Deadline is December 1, 1995. The Trustees of the Friends of New Netherland announce the 1996 Hendricks Manuscript Award for the best manuscript on the Dutch Colonial Experience in North America (based on research completed or published within two years prior to first submission). Send three copies before December 1, 1995, with a letter of intent to enter the contest. Contact Hendricks Manuscript Award Committee, Friends of New Netherland, c/o The New Netherland Project, New York State Library-CEC 8th Floor, Albany, NY 12230. The Winterhur Museum is accepting applications for its 1996-97 research fellowship program for scholars researching American material culture and history. For an application packet contact Gary Kulik, Winterhur Research Fellowship Program, Advanced Studies, Winterhur, DE 19735; (302) 888-4649. Deadline is December 1, 1995. The Social Science Research Council Committee on International Peace and Security announces dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships for innovative and interdisciplinary research on the relationships among security issues and worldwide cultural, military, social, economic, environmental, and political changes. For application materials contact the Social Science Research Council, Program on International Peace and Security, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158; (212) 661-0280; fax(212) 370-7896. Deadline is December 1, 1995. UCLA's Institute of American Cultures and its four ethnic studies research centers offer fellowships to postdoctoral scholars. Contact the fellowship director of the appropriate UCLA ethnic studies center: UCLA Center for African American Studies, Box 951545, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1545 or (310) 206-8267; UCLA American Indian Studies Center, Box 951548, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1548 or (310) 825-7315; UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Box 951546, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546 or (310) 825-2974; or UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Box 951544, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544 or (310) 825-2363. Deadline is December 31, 1995. The Minnesota Historical Society Research Department grants support original research and interpretive writing on Minnesota history. For guidelines and an application form, contact Deborah L. Miller, Research Department, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Blvd., West, St. Paul, MN 55102; or Florence Regan at (612) 297-2221. Deadlines are January 1, March 1, and October 1. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission invites applications for its 1996-97 Scholars in Residence Program, for full-time research at any Commission facility. Residencies are available for 4-12 consecutive weeks, May 1, 1996, to April 30, 1997. Contact Division of History, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108; (717) 787- 3034. Deadline is January 12, 1996. The Virginia Historical Society offers resident research fellowships of up to four weeks a year. Doctoral candidates are welcome. Send three copies of the following: resume, two letters of recommendation, description of research project stating expected length of residency (two double-spaced pages), and cover letter to Nelson D. Lankford, Chairman, Research Fellowship Committee, Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311; (804) 358-4901; fax(804) 355-2399. Deadline is January 15, 1996. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture announces its Scholars-in-Residence Program for scholars of black history and culture and for professionals in fields related to the center's collections and activities. Applications must include completed form, detailed statement of project, c.v., work sample, and three recommendation letters. Deadline is January 15, 1996. For application forms contact Scholars-in-Residence Program, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 414 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801; (212) 491-2203. The John Carter Brown Library will award approximately 15 Research Fellowships (short- and long-term fellowships and travel grants) for the year June 1, 1996-May 31, 1997. Application forms may be obtained from the Director, John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912. Requests for forms by e-mail should be sent to karen_demaria@brown.edu. Deadline is January 15, 1996. The new William P. Clements Center for Southwestern Studies welcomes applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in any field in the humanities or social sciences from individuals doing research on Southwestern America, broadly conceived. Send vita, description of research project, sample chapter or extract, and names of three persons who could supply letters of reference. Contact David J. Weber, Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Dept. of History, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX 75275. Deadline is January 15, 1995. The Five College Fellowship Program for Minority Scholars offers a year's residence, September 1, 1996-May 31, 1997, at one of the five colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges) for minority graduate students in the final phase of the doctoral degree. Emphasis is on completion of dissertation, though most fellows are asked to do some teaching. Contact Carol Angus, Five College Fellowship Program Committee, Five Colleges, Incorporated, 97 Spring Street, Amherst, MA 01002-2324; (413) 256-8316. Deadline is January 16, 1996. The Center for Media, Culture and History at New York University announces Rockefeller Humanities Fellowships for projects on the critical role played by cinema, television, and video in constructing