Bulletin 28 November

History Lab Bulletin 28 November 2011

Dear all,

See below for projects and events that may be of interest to History Lab members.

In this issue:

• Next in History Lab
• Calls for papers
• Seminars and lectures
• Workshops
• Conferences
• Funding

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Next in History Lab:

• Methods Workshop – Beyond the Card Index, Today 28 November, 18:00 – 20:00, Bloomsbury Room (Room G35), Senate House
• Seminar – Matthew Mesley - Gerald of Wales and the Episcopal Ideal, Thursday 8 December, 17:30 – 19:30, Senate House (Room 103), Senate House
• Meet the Historian - Richard J. Evans, Wednesday 14 December, 18:30-20:30
  For more information, see: http://www.history.ac.uk/historylab

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Calls for papers

• Objects in Motion: Globalizing Technology
  Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, Vol. 8
  (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2013)
  Deadline for Proposal: December 12, 2011
  We invite proposals from scholars in the history of science,
  technology, and medicine, science and technology studies, material culture, museum
  and cultural studies for innovative contributions that explore
  technological artefacts within the context of a history of globalization. The papers
  will be published in Volume 8 of the Artefacts Series by Smithsonian
  Institution Scholarly Press. Publication is projected for late 2013.
  
  Global movement of people, objects and ideas‹the basis of the
  interconnectedness that makes up globalization‹has only been possible
  because of myriad technologies. Technology has driven globalization
  and globalization has changed technology. To understand the intricate
  relationship of both, we need to go back to the artefacts and examine
  machines, appliances and large systems in the (global) networks
  through which they have circulated. How have the dynamics of globalization
  been materialized in objects? Although technological consumer objects such
  as phones, PCs and frozen foods are frequently named when globalization
  effects are described, artefacts often disappear in public and scholarly
  debates. Yet, by their double nature as both material entity and symbol, they
  produce, re-produce and react to globalisation effects. While generations
  of historians of technology have focused on the materiality of objects in
  the sense that they have analysed their innovative technical character,
  their operation modes and improvements, recent paradigm shifts have
  resulted in a more integrative approach to technical material culture. Artefacts
  are increasingly understood as embodying both a material and immaterial
  side that goes beyond their mere modes of functioning into the social and
  cultural realm. Concurrent with that is the acknowledgement that
  technological objects need to be studied in view of increasingly
  globalized production and consumption cycles. While the globalized world has
  changed the ways that technological objects have been engineered, built and
  sold, it similarly has changed how they have been perceived and appropriated
  as consumer goods and symbols.
  
  Successful contributions will focus on technological objects as the
  primary objects of inquiry and sources of evidence. We are currently accepting
  proposals for research papers (approx. 6,000 words), case studies
  (max. 3,000 words) and exhibition reviews/discussions (max.1,500 words). Due
  to the tight time-line for this project, please limit your proposals to
  projects that are already well advanced.
  
  A topic as large as globalization and technology poses challenges for
  potential contributors wanting to ground their projects in a
  manageable framework. For this reason we are proposing a number of research
  themes. Researchers may wish to explore one or several of these.
  
  1. From Technology Transfer to Reciprocity
  In contributing to a history of globalization, object-focused transfer
  studies will have most value where they address questions of dialogue
  and reciprocity in the transfer process, or where they problematize and
  historicize the concept of transfer itself.
  
  2. Modernity, Nation-States and Multinational Corporations
  Historians of technology need to analyze globalized technological
  artefacts in their relations to historical meta-narratives and concepts such as
  modernity and Westernization, imperialism and nationalism, colonialism
  and postcolonialism.
  
  3. Global and Local
  
  
  If we follow Madeleine Akrich¹s dictum of user scripts inscribed by
  producers of technology and de-scripted, modified or rejected by users,
  the relationship between global and local contexts of artefacts become
  important. What is the relationship between globalization and
  localization?
  
  4. Globalization as (Non-)Movement of People, Objects and Knowledge
  Studying globalization¹s effects on technology means to analyze the
  multidimensional network that is made up of subjects, objects and
  contexts. Who and what have moved in a globalized world? How have labour markets,
  international expert cultures, cooperation and knowledge transfer
  influenced globalization?
  
  5. Globalization and Museums
  Finally, the science and technology museum as medium between producers
  and consumers needs to be considered. How has globalization influenced the
  museum, its collections, its exhibitions, its research and its
  administration? How do we exhibit globalization?
  
