Activities of Members

Allan Bérubé, an independent scholar in San Francisco, has received a 1996 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his work on the experiences of working class people and the intersections of gender roles, cultural expectations, work conditions, and politics in their lives.

David W. Blight, Amherst College, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for his project, "Reunion and Race: the Civil War in American Memory, 1870-1915."

Laura J. Briggs, Brown University, has won a Woodrow Wilson-Johnson & Johnson Dissertation Grant for her proposed dissertation, "Reform, Medicine, and Empire: Puerto Rico and the Development of Birth Control and Social Hygiene in the U.S., 1910-1960."

President Clinton has named Nicholas C. Burckel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

George Austin Chauncey, Jr., University of Chicago, has been awarded a National Humanities Center Fellowship for his project, "American Culture and the Making of the Modern Gay World, 1935-1975."

David R. Colburn, Gainesville, Florida, has received a Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History for his co-authorship of the book, The African American Heritage of Florida.

Patrick T. Conley, Professor Emeritus of History at Providence College, attorney, real estate developer, and life member of the OAH has been inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in recognition of his many books and articles on Rhode Island History and his chairmanship of several statewide public historical observances including the bicentennials of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Bruce Craig is the new Executive Director of the National Park Trust, a Washington, D.C. based land conservancy.

Robin L. Einhorn, University of California, Berkeley, has won a 1996 John Simon Guggenheim award for her project, "Taxation and politics in United States history."

Michael Fellman was a finalist for Gettysburg College's 1996 Lincoln Prize for his book, Citizen Sherman (Random House).

David Foglesong, Rutgers University, has received the university's Board of Trustees Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence.

Joanne Barrie Freeman, University of Virginia, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for her project, "Affairs of Honor: Political Combat and Political Character in the Early Republic."

Gerald H. Gamm, University of Rochester, received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for 1996-97 to pursue his project, "Party Leadership and the Emergence of the Modern Senate, 1869-1937."

GaWaNi Pony Boy was invited by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to close the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

William Gillette, East Brunswick, New Jersey, has received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History for his book, Jersey Blue: Civil War Politics in New Jersey.

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded a 1996 John Simon Guggenheim award and a National Humanities Center Fellowship for her project, "Reticence and Reclamation: Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin and the Refashioning of Southern Identity."

The Kentucky Historical Society presented its annual Richard H. Collins Award to Robert M. Ireland for his essay, "The Politics of the Elective Judiciary During the Period of Kentucky's Third Constitution," which appeared in the autumn 1995 issue of The Register, the society's quarterly journal.

Wendy Anne Kline, University of California, Davis, has won a Woodrow Wilson-Johnson & Johnson Dissertation Grant for her proposed dissertation, "'These Moron Girls are Extremely Prolific': Gender, Eugenics, and the Medicalization of Sexual Deviance in America, 1885-1952."

Allan Kulikoff, Northern Illinois University, has won a 1996 John Simon Guggenheim award for his project, "The American Yeoman Classes from the Revolution to the Civil War."

Barbara E. Lacey, St. Joseph College, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for her project, "Religious Imagery Transformed: The Eighteenth-Century American Illustrated Imprint."

Harold D. Langley's History of Medicine in the Early U.S. Navy (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press) has won a 1995 John Lyman Book Award in the science and technology category.

Jackson Lears, Rutgers University, received a 1996-97 Winterhur Fellowship to continue work on a book on "Luck in the American Imagination."

Charles H. Lesser, Columbia, South Carolina, has received a Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History for his accomplishments in writing South Carolina history.

Martha Jeanne McNamara, Boston University, has received a J. Paul Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art and the Humanities for her project, "Disciplining Justice: Massachusetts Courthouses and the Architecture of Professionalization, 1750-1850."

Frederic M. Miller and Howard Gillette, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland, have received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History for their book, Washington Seen: A Photographic History.

Philip D. Morgan, Florida State University, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for his project, "The World of an Anglo-Jamaican in the Eighteenth Century." He will also be a John Carter Brown Library Research Fellow for 1996-97, working on his project, "A Regional Interpretation of Early America: The Caribbean ca. 1450-1800."

