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CCWH Book Prize
<p>The CCWH Book Prize in Women’s and Gender History is awarded every two years to the best book published in the field in the previous two years, in either English or French. Books in Canadian history are eligible for the prize. Books in other national fields are also eligible for the prize, provided that their … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/15/ccwh-book-prize/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CCWH Book Prize</span></a
Jan 15, 20161 min read
CFP: East Coast/West Coast: Friends and Feuds | American Studies Association
<p>The “East Coast/West Coast” rivalry, distinction, feud, or romance is a recurrent theme in American music and popular culture, most famously in hip hop, but also in rock, jazz, and other genres. How does this dynamic play out in other forms of popular culture, politics, and literature? This panel will enlarge on the East Coast/West … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/14/cfp-east-coastwest-coast-friends-and-feuds-american-studies-association/" class="mo
Jan 14, 20161 min read
Pop Culture Workshops at Bowling Green
<p>SPRING 2016 POPULAR CULTURE RESEARCH WORKSHOP AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY The PCA/ACA is sponsoring a week-long research workshop conjointly with the Department of Popular Culture, the Ray and Pat Browne Popular Culture Library, and the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives at Bowling Green State University from Saturday, May 21, 2016 to Friday, May … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/12/pop-culture-workshops-at-bowling-green/" class="more-link">Contin
Jan 12, 20163 min read
CFP: Call For Papers: Yoga Justice / Yoga Violence Conference (Race and Yoga Conference)
<p>Call For Papers: Yoga Justice / Yoga Violence Conference The Race and Yoga Research Working Group at the University of California, Berkeley will host its third annual conference on Friday, April 22, 2016. The theme of the conference is “Yoga Justice / Yoga Violence.” Yoga can be a tool to promote social justice. Yet, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/11/cfp-call-for-papers-yoga-justice-yoga-violence-conference-race-and-yoga-conference/" class="more-link">
Jan 11, 20161 min read
Extended Deadline! Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies
<p>Abstract deadline for the 3rd Annual Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies has been extended to January 18, 2016. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted to https://orgsync.com/10612/forms/165745. Panel, roundtable, performance, poster, artistic display and other non-traditional session proposals are welcome and should include a 300-word abstract and contact information for all participants. Full conference website: www.bgsu.edu/raybrowne.
Jan 11, 20162 min read
“I Gotta Testify”: Conversations on Kanye West, Religion & Hip-Hop
<p>Is Kanye West taking his listeners to heaven or hell? Is he a modern day bluesman promoting the devil’s music or a secular alternative to traditional as well as contemporary religious music? These are important questions to consider when evaluating the spiritual characteristics of hip-hop’s most polarizing artist. We are seeking contributors to our forthcoming … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/08/i-gotta-testify-conversations-on-kanye-west-religion-hip-hop/"
Jan 8, 20162 min read
New England Regional Fellowship Consortium
<p>New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) Next application deadline: February 1, 2016. The NERFC, a collaboration of twenty-one major cultural agencies, will offer at least sixteen awards in 2016-2017. Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for eight or more weeks of research at participating institutions between June 1, 2016, and May 31, 2017. … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/07/new-england-regional-fellowship-consortium/" class="more-link">Conti
Jan 7, 20161 min read
3rd Edition of Watching TV Now Available
<p>Our friends at Syracuse University Press have just put a 3rd edition of Watching TV: Eight Decades of American Television, a popular text from Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik. For more information go the Syracuse University Press Website. </p>
Jan 5, 20161 min read
New Book Chronicles North American Soccer League
<p>Rock ‘N’ Roll Soccer: The Short Times and Fast Life of the North American Soccer League. By Ian Plenderleith, London: Icon Books Ltd., 2014. In his new book, Ian Plenderleith, a veteran soccer journalist, chronicles the North American Soccer League’s (NASL) history. Plenderleith’s monograph begins with the NASL’s origins. During the 1966 World Cup, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/04/new-book-chronicles-north-american-soccer-league/" class="more-li
Jan 4, 20163 min read
Body Politics: Representations and the Impact of Black Women in Music (ProudFlesh Journal)
<p>“Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not packaged for the consumption of male entertainment. Then it becomes confusing.” – Erykah Badu Body politics refers to the practices and policies through which powers of society regulate the human body; particularly the female body. It involves the struggle over the degree of individual … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/31/body-politics-representations-and-the-impact-of-black-women-in-music-prou
