Xpost: Origins of "Jezebel"?
Melissa Gismondi posted this query at h-shear that I think would be of interest here:
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Scholarship on 19th-century songs of labour?
A student has expressed interest researching songs (and, I would imagine,
ballads, doggerels, rhymes, plays, ditties, poems and so on) by, in support
of, or generally reflecting, labour unions in the second half of the 19th
century. I am somewhat familiar with the topic, but (a) from the 1930s
and later and (b) from the perspective of primary sources. This student,
on the other hand, is interested in (a) the mid-to-late 19th century and
(b) she says she's chiefly interested at this phase in secondary
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-SAWH: 24 March - 31 March
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 24 March
2014 to 31 March 2014. These job postings are included here based on
the categories selected by the list editors for H-SAWH. See the
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information.
AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Albright College - Visiting Assistant Professor of History
<http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=48650>
H-AfrArts Feedback, Direction and Development
Dear H-AfrArts colleagues,
Three weeks in to the new H-Commons platform, we have noticed a drop in
contributions, so I would like to encourage you to write a line or two
about how you are finding it so far and what support, if any, you need
from our team of editors.
H-Commons is new to all of us, editors included, so this is a good
opportunity to share your ideas about how the network can develop and
grow further and become more useful to the African expressive arts
community world-wide.
Call for Book Proposals: FSMW Deadline Extended
It’s not too late to submit your proposal for the 2014 Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World author workshop. We have extended the deadline to April 15, 2014, and invite submissions from authors with first-book projects in folklore broadly construed. This year’s workshop will be held November 5 as part of the American Folklore Society’s annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Please see our submission guidelines and contact us if you have any questions.
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-HOAC: 24 March - 31 March
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 24 March
2014 to 31 March 2014. These job postings are included here based on
the categories selected by the list editors for H-HOAC. See the H-Net
Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.
AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Albright College - Visiting Assistant Professor of History
<http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=48650>
Incarnate Spirits in US and UK
In the spirit of previous posts in which colleagues asked for information about resources of various kinds -- and in the light of Dan Reed's paper at the Triennial and the appearance of Oscar Mokeme -- let us share information about masquerade performers in the US and UK either resident or visiting. It might help them get "gigs" -- and it might help us with programming to give our audiences an African experience.
SEMINAR: Dissolution of Politics of Politeness, 4/8
On Tuesday, April 8, Steve Bullock—professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute—will present a seminar titled: “Revolutionary Passages: The Dissolution of the Politics of Politeness.” This seminar series is co-sponsored by the history departments of Brown University, Clark University, and the University of Connecticut. Professor Bullock has provided the following précis of his talk:
TALK: “Revolutionary Passages: The Dissolution of the Politics of Politeness.” Steven C. Bullock
On Tuesday, April 8, Steven C. Bullock—professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute—will present a seminar titled: “Revolutionary Passages: The Dissolution of the Politics of Politeness.” This seminar series is co-sponsored by the history departments of Brown University, Clark University, and the University of Connecticut. Professor Bullock has provided the following précis of his talk:
March Oral History Review posts on OUPblog
Our March 28th OUPblog contribution features Abbie Reese's photos and podcast, where we featured her new book, Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns. Here’s its URL:
https://blog.oup.com/2014/03/oral-history-collective-memory-community-cloistered-nuns/
On 3/14, Alisa Del Tufo wrote a piece for us about the Threshold Collaborative. What's the Threshold Collaborative? Click below and find out.
CFP: The First World War and its Aftermath: The Shaping of the Middle East
CALL FOR PAPERS:
‘The First World War and its Aftermath: The Shaping of the Middle East’
CFP - "The Center Cannot Hold?" Political Geometries in the Polycentric City, AAA, Dec 2014
Forwarded from H-Announce
AAA CfP: "The Center Cannot Hold?" Political Geometries in the Polycentric City
Please find below our call for papers for an invited session at the AAA meeting in Washington DC this December.
We invite papers submitted by anthropologists and colleagues from neighbouring disciplines. We look forward to receiving your abstracts (maximum 250 words) by Friday 4th April. Please email proposals to:
Jobs - Forwarded from H-net Jobs
Forwarded from H-net jobs
ARABIC HISTORY / STUDIES
College of Charleston - Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic
<http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=48646>
ART AND ART HISTORY
Context Travel - Freelance docents to lead intellectual walking
tours, Amsterdam and Prague
Prize - AIT-Art in Translation Student Prize 2014
Forwarded from H-Announce
AIT-Art in Translation Student Prize 2014
To expand our advisory network, to locate texts that lie outside the Western canon, and to engage young scholars in its project, the editors of Art in Translation are offering an annual prize of £250 for the best recommendation of a text worthy of translation and publication.
The competition is open to registered university students of art history or related disciplines, either undergraduate or postgraduate.
H-Net academic announcements posted to the web 2014-03-28 - 2014-03-31
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM H-NET
The following announcements were posted to the H-Net web site
between 2014-03-28 and 2014-03-31.
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Title: Call for applications: Phd students
Date: 2014-05-15
Description: Call for Applications The Bayreuth International
Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), funded since 2007
by the German Research Foundation as part of the Excellence
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Announce: 24 March - 31 March
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 24 March
CFP: Diverse Regions: Building Resilient Communities & Territories, June 2014 Turkey- Deadline 6 April
Regional Studies Association European Conference 2014
Diverse Regions:
Building Resilient Communities & Territories
Monday 16th-Wednesday 18th June 2014
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Business Izmir, Turkey
NJ History Presentations Available for Spring & Summer Programs!
Is your history organization looking for speakers for coming spring and summer programs?
I have several talks available:
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