Ben Mutschler, Columbia University, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for his project, "Cultures of Sickness, Cultures of Health: Illness in New England, 1690-1820." He also will be a John Carter Brown Library Research Fellow for 1996-97.

David Paul Nord, Indiana University, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for his project, "The Religious Roots of Mass Media in America, 1800-1860."

Geoffrey Plank, University of Cincinnati, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for his project, "The Culture of Conquest: Acadia or Nova Scotia in the British Colonial Imagination, 1690-1759."

James Pritchard's Anatomy of a Naval Disaster: The 1746 French Expedition to North America (McGill-Queen's University Press) has won a 1995 John Lyman Book Award in the Canadian maritime category.

Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography, by David S. Reynolds, the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, has won the Bancroft Prize as well as the Ambassador Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

John Rohrbach has been promoted to the position of associate curator of photographs at the Amon Carter Museum.

Dorothy Ross, The Johns Hopkins University, received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for 1996-97 to pursue her project, "What Are Our Social Responsibilities? Debates About Social Ethics in the United States, 1865 to Present."

The Hunt for Willie Boy: Indian-hating and Popular Culture (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994), by James A. Sandos, University of Redlands, and Larry E. Burgess, has been named an Outstanding Book on the subject of human rights by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America.

Michael Sappol, Columbia University, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for his project, "Singing the Body Electric."

Ann Schofield, University of Kansas, received a 1996-97 Winterhur Fellowship to develop a book on "Respectability in Turn-of-the-Century America."

Carlos A. Schwantes, Boise, Idaho, has received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History for his writings and work on Pacific Northwest history.

Barbara Sicherman, Trinity College, Hartford, has won a 1996 John Simon Guggenheim award for her project, "Reading, Gender, and Identity in American Culture, 1860-1917."

John Y. Simon will deliver the fifth annual Frank L. Klement Lecture at Marquette University on September 16, 1996. His topic will be "Grant and Halleck: Contrasts in Military Command." For information about the lecture, or about purchasing a copy of the published lecture, contact James Marten of the History Department, Marquette University.

Holly Snyder, Brandeis University, has been awarded a John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowship for 1996-97 for her project, "A Sense of Place: Jews, Identity and Social Status in Colonial British America."

Theodore Steinberg, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Newark, has won a 1996 John Simon Guggenheim award for his project, "The Response to Natural Disasters in American History."

Barbara Tomblin, Mendham, New Jersey, has received a New Jersey Historical Commission grant to support an oral history project on students of the New Jersey College for Women who served during World War II in the military, the American Red Cross, or the USO.

George L. Vogt, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, is the new director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Penny Marie Von Eschen, University of Iowa, has been awarded a National Humanities Center Fellowship for her project, "'Satchmo Blows Up the World': Jazz, Race and Empire in the Age of the Cold War."

Rachel M. Wheeler, Yale University, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for her project, "Forgotten Conversation: The Indian-European Negotiation of Religion in the Eighteenth-Century Northeast."

Wayne A. Wiegand, University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies, has won the 1996 Justin Winsor Award given annually by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association for his essay, "The Amherst Method: The Origins of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme."

Sergei I. Zhuk, Dniepropetrovsk University, Ukraine, has been awarded an American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for his project, "Brothers in Divorce: Quakers' Attitudes toward Sectarian Religious Groups of Early America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries."

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announces new collaborative research grants for up to three years of support for original, full- or part-time research undertaken by two or more scholars and projects coordinated by individual scholars, which because of their scope, complexity, or duration, cannot be accomplished through one-year fellowships. Eligible activities include the editing of works or documents that are of value to humanities scholars and general readers and have been either previously inaccessible or available only in inadequate editions; translating into English works that provide insight into the history, literature, philosophy, and scientific and artistic achievements of other cultures; basic research in the humanities especially research that promises to break new ground or offer fresh perspectives; and research conferences designed to advance the state of research in a field or topic of major importance in the humanities. Deadline for applications is September 1, 1996. Information and application guidelines and forms are available at the NEH website www.neh.fed.us or by contacting the program office. Division of Research and Education Programs, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 606-8210; research@neh.fed.us.