and disrupting national identities and shaping an independent public sphere of social dissent and commentary. Contact Barbara Abrash or Faye Ginsburg, Center for Media, Culture and History, NYU, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003; (212) 998-3759; fax(212) 995-4014. Deadline is January 19, 1996. The Newberry Library announces 1995-96 residential fellowships for postdoctoral scholars: NEH Fellowships (6-11 months); Lloyd Lewis Fellowships in American History (6-11 months); Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women (6 months); and the Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship in Renaissance Studies (3 months)þdeadline is 20 January 1996. Short-term resident fellowships for 1-3 months are available to dissertators and postdoctoral scholarsþdeadline is March 1, 1996. Contact Committee on Awards, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. The University of Oklahoma announces an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship for research and teaching in the area of the Historical Intersections of the Biological and Social Sciences. Contact Marilyn Ogilvie, Curator, History of Science Collections, Bizzell Memorial Library, 521 NW, The Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-0315; (405) 325-2741; fax(405) 325- 2363; mogilvie@uoknor.edu. Deadline is January 23, 1996. The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, is offering fellowships for research and publication on New England history and culture. Stipend is $750 for one month; studio apartment available. Applications due January 31, 1996, for projects beginning after June 1, 1996. For information and application forms, contact Fellowship Program, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970; (508) 745- 1876, ext. 3032. Graduate students in the United States and Canada are invited to enter the Shryock Medal Essay Contest of the American Association for the History of Medicine. Submit five copies of a double- spaced manuscript of a maximum length of 10,000 words (the first page should include only the title; include separate sheet with title, author's name, and address; and include separate word counts for text and notes). Deadline is February 1, 1996. Contact Edward T. Morman, Institute of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, 1900 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2169. The New Jersey Historical Commission offers grants to assist projects dealing with New Jersey history in the form of research, writing, publication, exhibitions, oral history, teacher training, curriculum development, classroom projects, public programs, the conservation of historical collections, and the production of film, video, and radio and television programs. For applications and guidelines contact Grants and Prizes, New Jersey Historical Commission, CN 305, Trenton, NJ 08625-0305; (609) 292-6062. Deadline is February 1, 1996. The Library Company of Philadelphia announces postdoctoral and dissertation research fellowships in American history and culture, tenable for one month at any time from June 1996-May 1997. Send four copies each of c.v., a two- to four-page project description, and a single letter of reference to James Green, Assistant Librarian, Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; (215) 546-3181; fax(215) 546- 5167. Deadline is February 1, 1996. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) provides grants for projects focusing on the documentary needs of the U.S. that save significant historical documents and make them available for use, make plans and set priorities for preserving archival materials, help train those who work with records, and make available those documentary materials that inform the public about America's history. Deadlines are February 1, 1996, and June 1, 1996. For guidelines, advice, and application outline, contact NHPRC, Room 607 (Arch I), National Archives Building, Washington, DC 20408; (202) 501-5610; fax(202) 501-5601. The American Council of Learned Societies, in cooperation with its constituent societies, administers a program of travel grants in the humanities or humanities-related social sciences for participants in international meetings held outside the U.S. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or terminal degree in their field, be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., and be scheduled to deliver a paper or have some other official role in the meeting. Applications available from the Office of Fellowships and Grants, ACLS, 228 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017-3398; fax(212) 949-8058. Deadline is February 1, 1996. The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is accepting applications through February 1, 1996, for grants-in-aid to foster graduate (M.A. or Ph.D.) research in its field. Guidelines for making application should be requested from the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Building, 425 N. Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706-1508; (608) 262-5378. The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral associateship to research the social implications (including historical) of changing knowledge in the life sciences. Ph.D.s (as of September 1996) should send a c.v., three letters of recommendation, and brief outline of proposed research by February 15, 1996, to: Postdoctoral Committee, Department of Science and Technology Studies, 726 Univ. Avenue, Cornell, Ithaca, NY 14850-3995; (607) 255-6234; fax(607) 255-0616; li10@cornell.edu; http://www.sts.cornell.edu/lilly2.html Applications are invited for the 11th year of the United States Capitol Historical Society Fellowship, designed to support research and publication on the history of the art and architecture of the United States Capitol and related buildings. Awards range from one month to one year. Deadline is February 15, 1996. Contact Barbara Wolanin, Curator, Architect of the Capitol, Washington, DC 20525; (202) 228-1222. Each of the following prizes is granted by the Western Association of Women Historiansþapplicants must be members of the WAWH: Sierra Prize for best history monograph published by WAWH memberþsend letter of intent and three copies of book to Sherry Smith, Dept. of History, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX 79968; Barbara Penny Kanner Award for best bibliographical and historical guide to research focused on Women's or Gender historyþcontact Karen Blair, Dept. of History, Central Washington Univ., Ellensburg, WA 98926; Judith Lee Ridge Prize for best history article published by a WAWH memberþcontact Ruth Alexander, Dept. of History, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523; and the Graduate Student Fellowship Award for graduate student members of WAWH who have advanced to candidacy and are writing dissertationsþcontact Nupur Chaudhuri, 1737 Vaughan Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502. Membership information may be obtained from the Membership Secretary, Carol Gold, Dept. of History, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, until December 1, 1995, and from the Treasurer, Emily Rader, 436 Lime Avenue, #6, Long Beach, CA 90802 thereafter. The International Forum for U.S. Studies, a new Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Residency Site, seeks to promote scholarship by non-U.S. scholars on social and cultural issues shaping or affecting the U.S. and offers five annual fellowships for spring semester 1997. Deadline is February 15, 1996. For more information and application, contact Jane Desmond/Virginia Dominguez, The Univ. of Iowa, Center for International and Comparative Studies, 226 International Center, Iowa City, IA 52242-1802; (310) 335-1433; fax(319) 335-0280. The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication announces the 12th annual competition for the Covert Award in Mass Communication History, given to the author of the best essay, article, or book chapter in an edited collection published in 1995. Nominations, including one copy of the entry, should be sent by March 1, 1996, to Karen K. List, Department of Journalism, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. The American Historical Print Collectors Society (AHPCS) awards the Ewell L. Newman Prize annually to an undergraduate or graduate student for the best unpublished essay on some aspect of American historical prints. The prize carries a cash award and the winning essay may be published in the Society's journal, Imprint. Contact the AHPCS, P.O. Box 201, Fairfield, CT 06430, or Georgia B. Barnhill, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Graphic Arts, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609. Deadline is March 1, 1996. The Center for the Study of New England History of the Massachusetts Historical Society will offer approximately 16 fellowships for short-term research periods between July 1, 1996, and June 30, 1997. Contact Leonard Travers, Assistant Director, Center for the Study of New England History, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215. Deadline is March 1, 1996. The Oral History Association invites applications for three honorific awards: for a published article or essay; for a completed oral history project; and to a postsecondary educator who as made outstanding use of oral history in the classroom. In all cases, awards will be given for work published or completed between January 1, 1995, and March 30, 1996. Contact Rebecca Sharpless, Executive Secretary, Oral History Association, Baylor Univ., P.O. Box 97234, Waco, TX 76798-7234; oha_support@baylor.edu. Deadline is April 1, 1996. Submissions from teachers and other professionals are invited for future publications in the Connecting Scholarship Series. Subject matter may deal with any topic that shows students how to connect core subjects to professional activities, and with the essential tasks and responsibilities faced by professionals that requiring core skills and knowledge learned from school through college. Contact Robert W. Pomeroy, Director, National Center for the Study of History, RR 1, Box 679, Cornish, ME 04020-9726; (207) 637-2873. The John Muir Center for Regional Studies, University of the Pacific, in cooperation with the John Muir National Historic Site welcomes paper and session proposals for the 49th Annual California History Institute, "John Muir in Historical Perspective," to be held April 18-21, 1996. Send proposals and brief resume to CHI 96 Program Committee, in care of its Co- Chairs, Sally Miller and Ron Limbaugh, Dept. of History, Univ. of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211; (209) 946-2145; fax(209) 946- 2318. Deadline is November 15, 1995. The Western Social Science Association invites papers and panels on American Studies topics for its annual conference, April 17- 20, 1996, Reno, Nevada. Proposals, consisting of 150-word abstract and a c.v. are due November 20, 1995. For information and forms, contact WSSA-American Studies Coordinator, UMC 0710, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT 84322; (801) 750-1290; fax(801) 750- 3899; danielj@hass.usu.edu Paper proposals are invited for the fourth annual conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP), July 18-21, 1996, in Worcester, Massachusetts. SHARP welcomes topics dealing with the creation, diffusion, or reception of the written or printed word in any period. Send proposals, one-page per paper, to SHARP 