  Proposals should include a title and abstract (no more than 500 words),
  as well as the author¹s curriculum vitae. Please send all proposals
  electronically by December 12, 2011 to:
  
  Bryan Dewalt, Canada Science and Technology Museum,
  bdewalt@technomuses.ca
  
  
  AND Nina Moellers, Deutsches Museum, n.moellers@deutsches-museum.de
• Don’t miss the 2nd-round submissions to the 4^th QQML2012 International Conference (22-25 May 2012 Limerick Ireland). The deadline for submissions is: 15 December 2011. For more information, see: http://www.isast.org/sessionsworkshops.html
• History Lab North West are pleased to issue a call for papers for our next event, which will be held Wednesday 25^th January 2012 at the University of Liverpool.
  
  If you are interested in presenting a 20 minute paper at this event, please send us a working title and an abstract of up to 300 words, along with your name and institution. We welcome submissions from postgraduate students across the North West region and beyond, working on an historical topic in any relevant discipline. Abstracts should be e-mailed to us at the following address: historylab.northwest@hotmail.com
  
  The deadline for the submission of abstracts is: Friday 16th December 2011

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Seminars and lectures

• The Pathology Museum Seminar at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital on Wednesday 30 November has been cancelled in support of industrial action taking place
• King's College London event: Dr. Seema Srivastava is delivering a lecture on Wednesday 7^th December at 18:00 entitled “Representations of 1857 by an English woman in India”
  Dr. Srivastava is an Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Fellow in the department of History. Her talk will look at the Indian uprising of 1857.
  Venue: K3.11, 3rd floor, King’s Building, Strand Campus,WC2R 2LS
  The lecture will be followed by a reception.

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Workshops

• Speakeasy One day public speaking workshop, Oxford History Faculty, Saturday 3 December, 10:00 – 17:00. For more information, see: http://speakeasyworkshops.co.uk/upcoming-events/
• "Social History and Community": A PGR Training and Research Workshop Wednesday 18 January 2012, Northumbria University. The workshop begins at 1pm and finishes at 5.30pm, following which will be a 'Labour and Society Research Group' paper, given by Professor Nigel Copsey for Teesside University. Both the workshop and the paper are free of charge to attend. "This workshop deals with concepts of community, identities, protest and related methods. It is open to both PhD and MA/MRes students, but places are limited so please apply early. This is a training event and provides a unique opportunity to engage with leading academics in their field. Discover new perspectives, discuss theoretical approaches and see how these approaches can relate to your own research. Please send a short email, indicating your own area of interest. Feel free to state some problems that you can discuss during the workshop. This helps us tailor the workshop to specific needs."
  
  Programme:
  Panel 1: Re-discovering Communities
  Dr. Avram Taylor (Northumbria University): "Oral History to Capture Communities"
  Dr. Michael Cullinane (Northumbria University): "Oral History and the Problems of Memory"
  
  Panel 2: "Think Global, Act Local": Regional Identities and Community
  John Charlton (North East Labour History Society): "Regional Identity and Popular Politics in the North East"
  Dr. Natasha Vall (Teesside University): "Regional History and Local Identity"
  
  Panel 3: Histories of Protest
  Dr. Catriona Kennedy (University of York): "Current Issues in the History of Radicalism and Popular Protest 1789-1815"
  Dr. Matt Perry (Newcastle University): "The History of Unemployment Protests"
  
  "Labour and Society Research Group" - Paper:
  Prof. Nigel Copsey (Teesside University): "Jewish Community Responses to British Fascism in the 1930s"
  
  Please respond by Friday 9 December to: mark.wilson@northumbria.ac.uk
  
  Here is a link to the Northumbria City Campus map - the event will be held on the first floor of building number 15 - the Lipman Building: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/brochure/visit/campus_branch/ncle_cmp/city_campus/?view=Standard
  
  And a map with directions from the Central Railway station to the main university campus:
  http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
  
  

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Conferences

• University of York - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies (CECS) -
  The Grand Tour in Britain and Ireland, Saturday 3rd December 2011,
  9.30am-5.00pm. For more information, see: http://www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-century-studies/events/workshop-autumn-2011/

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Fellowships

• Henry Moore Institute Research Fellowships 2012/13
  
  The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognised centre for the study of
  sculpture in the heart of Leeds. An award-winning exhibitions venue,
  research centre, library and sculpture archive, the Institute hosts a
  year-round programme of exhibitions, conferences and lectures, as well as
  developing research and publications, to expand the understanding and
  scholarship of historical and contemporary sculpture. The Institute is a
  part of The Henry Moore Foundation, set up by the sculptor Henry Moore
  (1898-1986) in 1977 to encourage appreciation of the visual arts,
  especially sculpture. Research is central to the activities of the
  Institute. Through it, we aim to encourage research into sculpture both
  within our walls and without, acting as a hub to develop communities of
  research. Each year we offer a number of fellowships, enabling researchers
  of different backgrounds and disciplines to develop their work at the
  Institute.
  
