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Kentucky Historical Society Research Fellowship Fall Deadline October 1, 2021

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is seeking applications for the KHS research fellowship program for the fall 2021 cycle. The program provides funding for academic researchers whose projects focus on Kentucky or larger regional-related topics. Time periods are open - researchers have used the Kentucky Historical Society's archival holdings to shed light on a vast array of topics, including resistance and slavery, politics, medical history and addiction, religion, activism, early frontier, and environmentalism and economic development.

Webinar - ‘Publishing Smart’: How to Position Your Publications to Further Your Career - July 28

Decisions you make about where and how to publish your work drive the impact that your research has in academia and beyond. By planning properly, the publishing decisions you make now can support and bolster your career trajectory in the years to come. 

I invite you to join us for a conversation with Anna-Lise Santella and Abby Gross, heads of acquisition at Oxford University Press, to explore how you can ‘publish smart’ to maximize the exposure, recognition, and influence you need to advance your career. 

July 28 at 2:30PM UK time/ 9:30AM EDT on Zoom.

Bodies in Crises - CfP AAS conference, Honolulu 2022

Dear H-Labor Subscribers

Please see below for a CfP for the Association for Asian Studies Conference which will take place on March 24-27 next year in Honolulu.

With best wishes,

Beata

 

Panel proposal for the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference

March 24-27, 2022, Honolulu, Hawai’i

Convenor: Beata Świtek, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen

 

CFP for CHSTM Online Energy History Working Group, 2021-2022

Hello,

Apologies in advance for cross-posting.

The Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Working Groups brings together scholars from around the world to share their works-in-progress on specialized topics in the history of science, technology and medicine. https://www.chstm.org/

Author: 
Zach Sell
Reviewer: 
Madelyn Stone

Stone on Sell, 'Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital'

Zach Sell. Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. 447 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4696-6134-6

Reviewed by Madelyn Stone (Emory University) Published on H-Labor (June, 2021) Commissioned by David Marquis (The College of William & Mary)

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