1996, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609- 1634; fax(508) 754-9069; cfs@mark.mwa.org. Deadline is November 20, 1995. The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) invites paper proposals for its annual Iowa Heritage Expo to be held in Des Moines, June 14-15, 1996. We welcome proposals on any topic related to Iowa history, especially those involving some intersection between public and academic history. Send proposals, including title and brief (200-300 words) summary of contents, to Marvin Bergman, SHSI, 402 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240. Deadline is November 30, 1995. Proposals for papers and panels are invited by Thronateeska Heritage Center and Albany State College for the conference, "The Fabric of our History: Cotton in South Georgia," to be held May 19-21, 1996, in Albany, Georgia. Submit proposals with c.v. by December 1, 1995, to Joseph Kitchens, Executive Director, Thronateeska Heritage Center, 100 Roosevelt Avenue, Albany, GA 31701; (912) 432-6955. Or send to Lee W. Formwalt, Dept. of History and Political Science, Albany State College, Albany, GA 31705; (912) 430-4870. The Western Association of Women Historians welcomes paper and panel proposals for its 27th Annual Conference, to be held at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Send four copies of cover page (panel title, panelists' names, and paper titles), one-page abstract for each paper, brief c.v.s, list of panelists (with addresses and phone numbers), and one self-addressed and stamped postcard per panelist to Tamara L. Hunt, Dept. of History, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699. Deadline is December 1, 1995. The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers and presentations for its 1996 annual meeting, "Oral History, Memory, and the Sense of Place," October 10-13, in Philadelphia. Proposals for entire sessions should include a title and one-page description of the issues and questions to be addressed; the title, name of presenter, and one-page abstract per presentation in the session; the name of the convener; suggested commentator; and short vitae, including affiliation, mailing address, and phone numbers, for each presenter. Contact Howard L. Green, New Jersey Historical Commission, CN 305, Trenton, NJ 08625; (609) 984-3460; fax(609) 633-8168; hlgreen@pilot.njin.net; or contact Linda Shopes, Division of History, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108; (717) 772- 3257; fax(717) 787-4822; lshopes@llpptn.11.pbs.org. Deadline is December 15, 1995. Paper abstracts, panel proposals, and other program suggestionsþon any aspect New York history during the past 400 yearsþare now invited for the 1996 "Conference on New York State History" to be held at SUNY New Paltz on June 7-8, 1996. Deadline is December 31, 1995. Include paper/session titles, names, and phone numbers of all participants, and a one- or two- page description of each presentation. Contact Stefan Bielinski, Conference on New York Sate History, 3093 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230; (518) 474-6917. The Economic and Business Historical Society will hold its annual meeting in Savannah, Georgia, April 25-27, 1996. Eugene Genovese will be the keynote speaker. Topics in business and economic history, corporate and economic culture, international perspectives on business, and management-labor relations are welcome. Two-page abstracts should be sent by January 7, 1996, to Charles Dellheim, President and Program Chair, EBHS, Director of Interdisciplinary Humanities, Arizona State Univ., P.O. Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Paper and session proposals are welcomed for the Pacific Northwest History Conference, "Town and Country on the North Pacific Slope," April 18-20, 1996, in Corvallis, Oregon. The conference organizers anticipate presentations on urban- hinterland relations, issues of local control, nativism, and tensions between separate realms. Send one-page abstract (double-spaced) to William G. Robbins, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, 207 Social Science Hall, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331-6202. Deadline is January 10, 1996. The California American Studies Association welcomes proposals for its conference, "Expanding Borders and Boundaries: Rethinking `America'," to be held April 26-28, 1996, at Occidental College. Contact Arth‚ A. Anthony, American Studies, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, (213) 259-2579. Or contact Monique M. Taylor, Sociology, Occidental College; mmtaylor@oxy.edu. Deadline is January 15, 1996. The American Society for Legal History will hold its 1996 meeting October 17-19 in Richmond, Virginia. Proposals for panels and individual papersþin all aspects of legal history, particularly on foreign and comparative topics as well as on the legal history of the United Statesþshould be submitted to the chair of the Program Committee, Michal Belknap, at California Western School of Law, 225 Cedar Street, San Diego, CA 92101; (619) 525-1457; fax(619) 696-9999; mbelknap@cwsl.edu. Deadline is January 15, 1996. The New England Historical Association welcomes proposals on any subject, period, or geographical area in history for its spring meeting, April 20, 1996, at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. Paper and panel proposals on the themes of ethnicity, national identity, and nationality are particularly encouraged. Send proposals with brief vita by January 15, 1996, to Ronald Sarti, Dept. of History, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. The American Association for the History of Nursing invites abstracts for its 13th Annual Conference to be held October 11- 13, 1996, in Cleveland, Ohio. Obtain