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The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

Open Call for Contributions: Reviews and Review Articles

Editor: Liana Chua, University of Cambridge

The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

Open Call for Contributions: Reviews and Review Articles

Editor: Liana Chua, University of Cambridge

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Rick Anderson posted a column about why he enjoys hosting debates at conferences on the Scholarly Kitchen blog on February 2nd. 

There are links to the debates in the text and at the bottom of the page.  Here's an excerpt:

Early American Literature seeks conference reviewers for the following conferences.  Conference reviews cover panels relevant to EAL’s readership, encompass

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The Scholarly Kitchen blog has a post from June 23rd. by Jasmine Wallace entitled "[Virtual] Conference Season Is Here: Are you prepared?"  featuring tips for getting the most out of virtual conferences.

You can find it at:

I’ve also thought about getting book plates. If you would be so kind, could you please send me (dmandell@truman.edu) your recommendation(s) of where to get those made? Good luck and stay well,

On Launching a Book during a Global Pandemic

Three weeks after Washington, D.C. and Virginia imposed stay-at-home orders, my book, "The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution," was published by the Belknap Imprint of Harvard University Press. I had planned to share my book for the first time at the Organization of American Historians conference on April 2, and I had spent months booking and organizing a whirlwind of book events in April, May, and June. Needless to say, that was all canceled.

On Publishing a Book during a Pandemic:

Instead of attending six conferences and an international speaking engagement this spring and summer, I am participating in one virtual conference and “Zoom”ing in to Oxford University. I am thrilled these two opportunities have decided to go the distance because it takes me about an hour to write up a conference proposal and it took me a few weeks of organizing to arrange the panel for one of the conferences which, just this past week, was canceled.