Dec 31, 20153 min read
Call for Papers: 19th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference – La Cross, WI, July 7-9
<p>Theme: Barnstorming in the Negro Baseball Leagues Presentation Proposals: Due March 28th, 2016 Barnstorming has always been a central part of the life of Negro League ball players. Being in Wisconsin will allow the conference to focus on Henry Aaron, Billy Bruton and Wes Covington who played in Eau Claire. The great strikeout pitcher John Donaldson toured the upper Midwest and … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/29/call-for-papers-19th-annual-jerry-malloy-negro-l
Dec 29, 20152 min read
Essay Review Call for Submissions
<p>The Essay Review is now accepting submissions for its 2016 issue. The Essay Review is a yearly online journal run out of the University of Iowa dedicated to providing lively criticism of the essay as an object of scholarly and aesthetic reflection. By approaching nonfiction with similar critical techniques as used in the analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama, we investigate the methods and … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/28/essay-review-call-for-submissions/"
Dec 28, 20151 min read
Massachusetts Historical Society Fellowships
<p>The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer more than three dozen research fellowships for the academic year 2016-2017. MHS Short-term Fellowships carry a stipend of $2,000 to support four or more weeks of research in the Society’s collections. The Boston Athenaeum and the MHS will offer one Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship on the Civil War, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/26/massachusetts-historical-society-fellowships/" class="more-link">Continue read
Dec 26, 20151 min read
Journalism and History Conference
<p>JJCHC CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS AND PARTICIPANTS You are invited to submit a 500- to 600-word abstract or proposal for papers, research in progress or panel discussions for presentation at the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference — the joint spring meeting of the American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division. This one-day interdisciplinary conference welcomes … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/23/journalis
Dec 23, 20152 min read
CFP: Providence College Undergrad Conference
<p>Call for Papers: 7th Annual Providence College Undergraduate Research Conference on Health and Society The 7th Annual Providence College Undergraduate Research Conference on Health and Society is a great opportunity for advanced undergraduates who are engaged in significant writing projects. This interdisciplinary conference welcomes paper proposals from all areas of inquiry that address topics related to … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/20/cfp-providence-colle
Dec 20, 20151 min read
New call for papers Ekphrasis. Images, Cinema, Theory, Media
<p>Storytelling at the Extreme? Narrative Turns in Contemporary Film and TV Series In the past two decades, various filmmakers challenged their audiences and what was defined as the “classic” narrative in cinema and television. With their new ways of approaching audiovisual storytelling authors like Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994), Tom Tykwer’s Run, Lola, Run (2006), … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/18/new-call-for-papers-ekphrasis-images-cinema-theory-med
Dec 19, 20152 min read
Baseball Hall of Fame Internships
<p>The Digital Strategy interns will assist with the ongoing project to make the Museum and Library’s unique collections available and searchable online. The interns, under the guidance of the Digital Strategy department, will focus on enhancing previously created metadata using a controlled vocabulary and schema. They will gain familiarity with Islandora, the museum’s digital asset … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/18/baseball-hall-of-fame-internships/" class="mor
Dec 18, 20151 min read
LOC Mellon Fellowships
<p>Call for Applications: CLIR/Library of Congress Mellon Fellowship Maximum award: $31,000 Deadline: February 29, 2016 Duration: 9-12 months Location: Washington, DC The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is offering one fellowship award to support original source dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences at the Preservation Research and Testing Division of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/17/loc-mellon-fellowships/" clas
Dec 17, 20151 min read
Call for Applications: Reuther Library 2016 Sam Fishman Travel Grant Program
<p>The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs invites applications for travel grants of up to $1,000 as part of the 2016 Sam Fishman Travel Grant Program. The program provides research grants to support faculty, students, independent researchers, and union members to defray travel, lodging, food, and other costs to conduct research … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/16/call-for-applications-reuther-library-2016-sam-fishman-travel-grant-progra
Dec 16, 20151 min read
Sports Fellowship: Germany
<p>SPORT STUDIES Ludwig-Maxilimians-Universität München – 10 Research Fellowships <a href="http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52258" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52258</a> </p>
Dec 16, 20151 min read
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