further details from and submit abstracts to Irene Poplin, AAHN Abstract Review Committee, 413 West Long Street, Stephenville, TX 76401-5710. Deadline is January 22, 1996. The American Studies Association welcomes proposals for individual papers, presentations, performances, films, roundtables, workshops, or entire sessions for its annual meeting, October 31-November 3, 1996, in Kansas City, Missouri. The 1996 theme will be "Global Migration, American Cultures, and the State." Contact either of the 1996 Program Committee co- chairs: Dave Gutierrez, Dept. of History, 0104, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0104; (619) 534-1996; or Peggy Pascoe, Dept. of History, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; (801) 581-5685. Deadline is January 26, 1996. The Illinois State Historical Society invites proposals for papers relating to Illinois history for the 17th annual Illinois History Symposium, to be held in Springfield, December 6-7, 1996. Send a summary and a one-page resume by March 22 to the Illinois State Historian, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701-1507; (217) 782-2118; fax(217) 785-7937. The Plains Indian Museum of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, will host its Plains Indian Seminar, "Powerful Expressions: Art of Plains Indian Women," on September 27-29, 1996. Submit 450-word abstracts or completed paper, with an abbreviated resume by April 8, 1996. Contact Lillian Turner, Public Programs Coordinator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414; (307) 587-4771, ext. 248. The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, Duquesne University, welcomes one-page paper proposals for its Tri-History Conference, "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Anglican Visions of Hope and Apocalyptic," to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 18-21, 1997. Topics include social gospel, civil rights, feminism, prophetic movement, charismatics, appropriate church or religious leaders, and more. Contact Ruth Alexander, 1511 8th Street South, Brookings, SD 57006. Deadline is June 1, 1996. The Carter Presidential Library will host a conference in February 1997 to recognize the 20th anniversary of Jimmy Carter's inauguration and the 10th anniversary of the Carter Library. Proposals for papers and panels on topics related to the Carter presidency and the policy issues of his administration are welcomed. Send a one-page prospectus and a short resume by June 1, 1996, to Gary Fink, History Department, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA 30303-3083; fax(404) 651-1745; hisgmf@gsusgi2.gsu.edu. In recognition of the 150th anniversary of Thomas A. Edison's birth in 1847, the National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site, and the OAH will co-sponsor an international conference, "Interpreting Edison," to be held June 25-27, 1997, in Newark, New Jersey, and at Edison NHS in West Orange, New Jersey. Submit proposals for individual papers or panels on any related historical themes, accompanied by a brief c.v., by July 31, 1996. Contact Leonard DeGraaf, Edison National Historic Site, Main Street and Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052; (201) 736-0550, ext. 22; edis_curatorial@nps.gov. The Center for Agricultural History and the Women's Studies Program of Iowa State University invite proposals for the Sixth National Conference on American Rural and Farm Women in Historical Perspective, September 18-21, 1997. One-page panel and single paper proposals can be sent to rdhurt@iastate.edu or in triplicate to Deborah Fink, Center for Agricultural History, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011, by August 1, 1996. Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South seeks articles on Atlanta, its environs, and the South treated in a historical context. Submit in triplicate; include text on disk in IBM-compatible, text-only (ASCII) format; double-space and include notes; consult Chicago Manual, 14th ed.; include large SASE for return. Honorarium paid upon publication. Mail to Publications Dept., Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30305-1366. Contact Kimberly Blass, managing editor, (404) 814-4085 or kimblass@aol.com. The German Historical Institute seeks submissions for a handbook of German-American relations in the era of the Cold War. The handbook will cover all aspects of the German-American relationship 1945-1990, such as diplomacy, security affairs, culture, societal issues, trade, and the economy. Contact Philip Gassert, German Historical Institute, 1607 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009; fax(202) 483-3430. From November 30-December 2, 1995, Jackson State University will present an NEH Research Conference entitled, "Collecting Our Past to Secure Our Future: A Historiography of African-American Documents." Contact Alferdteen Harrison, Project Director, Alexander National Research Center, PO Box 17008, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS 39217; (601) 968-2055. The 16th annual Illinois History Symposium, including 54 papers on topics in Illinois history, will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Springfield, Illinois, December 1-2, 1995. Contact the Illinois State Historical Society, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701-1507; (217) 782-2635; fax(217) 524-8042. The New Jersey Historical Commission's 11th Annual Conference, "Sticks and Stones: Architecture in New Jersey History," will be held December 2, 1995, from 8:30-2:30 at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton Univ. Contact the Annual Conference, NJ Historical Commission, CN 305, Trenton, NJ 08625-0305; (609) 292- 6062. "History and the Limits of