Researchers in national politics, government, or related topics, especially in the 1970s, can apply for travel grants up to $2000 to use Gerald R. Ford Library collections. Deadlines are September 15 and March 15 of each year. For collections advice and grant information, contact Geir Gunderson, Grants Coordinator, Gerald R. Ford Library, 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; (313) 741-2218; fax (313) 741-2341; library@fordlib.nara.gov.

Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program, funded by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, is intended to support advanced work in New York State history, government, or public policy, particularly by applicants working on doctoral dissertations and those at the postdoctoral level. Application forms available at www.sara.nysed.gov and from Jill A. Rydberg, Archives Partnership Trust, Cultural Education Center, Room 9C49, Albany, NY 12230; (518) 473-7091; fax (518) 473-7058. Deadline is September 30, 1996.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars offers approximately 35 residential fellowships. Where appropriate, fellows are associated with one of the center's seven programs, which include Historical, Cultural, and Literary Studies and United States Studies. Deadline is October 1, 1996. Application forms are available from the Fellowships Office, The Woodrow Wilson Center, 1000 Jefferson Drive, S.W., SI MRC 022, Washington, DC 20560; (202) 357-2841; fax (202) 357-4439; wcfellow@sivm.si.edu; wwics.si.edu.

American Society for Environmental History offers the following prizes, each of which has a deadline of October 1, 1996. For the George Perkins Marsh Prize, which recognizes the best recently published book in environmental history, publishers should submit copies of their nominated 1995-96 books to James Sherow, Department of History, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; to Christine Rosen, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1900; and to John D. Wirth, Box 1924, Santa Fe, NM 87504. For the Alice Hamilton Prize, which honors the best article in the field of environmental history published in a journal other than Environmental History, journal editors or authors should submit copies of nominated 1995-96 articles to Margaret Bogue, 1914 Vilas Avenue, Madison, WI 53711; John McNeill, Department of History, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057; and Susan Rhoades Neel, Department of History, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717. For the Rachel Carson Prize, which recognizes the best Ph.D. dissertation in the field of environmental history, copies of 1995-96 dissertations and an accompanying letter from dissertation advisor should be sent by author or department to Andrew Hurley, Department of History, University of Missouri-SL, St. Louis, MO 63121; Rebecca Conrad, Department of History, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0045; and Christopher Hill, Department of History, University of Colorado, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918-3733.

American Antiquarian Society is now accepting applications for three fellowships for pre-20th century historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, and journalists. Fellowships will be awarded for residence of four to eight weeks at the Society for any time between January 1 and December 31, 1997. Deadline is October 7, 1996. Contact John B. Hench, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634; (508) 752-5813 or 755-5221.

Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities offers several post-doctoral fellowships, with stipends of $30,000, for the academic year 1997-98; applicants must have received the Ph.D. between January 1, 1991, and July 1, 1997. Application forms available from Director, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Mail Code 5700, Columbia University, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. Deadline is October 15, 1996.

National Humanities Center fellowships for the academic year (a few are awarded for the fall or spring semesters) are available for scholars holding the Ph.D. or having equivalent professional accomplishments. Stipends are individually determined; applicants who do not require funding are welcome to apply for non-stipendiary fellowships. Application materials available from National Humanities Center, P.O. Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2256; or by e-mail at nhc@uncecs.edu. Deadline is October 15, 1996.

Pew Program in Religion and American History at Yale University announces a fellowship and research grant competition for historians entering the college and university teaching profession whose scholarship stresses interrelationships between religion and American history in any era and region from 1600 to 1980. Deadline is October 18, 1996. Applications available from the Pew Program in Religion and American History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208287 (320 Temple Street), New Haven, CT 06520-8287.

American Philosophical Society makes grants towards the cost of scholarly research in all areas of knowledge except those where support by government or corporate enterprise is more appropriate. Projects likely to culminate in scholarly publications are preferred. Grants cover travel to the objects of research, purchase of photoreproductions of documents, and consumable professional supplies not available at the applicant's institution. Deadline for decision by mid-February is November 1, 1996. Written requests for forms must indicate eligibility (Applicant must have had doctorate for one year; foreign nationals applying from abroad must state precisely what objects of research only available in the U.S. need to be consulted), specify area of research, state proposed use of grant funds, and include a self-addressed mailing label. Contact Committee on Research, American Philosophical Society, 104 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387.

