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California in the Pacific World: 1915 | 2015 | 2115

On the occasion of the centenary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, Boom: A Journal of California has published a special issue devoted to “CALIFORNIA IN THE PACIFIC WORLD: 1915 | 2015 | 2115."

The issue is now available on JSTOR at http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/boom.2015.5.issue-1 and articles will also appear over the next month at http://boomcalifornia.com. 

Discussion published by Brian Cannon on Thursday, February 5, 2015

Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Visiting Scholar Position

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University invites applications for its Visiting Scholar Program in Western Studies for 2013-2014.  University faculty of all ranks, independent scholars, freelance authors and other public intellectuals who are working on a significant article- or book-length study are eligible to apply for this position. The Visiting Scholar may be in residence for 2-4 months.

Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science (WHEATS) 2015 at CU Boulder, Call for Papers

The Department of History at the University of Colorado will host the Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science (WHEATS) October 2-4, 2015. Now in its eleventh year, WHEATS brings together graduate students studying the history of the environment, agriculture, science, or technology. WHEATS is open to submissions from any discipline with interests in these fields.

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