February 5th: News from H-Atlantic section of H-Net

Lewis B. H. Eliot, a PhD candidate at the University of South Carolina, is working to form a panel at the American Historical Association’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Atlanta. He is looking for papers that explore the wider Atlantic World’s attitudes toward the American Civil War.

https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/59989/cfp-aha-2016

Eliot can also be reached at leliot@email.sc.edu

Columbia University and the London School of Economics are seeking applicants for the Fall 2015 entry into their MA/MSc program in International and World History. By working with historians at Columbia University and the London School of Economics, students in the two-year program explore the transnational forces that have influenced and continue to influence our world. The program offers summer research fellowships and financial aid opportunities. https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/60241/call-applications-mamsc-international-and-world-history-columbia

American Quarterly is launching a Call for Papers for its 2016 special issue. Tentatively titled “Tours of Duty and Tours of Leisure,” the special issue will focus on the convergences of militarism and tourism as crucial manifestations of United States imperial strategy. Submissions are due by August 1st, 2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/60281/cfp-american-quarterly-special-issue-tourism-and-militarism

Michael J. Jarvis, Associate Professor of History at the University of Rochester, is holding an archaeology field school on Smiths Island, Bermuda from May 23 and June 28, 2015. The field school will investigate a range of 17th and 18th century sites on Smiths Island, including one of Bermuda’s first home sites. Students will participate in fieldwork as well as learn about Bermuda’s history and the early modern Atlantic World. Deadline to apply is March 1st.

The application can be downloaded at Jarvis’s department website:

http://www.rochester.edu/College/his/faculty/jarvis_michael/index.html

Link to the project’s flyer:

http://www.rochester.edu/college/his/faculty/jarvis_michael/assets/pdf/Smiths-Application.pdf