Graduate Center Foundation, Inc., at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York announces the Martin Duberman Fellowship in Lesbian and Gay Studies. Deadline is November 15, 1996. Strong preference will be given to those working on subject matter relating to areas of the world other than the United States or Western Europe, though an applicant doing work on indigenous people, e.g., Native Americans, would be given preference. Contact Bernd Brecher, Executive Director of the Graduate Center Foundation, the CUNY Graduate School, 33 West 42nd Street, Room 1701B; (212) 642-2021.

Stanford Humanities Center will offer up to six external fellowships for 1997-98 for senior and junior scholars, ranging from $27,500 to $40,000, plus a housing and travel subsidy. Application materials and further information may be obtained from the Stanford Humanities Center, Mariposa House, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8630; (415) 723-3052; fax (415) 723-1895. Deadline is November 15, 1996.

Immigration History Society announces competition for the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award ($750) and invites applications from any Ph.D. candidate who will have completed qualifying exams by December 1, 1996, and whose thesis focuses on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history. Applicants must submit a 3-5 page descriptive proposal (discussing the significance of the work, the methodology, sources, and collections to be consulted), a proposed budget, a brief c.v., and a supporting letter from the major advisor. Deadline is December 15, 1996. Send in triplicate hardcopy (no faxes accepted) to Professor Thomas Dublin, Department of History, SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000; tdublin@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu or (717) 663-2339.

The DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research at the National Institutes of Health invites applications for the Stetten Memorial Fellowship in the history of twentieth-century biomedical sciences and technology. The fellowship supports either one year of dissertation research or up to one full year of postdoctoral work for a fellow in residence at the museum. Deadline is December 16, 1996. For application materials, write to: Ms. Lois Kochanski, Executive Director, Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc., 1 Cloister Court, Bethesda, MD 20814-1460.

William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies in the Department of History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas welcomes applications for the Clements Research Fellowship in Southwestern Studies and the Summerlee Research Fellowship in the field of Texas history. Applicants should send a c.v., description of their research project, sample chapter or extract, and three letters of reference. Contact David J. Weber, Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Department of History, SMU, Dallas, TX 75275. Deadline is January 15, 1997.

Louisiana Historical Association announces the 1996 competition for the best graduate-level, unpublished, article-length essay on Louisiana or related topic, which is based on original research. Deadline is January 15, 1997. Essays should be submitted in triplicate to Mr. Glenn R. Conrad, Secretary-Treasurer, Louisiana Historical Association, P.O. Box 42808, Lafayette, LA 70504-2808.

Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, in cooperation with the American Jewish Committee, announces a new one-year, $18,000 fellowship for a graduate student in American Jewish women's history, who is in the concluding stages of his or her dissertation. Deadline is February 1, 1997. Contact Dr. Murray Friedman, 117 S. 17th Street, Suite 1010, Philadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 665-2300; fax (215) 665-8737.

Quaker Collection of Haverford College announces the availability of three $1500 Gest Fellowships for one month of research using Quaker Collection materials to study a topic that explores the connections and relationships between various ways of expressing religious belief in the world. The fellowships, which are available for dissertation research, post-graduate or social activist study, may be used for any one-month period between June 1, 1997, and January 31, 1998. Application deadline is February 3, 1997. Contact Ann W. Upton, Quaker Collection, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041.

James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation awards James Madison Fellowships to in-service secondary school teachers of American history, American government, and social studies in grades 7-12 and to graduating or graduated collegians who wish to become secondary school teachers of the same subjects. The awards of up to $24,000 cover tuition, fees, books, room, and board associated with study leading to master's degrees in American history, political science, or education with concentrations in the framing, principles, and history of the U.S. Constitution. Stipends cover five years of part-time study by teachers or two years of full-time study by recent baccalaureates. Deadline is March 1, 1997. Contact James Madison Fellowship Program, P.O. Box 4030, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030; 1-800-525-6928; fax (319) 337-1204; recogprog@act-act4-po.act.org.

Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) announces its third biennial competition for the best published article dealing with any aspect of U.S. history in the period 1865-1917. The article must have appeared in journals dated 1995 or 1996. Eligibility is open to any graduate student or individual with a doctorate awarded after 1987, who has not yet published a book. Send a letter addressing author's eligibility along with three copies of article to Professor Nina Mjagkij, Chair, SHGAPE Article Prize Committee, Department of History, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306. Deadline for the 1998 prize is December 1, 1997.

Telluride Association announces travel and research fellowships available for graduate students in the history of education with an interest in the writings and educational projects of American industrialist Lucien L. Nunn (1853-1925). Rolling deadline. Contact Telluride Association, Attn: Archival Research Fellowship Committee, 217 West Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850.

CALLS FOR PAPERS

British Association for American Studies welcomes paper, panel, workshop, and roundtable debate proposals for its conference, "Reconstructing America," April 4-7, 1997, at the University of Birmingham. Topics might include the reconstruction of disciplines and interdisciplinary studies; the relationship between history and memory in studies of the American past; and cross-Atlantic and cross-border perspectives on the United States. Send one-page abstracts of proposed papers by September 1, 1996, to Liam Kennedy, Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaton, Birgmingham, B15 2TT, England.

Southern Association for Women Historians invites proposals for the fourth Southern Conference on Women's History to be held June 12-14, 1997, at The College of Charleston in South Carolina. Proposals are welcome from all parts of the country. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope or postcard. Contact Professor Jane Turner Censer, Department of History, MSN3G1, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444; (703) 993-1250. Deadline is September 15, 1996.

Institute of Early American History and Culture will sponsor its third annual conference, June 5-7, 1997, in central North Carolina. Individual submissions should include a proposal of not more than three pages and a shortform c.v.; proposals for panels should be submitted in one packet by the designated organizer with a shortform c.v. for each presenter and a page concerning each presentation. Ten copies of each proposal should be sent to Professor Peter H. Wood, IEAHC Meeting, Department of History, 208 Carr Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0719, by September 20, 1996.

Groupe de Recherche et d'Etudes Nord-Américaines welcomes proposals for its next annual meeting, "Travels and Travellers," to be held March 21-23, 1997. Papers may be presented in French or English in the fields of literature, history, and culture. Deadline is October 1, 1996. Contact Serge Ricard or Gérard Hugues, IRMA, Université de Provence 29, Avenue Robert-Schuman 13621, Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1, France; irma@aixup.univ-aix.fr or ricard@newsup.univ-mrs.fr.

The Program Committee of the Southern Historical Association invites proposals for sessions and papers for its 1997 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, November 5-8. Sessions should consist of two papers. Proposals should include a concise summary of the content, thesis, and significance of each paper, a brief c.v. for each participant, and a cover sheet listing title of session or paper and the names and institutional affiliations of participants. Deadline is October 1, 1996. Contact Lacy K. Ford, Chair, SHA Program Committee, Department of History, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208; fax (803) 777-4494.

Great Lakes American Studies Association's annual conference, "Trans-National, National, and Regional Cultures in an International Age," will be held March 7-8, 1997, at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Send three copies of proposals to Professor Sherry Linkon, Coordinator, American Studies Program, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555-3415; fax (330) 742-2304. Deadline is October 15, 1996. For more information, contact Professor Sherry Linkon, (330) 742-1951, sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu; or Professor Casey Blake, (812) 855-0001, blake@indiana.edu.

Proposals for the Third Annual Conference of the Western Jewish Studies Association, to be held April 6-8, 1997, at the University of Arizona, are due by October 15, 1996. The theme of the conference is "Women in Jewish Life and Culture." Send five one-page abstracts and c.v. to Esther Fuchs, Program Chair, Judaic Studies Program, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210080, Tucson, AZ 85721-0080.

North American Society for Sport History will hold its 25th annual conference at Springfield College, Massachusetts, May 23-26, 1997. Anyone interested in organizing a session or presenting a paper should submit abstracts for review by October 15, 1996, to Patricia Vertinsky, University of British Columbia, Educational Studies, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada; (604) 822-5359; fax (604) 822-4244; vertinsk@unixg.ubc.ca.

Proposals for papers and sessions in all areas of history are welcome for the 40th Annual Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March 6-8, 1997. Proposals, accompanied by a one-page abstract and c.v., should be sent by October 15, 1996, to Lorraine Gesick, Program Chair, MVHC, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68102.