  The Henry Moore Institute invites applications for the following fellowship
  programmes in 2012-2013: Research Fellowships are intended for artists,
  scholars and curators, working on historic and contemporary sculpture using
  the Institute's library, archive of sculptors' papers and the collection of
  Leeds Art Gallery. Up to four fellows will be given the opportunity to
  spend a month in Leeds to develop their own research. With access to our
  resources and an on-going dialogue with the Institute staff, fellows are
  free to pursue their own interests in a supportive and stimulating
  environment. Senior Fellowships are intended to give established scholars
  (working on any aspect of sculpture) time and space to develop a research
  project free from their usual work commitments. Up to two senior
  fellowships, for periods of between four to six weeks will be offered. Both
  fellowships provide accommodation, travel expenses and a per diem. The
  Institute offers the possibility of presenting finished research in
  published form, as a seminar, or as a small exhibition.
  
  For more information on the Henry Moore Institute research fellowships
  visit: http://www.henry-moore.org/hmi/research
  
  For further information or to apply for a fellowship contact:
  Kirstie Gregory - Research Programme Assistant
  E: kirstie@henry-moore.org
  Henry Moore Institute,
  The Headrow,
  Leeds LS1 3AH
  T: + 44 (0) 113 246 7467
  
  To apply for either fellowship send a letter of application, a proposal
  and a CV by 9 January 2012
  
  
  

Beyond the Card Index - Monday 28 November

Meet Quentin Skinner - Monday 21st November

Bulletin

History Lab Bulletin 7 November 2011

Dear all,

See below for projects and events that may be of interest to History Lab members.

In this issue:

• Next in History Lab
• Calls for papers
• Fellowships

_________________________________________________

Next in History Lab:

• Seminar: Jens Olesen (Oxford) - Liberal vs Conservative Conceptual History? A Comparison between Skinner’s and Koselleck’s Method, Thursday 10 November 2011 at 17:30, STB7, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square London WC1B 5DN. For more information, see: http://www.history.ac.uk/historylab

• Speakeasy one day public speaking workshop: Saturday, 12 November 2011 from 10am to 5pm, Rooms G37 & G26, Senate House

Do you get the jitters every time you give a seminar paper? Do you find that you are unable to project your voice, speak too fast and don’t connect with the audience? Or worse, are people falling asleep in your lectures? Clear, effective and professional communication skills are absolutely essential to any aspiring academic. While doctoral students are taught essential research skills, less emphasis is placed on learning how to communicate their research effectively either in the lecture hall or in the seminar room. Speakeasy, a public- speaking training organisation, is a one-day workshop on the art of public speaking for young historians. Organised by an academic and a professional actor, the Speakeasy workshop is specifically designed for historians at the start of their career. Drawing on professional acting skills and techniques, our one-day course addresses the following issues:

-How to be an effective communicator in the lecture theatre, the seminar room or in the conference hall.
-How to get your message across, keep your audience engaged and actually enjoy the experience.
-Voice projection, posture, body language and how to calm your nerves
-Different modes of communication: how to lead seminars, chair conferences and conduct a Q&A.
-Techniques for presenting, how to deliver complex ideas and personalise your style of delivery.
-Methods of communication: how to use PowerPoint, present a poster and ‘how to think on your academic feet’.

This course is available to all registered PhD, Mphil students and early career historians. Due to the interactive nature of the workshop, numbers must be limited to 25.

Note on the workshop leaders:

Liza Filby is a historian based at King’s College, London. She was formerly Chair of the History Lab, the Institute of Historical Research’s national postgraduate network and editor of Vitae’s GradBritain. She has four years experience in running peer-based training workshops for PhD students.

Steven Clarke is a professional actor who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has a number of distinguished roles under his belt and is currently appearing in a Broadway production of a John Osborne play in New York. Steven has led training sessions on public speaking for both private and public sector organisations.

Reviews of previous Speakeasy workshops in London:

‘A really good day – glad I came all the way from Birmingham’

‘A very, very good day – far exceeded expectations in terms of how useful it has been – thank you!’

‘Great! Very passionate people, very useful!’

‘The session made me realise the importance of public speaking as a tool of professional development and career advancement’

‘[my] confidence grew as the day wore on. Generally really useful – and fun too!’

