© 2010 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
The next Big Berks meeting will be held June 9-12, 2011, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with joint sponsorship from Five College, Inc. and the consortium of Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mt. Holyoke College, Smith College, the University of Massachusetts.
Read more in the Call for Papers. Please note, though, that the deadline for submissions has passed.
Program Chairs for the 2011 Berkshire Conference
Conference registration will commence on September 17th. Please continue to check the website for up to date information.
International Participants’ Request for Financial Assistance for Travel
NOTE: Requests will not be considered from scholars based in the US, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, or Israel.
Please email the following information to BigBerks2011@gmail.com with “international travel funds” in the subject line.
Only if you cannot email the information please:
1) Fax it to: (778) 782-05837
2) Mail it to:
Zain Lakhani
Department of History
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
College Hall 208
Philadelphia, PA 19104
NAME
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
WORK ADDRESS
HOME ADDRESS
EMAIL ADDRESS
WORK PHONE
HOME PHONE
FAX
NATIONALITY
TITLE OF PRESENTATION
TITLE (AND NUMBER IF YOU KNOW IT) OF SESSION
Please indicate the items that apply to you:
I will be able to raise some funds for my travel and participation, but I need assistance with the following expenses: ____ Travel (amount in US$ ) ____ Conference registration/meals/lodging Please state here the ways in which you plan to use the experience from this conference in your home country when you return (i.e., report back to historians and women’s groups, conferences, publications). Be as specific as possible.
Please note that the Berkshire Conference does not have funds to support international visitors, but we are making every effort to raise money for this purpose. Your own efforts to pay for your own expenses will enable us to increase the number of people we can bring. Because our funds are limited and our funders have their own priorities, we cannot fund all international participants.
BE SURE TO APPLY FOR A VISA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. For information, see http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1262.html. To find the U.S. consulate to which you should apply, see http://www.usembassy.gov/. Travelers hoping to visit the U.S. have experienced distressing delays because of changes in U.S. Government border security measures.