Paper and session proposals are welcomed for the "Cincinnati Symposium on Computers and History: The Future of History in the Electronic Age" to be held May 2-3, 1997, at the University of Cincinnati. The conference organizers encourage proposals on all topics concerning the application of computer technologies to historical endeavors. One-page abstracts should be sent by October 31, 1996. Contact Dennis A. Trinkle, Department of History, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0373; trinklds@uc.edu.

As part of the Western Social Science Association's 39th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 23-26, 1997, the Rural Studies Section calls for proposals by November 1, 1996. Panels and papers on any aspect of rural or agricultural history are welcome. For details, contact Brooks Flippen, Social Sciences Department, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK 74701; (405) 924-0121; fax (405) 920-7475.

Ohio Academy of History seeks papers, and especially panels from all fields of history for its annual spring conference, 4-5 April 1997, at Malone College in Canton, Ohio. Send abstracts of proposal to Lowell J. Satre, Department of History, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555; (330) 742-1608; fax (330) 742-2304. Deadline is November 1, 1996.

Pennsylvania Historical Association invites proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, and workshops on any aspect of the history of the Mid-Atlantic region and/or Pennsylvania for its annual meeting, November 7-8, 1997, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Paper proposals should include a one-page abstract of the paper and one-page c.v. Other submissions should include this information for each participant, as well as a one-page description of the proposed session. Deadline is November 15, 1996. Contact Rosalind Remer, Department of History, Moravian College, 1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018-6650; fax (610) 861-3980; mernr01@moravian.edu.

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) will meet July 4-7, 1997, at the University of Cambridge. Deadline for proposals for individual papers or full panels is November 20, 1996. All participants, including presenters, will be expected to pay their own expenses, including registration fee; so please submit proposals only if you can arrange for your own funding. Contact The Acting Secretary, SHARP Conference Programme Committee, 51 Sherlock Close, Cambridge CB3 0HP, United Kingdom.

"Modernism and Technology, 1900-1945," is the subject of the 1997 Hagley Fellows Conference at the Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on March 7, 1997. Papers should examine topics related to modernism and technology; comparative and international papers are welcome. Send two copies of the paper, a one-page abstract, and a c.v. by December 1, 1996, to Shepherd W. McKinley, Department of History, 401 Ewing Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-2547; (302) 831-2371; fax (302) 831-1538; shepmck@brahms.udel.edu.

Oral History Association invites proposals for its September 25-28, 1997, annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The theme of the conference is "Looking In, Looking Out: Retelling the Past, Envisioning the Future." We invite proposals that demonstrate how the use of oral sources has led to creative reexamination of any aspect of modern history. Include a title and one-page description of the issues and questions papers will address, and the names, affiliations, short c.v., mailing address, and phone number of each presenter, including convener and suggested commentator. Deadline is December 10, 1996. OHA policy prevents those who have presented papers at the 1996 annual meeting from doing so in 1997. Contact Alphine W. Jefferson, Department of History, College of Wooster, OH 44691; (330) 263-2452; fax (330) 263-2614; aljefferson@acs.wooster.edu; or contact Steven J. Novak, UCLA Oral History Program, UCLA 157511, Los Angeles, CA 90095; (310) 825-7524; fax (310) 206-2796; sjnovak@library.ucla.edu.

Mid-America American Studies Association invites proposals for sessions and papers on a lively variety of topics in American Studies. MAASA is particularly interested in proposals dealing with "American Studies and Everyday Life," looking for papers that illuminate the beliefs and behavior of ordinary people, and for contemporary Americans who are not academics. Abstracts of papers (1-2 pages) should be sent by December 15, 1996, to James J. Farrell, American Studies, St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057; farrellj@stolaf.edu.

On April 3-6, 1997, the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center will host "Forms of Desire: The Seventh Annual Queer Graduate Studies Conference." Papers (8-10 pages), abstracts, or panel proposals in history, philosophy, literature, art, music, and other fields should be sent by December 20, 1996, to The Forms of Desire Planning Committee, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, 33 W. 42nd Street, Room 404N, New York, NY 10036; fodquny@aol.com.