For a review of one workshop by History Lab organiser Amelia Nel go to:

http://the-history-lab.blogspot.com/

Course requirements: All attendees are required to bring along with them a printed copy of 150 words on/about their research- this could be part of a chapter, paper etc. It is perhaps best not to bring part of your original PhD research proposal. Please also make sure that you wear loose comfortable clothing; don’t be scared by this, no crazy stunts involved!

The cost to attend the workshop is £40 which includes lunch, refreshments and a course pack. If you would like to attend, please sign up and register via the Speakeasy website:

http://speakeasyworkshops.co.uk/.

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Calls for papers

• 81^st Anglo-American Conference of Historians:
  Ancients and Moderns, 5-6 July 2012, Senate House, London
  With the Olympics upon us in the UK it seems an appropriate moment to think more broadly about the ways in which the classical world resonates in our own times, and how successive epochs of modernity since the Renaissance have situated themselves in relation to the various ancient civilisations. From political theory to aesthetics, across the arts of war and of peace, to concepts of education, family, gender, race and slavery, it is hard to think of a facet of the last millennium which has not been informed by the ancient past and through a range of media, including painting, poetry, film and the built environment. The Institute’s 81^st Anglo-American conference seeks to represent the full extent of work on classical receptions, welcoming not only those scholars who work on Roman, Greek and Judaeo-Christian legacies and influences, but also historians of the ancient kingdoms and empires of Asia and pre-Colombian America. Our plenary lecturers include: Paul Cartledge (Cambridge), Constanze Güthenke (Princeton), Mark Lewis (Stanford), Sanjay Subrahmanyam (UCLA) and David Womersley (Oxford). Proposals for individual papers, panels (of up to three papers and a session chair) and roundtables are invited. Please send a half-page abstract to the IHR Events Officer at AncientsandModerns@lon.ac.uk by 1^st December 2011. Acceptance of proposals will be confirmed by 31^st December 2011 and the full conference programme published at the end of January. Registrations open on 1^st March 2012. Further information on the conference can be found at www.history.ac.uk/aach12.

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Fellowships

• THE INTERIOR: ART, SPACE, AND PERFORMANCE (EARLY MODERN TO POSTMODERN) , Announcement for four three-year doctoral posts at the Institute of Art History, University of Bern, beginning March 1, 2012
  In the framework of the Sinergia Project “The Interior: Art, Space, and Performance (Early Modern to Postmodern)”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, four doctoral positions will be available as of March 1, 2012. Under the leadership of the Bern Institute of Art History, the aforementioned Sinergia Project “The Interior” will be run through six subprojects at two universities. In total six doctoral and one post-doctoral-coordinating position can be funded for three years. Directed by five art historians and one theatre historian, diverse models, concepts, and interpretations of interiors in art, architecture, theatre and visual culture from the Early Modern to the Contemporary eras will be investigated. Proceeding from a heterogeneous and dynamic concept of the interior drawn from various media, styles, and contexts, new questions will emerge simultaneously engaging various disciplines. As a Sinergia project, “The Interior” is divided into the following subprojects:
  Subproject: The Stage as Scena Mundi: Narration, Performance and Imagination (Director: Prof. Dr. Peter W. Marx, Institute of Theatre Studies, University of Bern / Institute of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, University of Cologne). Contact: peter.marx@itw.unibe / peter.marx@uni-koeln.de.
  Subproject: The Art and Visual Culture of Solitude: Interiority and Interior Spaces in Post-Tridentine Europe (Director: Prof. Dr. Christine Göttler, Institute of Art History, University of Bern). Contact: christine.goettler@ikg.unibe.ch.
  Subproject: “Mit köstlichen tapetzereyen und anderer herrlicher zier” – Interiors for Court Festivals and Ceremonies (Director: Prof. Dr. Birgitt Borkopp-Restle, Institute of Art History, University of Bern). Contact: birgitt.borkopp@ikg.unibe.ch. Institut für Kunstgeschichte Hodlerstrasse 8 , CH-3011 Bern , Tel. +41 031 631 47 41 , Fax +41 031 631 86 69 , www.ikg.unibe.ch
  Subproject: Anagrammatic Spaces: Interiors in Contemporary Art (Director: Prof. Dr. Peter J. Schneemann, Institute of Art History, University of Bern). Contact: peter.schneemann@ikg.unibe.ch.
  Subproject: Constructions of the Feminine Interior (Director: Prof. Dr. Norberto Gramaccini, Institute of Art History, University of Bern). Contact: norberto.gramaccini@ikg.unibe.ch.
  Subproject: Heterotopian Spaces: Public, Semi-public and Non-public Interiors in Contemporary Architecture, 1970–2010 (Directors: Prof. Dr. Bernd Nicolai, Institute of Art History, University of Bern, and Prof. Dr. Wendy Shaw, Institute of Art History / Center for Cultural Studies, University of Bern). Contact: bernd.nicolai@ikg.unibe.ch; and wendy.shaw@ikg.unibe.ch.
  Doctoral positions for the following subprojects are currently open: Borkopp-Restle, Göttler, Gramaccini and Nicolai / Shaw (all Institute of Art History, University of Bern). The positions will be funded for a maximum of three years and will support the execution of dissertation projects. Associated positions are possible. Through Sinergia, the Swiss National Science Foundation enables innovative research projects of international interest that promote new generations of scholars involved in elite research. Applicants with outstanding qualifications are encouraged to apply. In addition to art and architectural historians, applicants from other related disciplines, particularly Theatre Studies, are welcome. Application materials should be submitted electronically and should include a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a research proposal (maximum three pages) and a summary of the applicant’s M.A. thesis (maximum two pages). Please send the application by November 25, 2011 to the responsible party of each subproject.
  Applicant interviews will take place on December 16, 2011 in Bern. For questions about the entire project please contact the principal investigator (Prof. Dr. Christine Göttler, christine.goettler@ikg.unibe.ch). For further information on the project and the individual subprojects please consult the website of the Institute of Art History (News / Research Projects):
  http://www.ikg.unibe.ch.

