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Discussion published by Andrew Santora on Thursday, January 13, 2022

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers: 27th Annual James A. Barnes Graduate History Conference at Temple University March 18-19, 2022

The James A. Barnes Club, Temple University's graduate student history organization, is pleased to announce the 27th Annual Barnes Club Graduate Student History Conference. The event will feature a keynote address from the chair of the history department at Macalester College, Dr. Walter Greason, author of International Segregation and Cities Imagined: The African Diaspora in Media and History. 

Discussion published by Hannah Groch-Begley on Monday, December 20, 2021

Holiday Update!

Dear H-Minerva subscribers,

We hope you've had a safe and happy holiday season so far! We'll be quiet around here until the New Year so our editors can get some rest. Before we go, we wanted to let you know our plans for 2022, and remind you to consider adding H-Net to your end-of-year giving!

Discussion published by Hannah Groch-Begley on Monday, December 20, 2021

Review Essay: "Warring Women," Journal of Women's History

Wanted to alert subscribers to a new essay in the Journal of Women's History by Carol Sheriff titled "Warring Women," which you can find on Project Muse here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/840196

Sheriff examines three recently published books:

Thavolia Glymph. The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. 392 pp.; ill. ISBN 9781469653631 (cl); 9781469653648 (ebook, 2019)