An informal consortium of Mennonite historical societies invites papers and proposals for the conference, "One People, Many Stories: Comparing Mennonite Experiences in the United States and Canada through the Twentieth Century," at Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, British Columbia, on October 23-25, 1997. Deadline is January 10, 1997. Contact Perry Bush, co-Chair, Planning Committee, History Department, Bluffton College, 280 W. College Avenue, Bluffton, OH 45817; (419) 358-3278; bushp@bluffton.edu.

Program committee of the 33rd annual meeting of the Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Biology and Medicine, April 11-12, 1997, at Yale University School of Medicine, invites proposal abstracts of no more than 300 words on all aspects of the history of biology, medicine, and the life sciences. Deadline is January 31, 1997. Contact Joint Atlantic Seminar 1997, c/o Section of the History of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, L132 Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510; (203) 785-4338; josephdg@biomed.med.yale.edu.

Papers are invited for the symposium, "Chicago and the Midwest in the Civil War Era," at the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL, September 26-27, 1997. Submit four copies of abstract, along with c.v., to Program Committee, National Archives-Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629; (312) 581-7816; fax (312) 353-1294; archives@chicago.nara.gov. Deadline is April 1, 1997.

Newsletter of Marxist Literature, a new publication, seeks book reviews and scholarly as well as more popular articles of a journalistic nature about present day Marxism or historical Marxism, as well as about Marx and Engels and the history of their period. Contact Rhett Moran, Editor, 1980 65th Street 3D, Brooklyn, NY 11204; (718) 331-5960; fax (718) 331-4997. No deadline given.

Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly invites submissions for its 20th Anniversary issues, to appear in 1997. Submit two copies of 2,500- to 7,500-word manuscripts on any theoretical, generic, historical, or cultural aspect of lifewriting—especially those that extend the range of biography, autobiography, hagiography, oral and group history into other fields and disciplines—to the Center for Biographical Research, c/o Department of English, 1733 Donaghho Road, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822; (808) 956-3774; biograph@hawaii.edu. No deadline given.

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) is launching a new scholarly journal, Book History. Articles dealing with any part of the American hemisphere or the Middle East should be submitted (hardcopy and WordPerfect diskette) to Professor Ezra Greenspan, Department of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; those on other parts of the world to Prof. Jonathan Rose, Department of History, Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940. No deadline given.

National Social Science Association is now accepting proposals for the fall national meeting to be held November 13-15 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This national conference will feature papers, discussions, workshops, and symposia in all social science disciplines. Send or fax your proposal with a 25-word abstract to NSSA New Orleans Meeting, 2020 Hills Lake Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020-1018; fax (619) 258-7636; (619) 449-4709. No deadline given.

Routledge is launching of a new international journal, Rethinking History - The Journal of Theory and Practice, devoted to encouraging debate on the accepted methods of studying history. Papers will include those which address theoretical issues such as the linguistic turn, as well as "real" practical historical pieces. Publication details: ISSN 1364-2529; first issue due July 1997. Contact Dr. Alun Munslow, Editor, Rethinking History, Historical Studies, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DE, United Kingdom; artam@staffs.ac.uk. Free sample copies available on publication from Routledge Journals, 29 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10001-2299; info.journals@routledge.com. No deadline given.

The Instituto de Historia de Cuba, and the Workers' Cuban Confederation (CTC), invites institutions, historians, scholars, professionals of information, and interested persons to participate in the Second Scientific Workshop on May Day which will be held in our venue on April 28-30, 1997. Our objective is to encourage reflection on and debate about workers, their past, and challenges at present on the threshold of the 21st century. In addition to the central theme of workers (in and outside of Cuba), papers on a wide variety of topics are acceptable. Both Spanish and English will be the official languages. Contact Dr. Luis H. Serrano Perez, Instituto de Historia de Cuba, Palacio Aldama, Amistad No. 510, e/ Reina y Estrella, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. No deadline given.

MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

American Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting, "The Place of History, the History of Place," will be held at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza in Nashville, Tennessee, September 11-14, 1996. Contact Susan Goodsell at (615) 255-2971 or aaslh@nashvill.net.