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Regards,

The History Lab team.

Web: www.history.ac.uk/historylab

Email: ihrhistorylab@googlemail.com

Bulletin

History Lab Bulletin 31 October 2011

Dear all,

See below for projects and events that may be of interest to History Lab members.

In this issue:

• Next in History Lab
• Calls for papers
• Conferences
• Seminars and lectures
• Workshops
• Projects
• Funding
• Reading groups

_________________________________________________

Next in History Lab:

• Seminar: Jens Olesen (Oxford) - Liberal vs Conservative Conceptual History? A Comparison between Skinner’s and Koselleck’s Method, Thursday 10 November 2011 at 17:30, STB7, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square London WC1B 5DN

• Speakeasy one day public speaking workshop: Saturday, 12 November 2011 from 10am to 5pm, Rooms G37 & G26, Senate House

Do you get the jitters every time you give a seminar paper? Do you find that you are unable to project your voice, speak too fast and don’t connect with the audience? Or worse, are people falling asleep in your lectures? Clear, effective and professional communication skills are absolutely essential to any aspiring academic. While doctoral students are taught essential research skills, less emphasis is placed on learning how to communicate their research effectively either in the lecture hall or in the seminar room. Speakeasy, a public-speaking training organisation, is a one-day workshop on the art of public speaking for young historians. Organised by an academic and a professional actor, the Speakeasy workshop is specifically designed for historians at the start of their career. Drawing on professional acting skills and techniques, our one-day course addresses the following issues:

-How to be an effective communicator in the lecture theatre, the seminar room or in the conference hall.
-How to get your message across, keep your audience engaged and actually enjoy the experience.
-Voice projection, posture, body language and how to calm your nerves
-Different modes of communication: how to lead seminars, chair conferences and conduct a Q&A.
-Techniques for presenting, how to deliver complex ideas and personalise your style of delivery.
-Methods of communication: how to use PowerPoint, present a poster and ‘how to think on your academic feet’.

This course is available to all registered PhD, Mphil students and early career historians. Due to the interactive nature of the workshop, numbers must be limited to 25.

Note on the workshop leaders:

Liza Filby is a historian based at King’s College, London. She was formerly Chair of the History Lab, the Institute of Historical Research’s national postgraduate network and editor of Vitae’s GradBritain. She has four years experience in running peer-based training workshops for PhD students.

Steven Clarke is a professional actor who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has a number of distinguished roles under his belt and is currently appearing in a Broadway production of a John Osborne play in New York. Steven has led training sessions on public speaking for both private and public sector organisations.

Reviews of previous Speakeasy workshops in London:

‘A really good day – glad I came all the way from Birmingham’

‘A very, very good day – far exceeded expectations in terms of how useful it has been – thank you!’

‘Great! Very passionate people, very useful!’

‘The session made me realise the importance of public speaking as a tool of professional development and career advancement’

‘[my] confidence grew as the day wore on. Generally really useful – and fun too!’

