Announcements
Berks Book and Article Prize Deadline – January 15, 2012
A reminder that the Berks Book and Article Prize deadline is quickly approaching. Submissions are due January 15, 2012 Book Prize The Berkshire Conference now awards two book prizes. One prize is for a first book in any field of history written by a woman who is normally resident in North America. This prize is [...]
2010 Winners of the Berks Article and Book Prizes
Congratulations to Sherry L. Smith, winner of the 2010 Article Prize of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians for her “Reconciliation and Restitution in the American West,” Western Historical Quarterly, 41 (Spring 2010): 4-25. In her thought-provoking and compelling article, Sherry L. Smith invites readers to consider how groups and nations can acknowledge monumental historical [...]
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF 19TH-CENTURY U.S. HISTORY New York University
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF 19TH-CENTURY U.S. HISTORY Department of History ARTS AND SCIENCE New York University The Department of History at New York University invites applications for a position in 19th-century US history, including transnational approaches. This is a full-time, tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor. Appointment will begin September 1, 2012, pending budgetary [...]
Past Winners of the Book and Article Prizes
2010 Sherry L. Smith, “Reconciliation and Restitution in the American West,” Western Historical Quarterly, 41 (Spring 2010): 4-25. In her thought-provoking and compelling article, Sherry L. Smith invites readers to consider how groups and nations can acknowledge monumental historical injustices and what role history and historians play. Focusing on the Native peoples of the American [...]
FACULTY POSITIONS History NYU ABU DHABI
NYU Abu Dhabi is currently inviting applications for a faculty position at any level (assistant, associate, or full professor) for appointment to its History Program. The applicants should offer a special area of research and teaching dealing with the Indian Ocean region and/or Africa and the Gulf region, in which a transnational, comparative or global [...]
Follow-up on Little Berks Digital Storytelling Panel
The topic of our Saturday evening panel will be digital storytelling and feature projects at the University of Kentucky and at Concordia University in Montreal. Kathi Kern of the University of Kentucky, and our Berks secretary, will begin the session and help frame the discussion by drawing on some of the digital storytelling projects which [...]
Little Berks, Fall 2011
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is planning a retreat for the weekend of November 4-6, 2011. The “Little Berks” will be held at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, a location back by popular demand. The facility features the Roosevelt Baths and Spa, where women historians have been known to soak [...]
Call for Papers – Women in Early America
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS This project, Women in Early America, is an anthology on women in America from contact through the Revolutionary era. Proposals for essays that employ a transnational approach and that rewrite master narratives are especially encouraged. As the volume is largely intended for use in undergraduate courses, essays that are written for that [...]
Assistant Professor Opening in Antebellum History – Cal Poly Pomona
The History Department at the California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, seeks an assistant professor in Antebellum United States history, with preference for cultural or diplomatic history. Duties and Responsibilities: (1) Teaching general and topical courses at the undergraduate and graduate level (2) student advising; (3) participation in programs and activities related to the mission [...]
Finalists Announced for 2010 Cundill Prize in History
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2010 CUNDILL PRIZE IN HISTORY www.mcgill.ca/cundillprize The jury for the Cundill Prize in History at McGill, the world’s largest non-fiction historical literature prize, has announced the short list for this year’s prize. The prize, now in its third year, will award one full prize of $75,000 U.S. and two “Recognition of Excellence” [...]
American Association of Nursing – Writing and Research Awards
At its 27th annual conference, entitled International Perspectives on Nursing History, held jointly with European Nursing History Group in London, England, the American Association for the History of Nursing awarded its distinguished Lavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing to Dr. Kara Dixon Vuic for her book Officer, nurse, woman: The Army [...]
Teach-In About Homophobia and Bullying – Connecticut College
Teach-In About Homophobia and Bullying Wednesday Oct. 13th, 2010 4:30-8pm 1941 Room, Cro Student Center Connecticut College, New London 4:30-6:00 – Community Conversations 6:00-6:30 – Break for Dinner (provided) 6:30-8:00 – Putting Ideas Into Action * Details to follow * People are encouraged to participate in both sessions but are welcome to attend either one. [...]
College of Wooster – Early US and Women/Gender/Sexuality
The Department of History at the College of Wooster invites applications for a position in the Early American/United States History Before 1877. This is tenure-track position at the assistant professor rank to begin in August 2011. The successful candidate will be expected to teach the U.S. History survey and upper-level courses in his/her area of [...]
Winterthur Research Fellowship
Winterthur, a public museum, library, and garden supporting the advanced study of American art, culture, and history, announces its Research Fellowship Program for 2011-12. Winterthur offers an extensive program of short-and-long term fellowships open to academic, independent, and museum scholars, including advanced graduate students, to support research in material culture, architecture, decorative arts, design, consumer [...]
New York University – 19th Century US History
The Department of History at New York University invites applications for a position in 19th-century US history, including transnational approaches. This is a full-time, tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor. Appointment will begin September 1, 2011, pending budgetary and administrative approval. The department especially encourages applications from candidates working on slavery, legal history, [...]
