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Queries and Discussions

Discussion published by Elodie Edwards-Grossi on Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Book announcement - Mad With Freedom: The Political Economy of Blackness, Insanity, and Civil Rights in the U.S. South, 1840–1940

Dear all,

I am thrilled to announce the publication of my book: Mad With Freedom: The Political Economy of Blackness, Insanity, and Civil Rights in the U.S. South, 1840–1940. It is published by LSU Press and won the 2023 Jules and Frances Landry Award. You can order the book using this link: https://lsupress.org/books/detail/mad-with-freedom/

 

Best,

 

Elodie Edwards-Grossi

 

Discussion published by Cynthia Patterson on Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Call for Panelists: ASALH Conference, September 29-October 1, 2022, Montgomery, Alabama -- Progressive Era Medical Advice Literature

I seek to organize a panel for the 107th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). The conference theme is "Black Health and Wellness" and the panel title is "Progressive Era Medical Advice Literature." My paper will treat an 1898 advice manual, Hints on the Care of Children, authored by Lucy E. Hubert, wife of African Methodist Episcopal minister, the Rev. Ellwood G. Hubert.

Discussion published by Kate Masur on Friday, November 27, 2020

Enslaved Women, Work, and America's Domestic Slave Trade: A Conversation with Alexandra Finley, Thurs. Dec. 3 @ 4:00 pm ET

Join the editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era for a book discussion with Dr. Alexandra Finley, author of An Intimate Economy: Enslaved Women, Work, and America's Domestic Slave Trade (UNC Press, 2020). Thurs. Dec. 3 @ 4 pm Eastern.

Discussion published by Chris Strain on Saturday, November 14, 2020

1960s Reader?

Historians!  Any recommendations for a 1960s reader?  Need something to supplement my own narrative history (The Long Sixties: America, 1955-1973, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017) and Brian Ward's The 1960s: A Documentary Reader in an upper-level undergrad seminar.  Bloom, maybe?  Chalmers' The Portable Sixties Reader is hardly portable at 670 pages.  Is there an author/title that I'm missing?  Thanks!  --Chris Strain

Discussion published by Edward H. Sebesta on Monday, September 14, 2020

Re: Landscape Reparations -- A developing concept

I have your paper in my collection of papers and I found it to be very interesting. It turned out that one of the leaders of the opposition to changing a name here in Dallas was an immigrant from Poland and I told him about your paper. It didn't have an effect on his opposition. Sorry about the delay in reply.

Discussion published by Amanda Seligman on Thursday, August 13, 2020

Re: Landscape Reparations -- A developing concept

Landscape reparations is definitely an interesting concept for the field of toponymy.

In the early 2000s, I wrote an article about the renaming of a street in Chicago from that of a white farmer/settler to a Polish-American hero. There was a big fight about it, one that lasted 19 years.

Although it is primarily narrative rather than theoretical, perhaps it would be helpful to you in some way:
“The Street Formerly Known as Crawford,” Chicago History (Spring 2001): 36-51.

Amanda

Discussion published by Corinne Field on Sunday, August 2, 2020

#SuffrageSyllabus Launch

The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America has launched the #SuffrageSyllabus, a collaborative teaching resource on the intersectional history of women and voting in the United States.  The syllabus includes lesson plans, primary and secondary sources.  https://long19.radcliffe.harvard.edu/teaching/suffrage-syllabus/  Many thanks to the members of H-Afro-Am who contributed ideas for the #SuffrageSyllabus!

CFP's and Announcements

Discussion published by Le'Trice Donaldson on Tuesday, June 6, 2023

The Pragmatic Peace Activism of W.E.B. Du Bois (virtual lecture)

"The Pragmatic Peace Activism of W. E. B. Du Bois"


A Virtual Lecture by Le’Trice Donaldson, Assistant Professor of History at
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and W. E. B. Du Bois Center Fellow
 

When: Thursday, June 8, 6 pm
Free to attend!

Registration required

Where: Virtual via Zoom

Registration is here for the virtual lecture.

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Tuesday, January 24, 2023

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Afro-Am: 16 January - 23 January

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
16 January 2023 to 23 January 2023.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Afro-Am.  See the H-Net Job Guide website at
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.  To contact the Job Guide,
write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.



AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Mudiwa Pettus on Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Deadline Extended: CFP--Diasporic Visions: A Celebration of Black Speculative Fiction

The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY will present the 2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium from March 31 to April 1, 2023. The theme is Diasporic Visions: A Celebration of Black Speculative Fiction. The Symposium will provide an engaging, interactive forum for Black speculative fiction writers, readers, and scholars to discuss the history, current state and themes, and emerging scholarship on the genre.

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Tuesday, January 17, 2023

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Afro-Am: 9 January - 16 January

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
9 January 2023 to 16 January 2023.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Afro-Am.  See the H-Net Job Guide website at
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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Tuesday, January 17, 2023

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Afro-Am: 2 January - 9 January

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
2 January 2023 to  9 January 2023.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Afro-Am.  See the H-Net Job Guide website at
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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Tiffany N. Florvil on Tuesday, January 17, 2023

ANN: Journal of Women's History's Graduate Student Prize Submissions (Due on April 17, 2023 by 11:59pm ET)

The Broad of Trustees of the Journal of Women's History is proud to announce that the prize for the best paper in women's history authored by a graduate student has returned. Given the pandemic, we are happy to feature this prize once again. Article-length essays in any chronological and geographical field are eligible; we especially encourage submissions with a focus beyond the United States or Western Europe. Papers should not exceed 10,000 words, including endnotes, and should follow the University of Chicago Manual of Style.

Discussion published by Carol Ressler Lockman on Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Louis Galambos National Fellowship in Business and Politics/Deadline 2/1/2023

Louis Galambos National Fellowship in Business and Politics supports completion of exceptional dissertations for which the Hagley’s Library research materials constitute a significant source and that connect with the mission of the National Fellowship Program. The Galambos Fellow is expected to be in residence at Hagley for the fall and spring academic year.

Discussion published by Carol Ressler Lockman on Tuesday, January 17, 2023

NEH-Hagley Fellowship/Deadline February 15, 2023

The NEH-Hagley Fellowship on Business, Culture, and Society supports residencies at the Hagley Library in Wilmington, Delaware for junior and senior scholars whose projects make use of Hagley’s substantial research collections. Scholars must have completed all requirements for their doctoral degrees by the February 15 application deadline.