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The following reviews were posted to the H-Net Commons between
21 Sep 2020 and 28 Sep 2020.
Reviewed for H-War by David Zonderman
Yamin, Rebecca. _Archaeology at the Site of the Museum of the
American Revolution: A Tale of Two Taverns and the Growth of
Philadelphia_. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2018.
Illustrations. 160 pp. $19.95, ISBN 978-1-4399-1642-1.
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Dear H-Net Community,
Conference to be held in Venice, February 19-21, 2021
This conference will bring together academics and researchers from around the world to present current research on all aspects of epidemics in the Medieval and Early Modern periods (ca. 500-1800 C.E.), including:
Identification of historical epidemics
Contemporary and historical medical approaches
Effects of epidemics on historical populations
Social and cultural reactions to disease
Please submit abstracts for 20 minute presentations by October 15, 2020 to avianello@usf.edu
We are extending the deadline to submit proposals for a project examining historical intersections between disability and antislavery activism, both broadly defined. The goal of this edited volume is to revisit the history of antislavery movements with a focus on disability, thereby illuminating patterns and interactions that have been largely overlooked in cultural assumptions as well as scholarship.
WEBINAR SERIES | 2020-21 Mellon Sawyer Seminar - Humanitarianisms: Migrations and Care through the Global South | University of Washington
by The 500 Hundred Year Archive (FHYA)
Descriptions of life at uMgungundlovu in the 1830s based on accounts by Lunguza kaMpukane, Thununu kaNonjiya, Ngidi kaMcikaziswa, and Sivivi kaMaqungo, recorded in the early 1900s by the amateur historian, James Stuart. Stuart published them in a school reader, uKulumetule, in 1925.
NeMLA's 2021 convention is officially going virtual!
While we will miss seeing all of you in person next spring, we are excited to focus our energies into making the friendliest academic conference the best possible virtual conference.
Many factors played into this decision, the most important of which is the health and safety of our members. Please know that:
The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A. seeks applications to its doctoral program in Holocaust History and Genocide Studies. Applications from any country are welcome.