Fordham University School of Law will be holding a symposium on "Fidelity in Constitutional Theory" on September 20-21, 1996. One of the panels, "Fidelity Through History," includes Jack Rakove, Akhil Amar, Christopher Eisgruber, and Larry Kramer. Contact Helen Herman, Director of Academic Programs, Fordham University School of Law, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023; (212) 636-6885; fax (212) 636-6984; hherman@mail.lawnet.fordham.edu.

"Capitalism and Slavery Fifty Years later: Eric Williams and the Post-Colonial Caribbean," an international conference, will be held September 24-28, 1996, at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. For registration and conference information, contact Professor Selwyn H. H. Carrington, Department of History, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; 1-809-663-2222, ext. 2022; fax 1-809-663-9684; United States contact is E. Connell, (305) 271-7246; fax (305) 271-4160.

Sixth Annual Oil History Conference at Titusville and Oil City, Pennsylvania, will be September 27-28, 1996. Contact Sixth Annual Oil Heritage Conference, Oil Heritage Region, Inc., P.O. Box 128, Oil City, PA 16301; (814) 677-3152.

Oral History Association Annual Meeting will be held in Philadelphia, October 10-13, 1996, at the Holiday Inn Select Center City. The meeting's theme will be "Oral History, Memory, and the Sense of Place." Among the featured speakers are Robin D. G. Kelley and Spencer Crew. Contact the Oral History Association, P.O. Box 97234, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7234; (817) 755-2764; fax (817) 755-1571; oha_support@baylor.edu.

The annual fall conference of the New England Historical Association meets at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island on October 19, 1996. Their next annual conference will be on April 26, 1997, at Northeastern University in Boston, and the deadline for proposals is January 15, 1997. Contact Professor James Leamon, Department of History, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240.

The semiannual meeting of the New England Archivists will be held on October 25-26, 1996, at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island. The theme emphasizes strategies for career management, dealing with change, and the human resource aspects of the profession. Contact Dave Maslyn, Special Collections, Library, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881; (401) 874-2594.

Mystic Seaport Museum will sponsor its seventeenth annual symposium on New England maritime history, November 2, 1996. Five topics of various regional maritime interest will be presented. Contact William N. Peterson, Curator, Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT 06355-0990.

American Studies Program at Michigan State University is sponsoring the Fall Festival of the American Arts. Scheduled for November 13-16, l996, the festival will focus on "What is an American?: Changing Faces of Identity in American Life," and will include a national academic conference and special museum, musical and theatrical events. For more information about conference registration, contact Michigan State University American Studies Program at (517) 353-9821; amstudys@pilot.msu.edu; or http://atl46.atl.msu.edu/ams/ams.html.

First Annual Dallas Conference on the Death of John F. Kennedy will be held November 21-23 at the Grand Hotel, Dallas, Texas. Contact Debra Conway, JFK Lancer Publications, 25172 Calle Pradera, Lake Forest, CA 92630; (714) 699-2744; jfklancr@exo.com. For more information on participants and presentation topics, contact George Michael Evica, 107 North Beacon Street, Hartford, CT 06105; (860) 232-9673; evica@uhavax.hartford.edu.

In 1997 Lincoln Memorial University will celebrate its centennial. As part of this celebration, on April 10-12, 1997, the Abraham Lincoln Museum will host a symposium entitled, "Lincoln and His Contemporaries." Contact the Abraham Lincoln Museum, Box 2006 Harrogate, TN 37752; (423) 869-6235; lmuseum@centuryinter.net.

"Out of New Babylon: The Huguenot and Their Diaspora," is an international conference to commemorate the tricentennial of the 1697 Huguenot Naturalization Act in South Carolina. The meeting will be held May 15-17, 1997, at the University of Charleston. Contact Randy J. Sparks, History Department, 66 George Street, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424-0001; (803) 953-8273; sparksr@cofc.edu.

Washington Women Historians group invites new members. Open to all women interested in issues of history, not just professional historians or those studying women's history, the group meets six times a year to discuss works in progress, exchange notes, and provide intellectual solidarity. Graduate students are particularly welcome. For information write: Sarah Larson, 1668 Wainwright Drive, Reston, VA 20190; (703) 742-0578.