Call-for-Proposals for New Book on Midwestern Political History
Call-for-Proposals: New Book on Midwestern Politics
Discussions
Call for Papers: Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, November 2–4, 2017
Call for Papers
Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression
November 2–4, 2017
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Deadline: August 28, 2017
Palgrave Communications special issue launch: Perspectives on Soft Power
Palgrave Communications – the fully open access journal published by Palgrave Macmillan – is pleased to announce the launch of the special issue, Perspectives on Soft Power.
In the late 1980s American political scientist Joseph Nye coined the term ‘soft power’ to describe the ability of states to obtain preferred outcomes by attraction rather than coercion or payment.
Call for Proposals: Women's Suffrage and the Media, A special issue of American Journalism
American Journalism: A Journal of Media History announces a call for proposals for a special issue to be published in April 2019 to commemorate the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution that granted the women of all states the right to vote. We seek original historical research on the role of media in and about the suffrage movement, work that illuminates lasting cultural, political, economic, ideological, and social problems.
Outlaw Politics: MLA 2018 Special Session Proposal
How has the concept of the outlaw been formed from legal and political traditions, both from the Anglo-American perspective and from elsewhere? Presently, how does the physical or virtual outlaw serve as a form of resistance, dissent, and transgression in literature, media, and art?
New Article of Interest in the Pacific Historical Review
The Pacific Historical Review recently published the following article that may interest H-Pol list subscribers:
- “‘The Greatest Nation on Earth’: The Politics and Patriotism of the First Anglo American Immigrants to Mexican Texas, 1820-1824,” by Sarah K. M. Rodriguez
This article can be accessed via the following link: http://ucpressjournals.com/journal.php?j=phr.
Senator Joseph McCarthy?
I am launching a biography of McCarthy, for Houghton-Mifflin, and would love help with these searches:
1) Trying to find surviving friends and relatives, colleagues, first-hand fans and foes. I'm in touch with some, most in their 90s or beyond, and suspect there are lots of others;
Conference: Humanity at Sea. Maritime Migration and the Foundations of International Law, 1945-2015
CONFERENCE
Maritime Migration and the Foundations of International Law, 1945-2015
Itamar Mann
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, Israel
CFP - The Intimate State
The Intimate State: Gender, Sexuality, and Governance in Modern U.S. History
Call for Proposals: Due April 10, 2017
Editors: Margot Canaday, Nancy Cott, & Robert Self
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