For a review of one workshop by History Lab organiser Amelia Nel go to:

http://the-history-lab.blogspot.com/

Course requirements: All attendees are required to bring along with them a printed copy of 150 words on/about their research- this could be part of a chapter, paper etc. It is perhaps best not to bring part of your original PhD research proposal. Please also make sure that you wear loose comfortable clothing; don’t be scared by this, no crazy stunts involved!

The cost to attend the workshop is £40 which includes lunch, refreshments and a course pack. If you would like to attend, please sign up and register via the Speakeasy website:

http://speakeasyworkshops.co.uk/.

_________________________________________________

Calls for papers

• Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland
  02.04.2012-04.04.2012, Edinburgh
  Deadline: 30.11.2011
  
  The next conference of the Association for German Studies in Great
  Britain and Ireland will take place at the University of Edinburgh, 2-4
  April 2012. The lead panel for the conference will be "Deviants in
  German-language literature and culture", with further panels on History
  and Remembrance, Linguistics, Gender, Translation, Medieval and Early
  Modern Studies, Eighteenth-Century Studies, Nineteenth and Earlier
  Twentieth Century Studies, Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Studies.
  Information about the conference and the call for papers can be found on
  the AGS website at: http://ags.ac.uk/ags2012.htm
  
  If you are interested in contributing a paper to a panel, please send
  your proposal directly to the e-mail address of the specific panel
  convener. If you would like to propose a panel or if you would like to
  offer a paper that does not fall within the remit of any of the listed
  panels, please contact the Conference Secretary Melani Schroeter
  (m.schroeter@reading.ac.uk). Proposals for papers should be 150-200
  words, panel outlines 50-100 words. Proposals for papers should reach
  the relevant conveners by 30 November 2011. Any proposals for additional
  panels should reach Melani Schroeter by the same date.
  
  Further details:
  
  Lead Panel Convener: Mary Cosgrove/Frauke Matthes;
  Mary.Cosgrove@ed.ac.uk/frauke.matthes@ed.ac.uk
  
  

• 'Representation of the owners, Donors & Patrons in Medieval Art' Conference is taking place at University of Kent at Canterbury on Friday 11 May 2012. The deadline for submission is 15 January 2012. For more information, see attached document.
• The International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC)
  22.07.2013-28.07.2013, Manchester
  Deadline: 15.03.2012
  
  The general theme of the Congress is "Knowledge at Work" and ICOHTEC encourages proposals for sessions dealing with the history of technology within this broad framework.While open to all proposals, the programme committee suggests the following sub-themes for the consideration of session organisers and
  contributors:
  
  -technical knowledge and environmental improvement
  -industrial management: theory and practice
  -institutionalizing research and development in the corporation
  -race, gender, technology, and the workplace
  -craft skill and political power
  -educational ideology and industrial development
  -knowing users: social demands in shaping technology and designing
  products
  -just applied science? the origins of technological knowledge
  -industrial espionage and access to hidden technology
  -military technology and the production of civilian goods
  
  We urge contributors to organize a full session of three papers, or
  multiple related sessions of three papers each, with a named chair for
  each session. Individual paper submissions will, of course, be
  considered and grouped into sessions if deemed appropriate, but full
  sessions are strongly preferred. The programme committee encourages the
  organizers of sessions to announce their plans to compile sessions and
  communicate with potential collaborators through H-NET and other
  networks such as social media. It is also possible to propose papers
  unrelated to the general theme. They can be presented in a "Special
  Topics" session.
  
  Note: Membership in ICOHTEC is not required to participate in the
  symposium. We especially encourage graduate students to participate in
  the symposium and submit their proposals. Limited travel grants will be
  available; see further information at: http://www.icohtec.org/ .
  
  SESSION proposals must include: (1) an abstract of the session (400
  words maximum), listing the proposed papers (see individual paper
  proposal guidelines below) and the chairperson; (2) abstracts for each
  paper (200 - 400 words); (3) a one-page CV for each contributor and
  chairperson. Sessions consist of three speakers, and may include several
  sections of three speakers each, which might extend over more than one
  day. Each individual section should have a chairperson.
  
  INDIVIDUAL PAPER proposals must include: (1) a 200 - 400 word abstract
  in English; and (2) a one-page CV. Abstracts should include the author's
  name and email address, a short informative title of the paper, a
  concise statement of the thesis, a brief discussion of the sources, and
  a summary of expected conclusions. In preparing your paper, remember
  that presentations are not full-length articles. You will have no more
  than 20 minutes speaking time, which is roughly equivalent to 8
  double-spaced typed pages. Contributors are encouraged to submit
  full-length versions of their papers after the congress for
  consideration by ICOHTEC's journal ICON. If you are submitting an
  independent paper proposal dealing with a particular sub-theme, please
  indicate this in your proposal.
  
