AMERICAN STUDIES OPPORTUNITIES & NEWS
Week Ending May 4, 1997 (524-580)
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Jobs
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525 Am Litt, Research Fellow, U Birmingham UK (deadline 5/16)
565 Art History, Western Oregon U (tenure, deadline 6/2)
572 Asian American Resource Ctr, Pomona College CA (director)
566 Communication Studies, U Michigan-Ann Arbor (non-tenure)
528 Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College UK (chair deadline 5/16)
571 English, Millikin U IL (non-tenure, deadline 5/15)
568 Film & TV Studies, NYU (non-tenure, deadline 5/16)
569 Humanities/Am Hist, Ferris State U (non-tenure, d/l 6/13)
567 Humanities/English, Darton College GA (chair, deadline 5/29)
570 Jazz & Af Am Culture, New School NY (deadline 5/15)
527 Vice-President, ACLS (deadline 5/15)
Fellowships & Prizes
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554 Cline Prize, Best Book/Article on Latin American Indians
552 Fulbright Senior Scholar Program (reminder: deadline, Aug 1)
531 Hist Archaeology of Eastern Canada/NE U.S. (student essays)
534 Intl Soc for Contemp Legend Research (best student essay)
526 Research Fellow in American Litt, U Birmingham UK
Calls for Contributions to Journals/Books
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529 Am Studies issue of Journal of Litt Studies, South Africa
530 American Graduate Online Journal (for history grad students)
538 Animation Journal
542 Directory of Archaeological Societies & Journals 1997
Calls for Papers for Conferences
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555 American Ethnohistory Soc, Mexico, Nov 97
541 Conf on the Americas, Tampa FL, Jan 98
563 European Expansion & Global Interaction, San Marino CA Apr 98
533 European Soc Sci History Conf, Amsterdam, Mar 98
537 Gulf Coast History & Humanities Conf FL, Oct 97
551 Independent Scholars, San Francisco Oct 97
561 Midwest PCA/ACA, Traverse City MI, Oct 22-25 97
532 National Council on Public History, Austin TX, Apr 98
557 Place & Tourism Practices, U. Durham, Apr 98
562 Reactions to Revolutions, 1760-1860, Caen, France, Dec 97
536 Reading Ethnicity, Washington DC, Oct 97
539 Women on Threshold of 21st Century, Havana, Nov 97
Calls for Conference Panels
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564 Cultural Impact of Printed Ephemera, NEASECS, Boston Dec 97
544 Idealism in America Series, De Paul U (speakers sought)
548 Image of Librarian in Pop Culture, for PCA, Orlando FL Apr 98
545 Women & Human Rights, Melbourne, Australia, June-July 98
Programs for Forthcoming Conferences (listed chronologically)
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535 Middle Atlantic Folklife Assoc, Ithaca NY, May 2-3
560 Postwar Jewish Survival, Berlin & New York, NYU, May 6-8
549 Marshall Plan & Its Consequences, Leeds UK, May 23-24
580 Latin Am Education & Politics in C20, Tel Aviv, May 25-27
553 Hist of Photography Symposium, Purchase NY, June 6-8
Programs for Forthcoming Events, Institutes & Seminars
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579 Hagley Research Seminar Lecture Series, 1997-1998
550 Jewish Experience in Virginia Exhibit, Mar-Sept 1997
559 Summer Inst of Science & Tech in Culture, Miami U June 5-7
Bibliographical & Online Resources
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577 American Treasures Exhibit on Library of Congress Website
575 American Women Writers of Color Website
546 AskAsia Website, K-12 Asian & Asian American Studies
558 International Relations Research Archive Seeks Submissions
540 Knowledge Base Website -- Using Web to Teach Research Methods
578 Librarians' Indexes to the Internet on the Web
576 NIRA World Directory of Think Tanks on Web
573 New Book, Free African Americans of N Carolina & Virginia
556 TheStrip, Online Journal on Religion & Culture
Book Reviews (abbreviated/by subtitle for clarification purposes)
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547 Bernardi, Race & Emergence of US Cinema (Oglesbee H-PCAACA)
574 Cussen, Poetry & Politics in Spanish Am Revolution (Racine H-LATAM)
543 Showalter, Hysterical Epidemics & Modern Media (Schweitzer H-WOMEN)
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