Interpretation," an interdisciplinary symposium at Rice University with support from the Mellon Foundation, will be held March 15-17, 1996. Are there limits to interpretation? What are these limits in the case of history? Can we find a conceptual vocabulary free of positivist and Nietzschean excess? Contact the Center for the Study of Cultures, Rice Univ., 6100 S. MainþMS 42, Houston, TX 77251- 1892; (713) 527-8750, ext. 2770; culture@rice.edu. The National Council on Public History (NCPH) will host its 18th Annual Conference, "History and the Public Interest," April 10- 13, 1996, at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza in Seattle. Sessions will cover new technologies in museums, broadcast media, and archives; grey literature; the status of public history within the academy; political history; and historical advocacy by professional and public interest groups. Contact the program chair, Robert Weible, Division of History, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, P.O. Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108; (717) 783-9867; or contact the NCPH Executive Offices at (317) 274-2716; ncph@indycms.iupui.edu. A conference entitled "Festive Culture, Ritual, and Public Display in Early America" will be held at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, April 12-13, 1996. Sessions cover public display of crime and punishment, ritual activity of voluntary associations, nationalist celebrations, African-American festive culture, rough music, and the political culture of festive display. Contact Liam Riordan or Thomas Humphrey, Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, 3440 Market Street, Suite 540, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3325; pceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu. The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia will hold a conference May 4-5, 1996, on the theme "Hippocrates and Modern Medicine." Registration is limited. For information, contact Monique Bourque, Assistant Director for Programs, Wood Institute, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 563- 3737; fax(215) 561-6477; bourque@hslc.org. The University of Pennsylvania will presents an NEH Research Conference entitled, "W.E.B. Dubois's 'The Philadelphia Negro': a Centenary Reappraisal," to be held at the university May 5-6, 1996. Contact Deborah Shutika, Urban Studies Program, Mail Box 25 College Hall, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 898-6948; fax(215) 573-2134; dshutika@mail.sas.upenn.edu. The Columbia University Oral History Research Office will hold its annual summer institute in oral history, May 27-June 7, 1996, in New York City. For information and application forms, contact Ronald J. Grele or Mary Marshall Clark, Oral History Research Office, Box 20, Butler Library, Columbia Univ., New York, NY 10027; (212) 854-2273; fax(212) 854-5378; mmc17@columbia.edu. The Northeast Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers Group, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, and Trinity College will hold a conference, "19th-Century American Women Writers in the 21st Century," in Hartford, Connecticut, May 30-June 2, 1996. Contact Sandra Andrews, Trinity College, Hartford, CT; (203) 297-2562. The 1996 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women will be held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June 7- 9, 1996. It will feature nearly 200 sessions, workshops, and roundtables, with participants from the U.S. and around the world. For program or registration information, contact the 1996 Berkshire Conference, Division of Continuing Education, CB #1020 The Friday Center, The Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020. The American Association for Higher Education will present the Tenth Assessment and Quality Conference entitled, "Improving Learning: Forging Better Connections Between Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation in Higher Education," at Boston from June 11- 14, 1996. Contact the AAHE, One Dupont Circle, Suite 360, Washington, DC, 20036-1110. Contingent on funding, the 25th annual Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents will be held June 24-29, 1996, in Madison, Wisconsin. It will be jointly sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin. Application is competitive; deadline is March 15, 1996. Contact NHPRC for information and application forms at Room 607, National Archives (Arch I), Washington, DC 20408; (202) 501-5610. Melvyn Dubofsky, Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at SUNY Binghamton, will be offering an NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers at Binghamton University, June 24-August 2, 1996, on the subject, "Ethnicity, Race, and Gender in U.S. Labor History." Contact Melvyn Dubofsky, Binghamton Univ., SUNY, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000; (607) 777-4416; fax(607) 777-2896; dubof@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu The Quaker Collection and Department of History at Haverford College will sponsor an NEH Summer Institute for College Teachers, "Religion and Diversity in American Society: A Social History Approach," July 8-August 9, 1996. Contact Dickson Werner, Magill Library, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041; (610) 896-1283; fax(610) 896-1102; dwerner@haverford.edu. The annual meeting of the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators will be held on July 17-20, 1996, in Washington, DC. Its theme will be "Strategic Alliances and Partnerships." Contact Steve Grandin, NAGARA Publications and Membership Services Office, 48 Howard Street, Albany, NY 12207; (518) 463-8644; fax(518) 463-8656. |
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