  Please, submit proposals for papers and sessions via the ICOHTEC online
  submission system at:
  http://www.icohtec.org/annual-meeting/cfp-system/2013-manchester/
  
  Pay close attention to the instructions, particularly those that
  relate to the word length of submitted documents.
  
  Should you have any queries on the procedure, please contact Mark Clark,
  the chair of the programme committee, via email (mark.clark@oit.edu).
  
  If you are unable to access the submission website, proposals may be
  sent by fax to Mark Clark: 001-541-885-1520. Otherwise they may be sent
  via regular mail, postmarked 28 February 2012 to:
  
  Mark Clark
  Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
  Oregon Institute of Technology
  3201 Campus Drive
  Klamath Falls, OR, 97601
  USA
  
  

Conferences

• Interrogation in war and conflict: between liberty,
  security and justice - Reading, 11 November 2011
  
  Professor Hilary Footitt and Dr Simona Tobia, University of Reading;
  with the support of the Leverhulme Major Research Programme
  29.11.2011, Reading, UK
  
  After recent revelations of a 'UK Abu Ghraib', with allegations of
  systematic mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war at a British military
  interrogation centre, and the opening of a formal inquiry, the role of
  military interrogations has once again been under scrutiny. This seems a
  particularly opportune time to discuss 'interrogation' both as a
  military event and as a cultural phenomenon. Interrogation raises moral
  questions, especially for states that see themselves as 'liberal', but
  it can also be approached from many other angles. It is often, for
  example, a 'first contact' between actors who come from different
  cultures and speak different languages. It sets out to elicit
  information, but the absorption of that information depends on the
  conceptual scheme of the interrogator. There are important differences
  between interrogations done by ordinary soldiers, debriefings by
  professional intelligence operatives, and interviews that generate
  forensic evidence.
  
  Given these complexities, it is surprising that practices involving the
  'questioning of enemies' seldom receive comparative discussion. This
  interdisciplinary workshop gives an opportunity for a historically-informed discussion of the continuing problems that they cause for liberal states.
  For more information, see attached document.
• DFG-Network "Body Techniques"; in co-operation with the German
  Historical Institute London 17.11.2011-19.11.2011, London, German Historical Institute London, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NJ
  
  While the history of sport in the modern period has attracted a great
  deal of interest in recent years and new approaches have found their way
  into research, sport and physical exercise in the early modern period is
  still a rather neglected topic. Our aim is not to continue the
  well-known discussion of whether or not sport existed in pre-modern
  times. There were many physical activities beyond the courtly exercises
  of fencing, riding and dancing, ranging from rowing, wrestling, jeu de
  paume, soccer and gymnastics to swimming, diving, pall mall, shooting,
  running and ice skating. The early modern period had professional
  players as well as sports grounds, training as well as contests,
  referees as well as public audiences. And sometimes important political
  and economic issues were at stake.
  
  This conference aims to bring together specialists from diverse
  disciplines and many nations to view the practice of sport and physical
  exercise in its cultural context, taking into special consideration
  social, political and economic influences. Contributions may relate to
  individual countries, to specific individuals or groups, or to individual sports.
  For more, see:
  http://www.ghil.ac.uk/events_and_conferences/conferences_and_workshops.html
  
  

• Realism and Romanticism in German Literature: An International Conference at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London, Thursday, 1 December and Friday, 2 December 2011
  
  Co-Ordinators: Dirk Göttsche (Nottingham) and Nicholas Saul (Durham)

Conference Fees:
2 Days: £65.00; £60.00 Reduced Rate; £35.00 Student Rate
1 Day: £40.00; £35.00 Reduced Rate; £25.00 Student Rate
Dinner on Thursday, 1 December: Three courses with choice incl. coffee: £35.00
Reduced Rate: Fully paid-up Friends of Germanic Studies/paying members of the IGRS
Student Rate: Students with proof of status only

For more information and how to register, see:

http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/conferences-workshops/realism-and-romanticism- conference.html

• 'Beyond Camps and Forced Labour: Current International Research on Survivors of Nazi Persecution'. Fourth International Multidisciplinary Conference, Imperial War Museum, London, 4-6 January 2012
  
  This conference is a follow-up to the three successful conferences which took place at the Imperial War Museum London in 2003, 2006 and 2009. It will continue to build on areas previously investigated as well as open up new fields of academic enquiry.
  
