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ANN: H-Net academic announcements posted to the web 2014-04-22 - 2014-04-23

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Submitted by Donna Sinclair on Wednesday, April 23, 2014

ANN: H-Net academic announcements posted to the web 2014-04-22 -

2014-04-23

 

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM H-NET

 

The following announcements were posted to the H-Net web site between 2014-04-22 and 2014-04-23.

 

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    Title: CFP: Migration & Material Culture in the Modern World

    Location: Illinois

    Date: 2014-06-15

    Description: CFP: People & Things on the Move: Migration and

       Material Culture We seek papers for a workshop to be held May

       13-15, 2015 dedicated to exploring the relationship between

ANN: Lecture by Dr. Yasmín Detrés, “Transporte y Deposición del Polvo Sahariano en la Región del Caribe: Implicaciones para el Clima y la Salud”

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Submitted by Donna Sinclair on Wednesday, April 23, 2014

From: Humberto Garcia Muniz <hgarciamuniz@gmail.com>

CC14: Dra. Yasmín Detrés, *“Transporte y Deposición del Polvo Sahariano en

la Región del Caribe: Implicaciones para el Clima y la Salud”*

 

 Note: English translation follows.

 

El Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río

Piedras (UPR-RP), invita a la comunidad universitaria y al público en

general a la conferencia *“Transporte y deposición del polvo sahariano en

la región del Caribe: implicaciones para el clima y para la salud” *por la

Dra. Yasmín Detrés, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, UPR-Mayagūez.  La

Dra. Maritza Barreto, Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias

X-Post: Conference: The 3rd Annual Igbo Conference will take place at SOAS May 2-3

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Submitted by Donna Sinclair on Tuesday, April 22, 2014

X-Posted from H-Africa

Louisa Egbunike <le7@soas.ac.uk>

 

The 3rd Annual Igbo Conference will take place at SOAS May 2-3. This

year's theme is 'Igbo Heritage:Production, Diffusion and Legacy'.

 

Keynote Speaker: Douglas B Chambers is an associate professor of

history at the University of Southern Mississippi. Professor Chambers

is a cultural historian of "Atlantic Africa" with research interests

in the Igbo Diaspora and comparative slavery in the Americas. His

keynote address is entitled 'The Igbo Diaspora in the Era of the Slave

Trade: Historical and Cultural Connections'.

 

Featured Speakers: Chike Azuonye (Nigeria Art Society UK) will speak

Kimberly S. Hanger Article Prize

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Submitted by Sarah Franklin on Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Latin American and Caribbean Section of the Southern Historical Association

Kimberly S. Hanger Article Prize

 

The 2014 Kimberly S. Hanger Article Prize will be awarded to the best article appearing in 2013 in the fields of Latin American, Caribbean, American Borderlands and Frontiers, or Atlantic World history.  Authors must be or become LACS members at the time of submission.

 

Deadline: June 1, 2014

 

For Membership information, please see: http://ww2.tnstate.edu/lacs/

 

 

Send one electronic copy of the article to each to the following four prize committee members:

 

Murdo J. MacLeod Book Prize

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Submitted by Sarah Franklin on Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Latin American and Caribbean Section of the Southern Historical Association

Murdo J. MacLeod Book Prize

The 2014 Murdo J. MacLeod Book Prize will be awarded for the best book published in 2013 in the fields of Latin American, Caribbean, American Borderlands and Frontiers, or Atlantic World history.  Authors must be or become LACS members at the time of submission.

Please send a copy of the book to each committee member.

For Membership information, please see: http://ww2.tnstate.edu/lacs/

Deadline: June 1, 2014

Rachel Moore (Committee Chair)
Department of History and Geography

126 Hardin Hall

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