  More than 100 speakers from all over the world will present and discuss the latest results of their research on all groups of survivors of Nazi persecution. These include - but are not limited to - Jews, Gypsies, Slavonic people, homosexuals, Soviet prisoners of war, political dissidents, members of underground movements, the disabled, the so-called racially impure, and forced labourers.
  
  Papers will focus on following areas:
  
  -DPs in post-war Europe
  -Reception and resettlement
  -Survivors in central, east and southeast Europe
  -Exiles, émigrés and refugees in the reconstruction process
  -Child survivors
  -Women survivors and gender issues
  -Trials and justice
  -Reparation and restitution
  -Testimonies and record building
  -Film and photography
  -Memory and amnesia
  -Trauma and intergenerational transmission
  -Remembrance and memorials
  
  Further information and a registration form are now available at:
  
  http://beta.iwm.org.uk/events/beyond-camps-and-forced-labour
  
  
  

• The 4th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference QQML2012, Limerick, Ireland, 22 – 25 May 2012
  For more information, see attached poster.

Seminars and lectures

• History of Art Department Research 2011-2012 seminar series at the University of York.
  
  This term, all seminars will take place in the Berrick Saul auditorium. Seminars are followed by refreshments. The schedule for Autumn 2011 is as follows:
  7 November Anne Wagner, Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary Art at
  the University of California at Berkeley, Title to be announced
  
  21 November Jeanne Nuechterlein, Senior Lecturer in the History of Northern
  Renaissance Art at the University of York, Writing Fictional Histories of
  Early Netherlandish Art
  
  Please contact emily.guerry@york.ac.uk with any questions.
• Frank Davis Memorial Lecture, which will take place on Tuesday 8 November and which will be given by Dr Catherine Reynolds (Christie's). This lecture, entitled 'Makers of Royal Manuscripts: Court Artists in France and the Netherlands', will be at 5.30pm in the
  Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre.
  For more information, see attached document.
  
  

Workshops

• The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust
  Studies is accepting proposals from Workshop Co-ordinators to co-ordinate
  two-week research workshops at the Museum during the months of July and
  August of 2012. The Center's Summer Research Workshop program provides an environment in which groups of scholars working in closely related areas of study, but with limited previous face-to-face interaction, can gather to discuss a central research
  question or issue; their research methodologies and findings; the major
  challenges facing their work; and potential future collaborative
  scholarly ventures.
  For more information, see attached document.
  

Projects

• Historians Connect encourages collaboration and dialogue between
  academic historians and school history teachers in order to enhance
  students' understanding and enjoyment of history. When they register
  with 'historians connect!', history teachers in primary or secondary
  schools are paired with an academic historian (usually a PhD student
  or post-doctoral researcher) whose area of expertise best suits their
  needs.
  For more information, see:
  http://www.raphael-samuel.org.uk/young-history-workshop/
  
  
  The e-mail address for enquiries is: historiansconnect@gmail.com

Funding

• The National Army Museum is offering two bursaries of £500 each towards travel and accommodation costs incurred by students while researching in the NAM Templer Study Centre. For more information and how to apply, see attached document.

Reading groups

The Global Century: A Twentieth Century Global History Reading Group, alternate Thursdays, 3-5pm, at the School of Advanced Study, University of London

Rosy Rickett (University of Manchester) and William Booth (Institute for the Study of the Americas, London) would like to announce a new reading group based in London, aimed primarily at postgraduate students but open to all. Over the course of the academic year we will be taking in many of the major events, themes and developments of the past hundred years or so, devoting a fortnightly session to the following topics:

World War I and the Global Settlement; Old Empires and New Nations; The Long Cold War;Modernity and Modernism The Market Intervenes; Responses to the Great Depression; World War II and the Postwar Order; China’s Century; Decolonisation; Neo-Imperialism; The Politics of Race; Postwar Western Europe; Globalization; Responses to State Power; The Neoliberal Paradigm; Not the End of History; Where is History Leading?

The first session will take place on Thursday 3rd November from 3-5pm at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Details of the first three sessions (including key text and other suggested readings) can be found at the group's blog: http://theglobalcentury.wordpress.com

Convenors:
Rosy Rickett (University of Manchester) - rosyrickett@gmail.com
William Booth (Institute for the Study of the Americas, London) - william.booth@postgrad.sas.ac.uk

If you are interested in attending or require further information regarding subsequent weeks, please contact the convenors.

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The History Lab team.

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