Category Archives: affiliated announcements

NEHA Endorses ASALH Statement Against Symbols of Intolerance and Hatred

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The NEHA Executive Board endorses this May 12, 2017 statement by Evelyn Higgenbotham, president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and expresses its institutional commitment to these shared goals alongside our colleagues: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History decries the messages of hate and harm that have appeared in recent weeks, as was the case when a lynching noose was placed in the National Museum of African American History and Culture and when death…

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NEHA Supports AHA Statement Condemning EO Travel Ban

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NEHA’s Executive Board voted unanimously to join the AHA in its statement against the Executive Order Restricting Entry to the United States. We support open scholarly inquiry and recognize the unnecessary burden the order placed on lawful travel by students, faculty, researchers, and others. The American Historical Association January 30, 2017 statement reads, in part: We have good reason to fear that the executive order will harm historians and historical research both in the United States and abroad. The AHA represents teachers and researchers who…

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NEHA Endorses Policy Recommendations Re: Oral History and HHS Research

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At its October 2015 meeting, the NEHA Executive Board unanimously voted to endorse the statement of the National Coalition for History in support of the position advocated by the Oral History Association, the American Historical Association and other professional organizations of historians regarding proposed revisions to the Federal Policy for Protection of Human Subjects in research that involves oral history. Their statement submitted during the public comment period, to which NEHA is now a signatory, reads as follows: Public Statement on Oral History and Human…

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CFP: New England Regional World History Conf, Oct 2014

affiliated announcements, CFP

The New England Regional World History Association (NERWHA) announces the call for papers for its fall 2014 conference, “Industrialization and World History,” to be held 25 October 2014 in Lowell, MA. NERWHA invites proposals for panels, individual papers and roundtables; deadline is 1 August 2014. Submissions should be sent as a Word document to NERWHAProg@gmail.com. For details, click here to download the flyer.

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Upcoming & Local: Salem Fire Centennial Symposium, June 20-21

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An announcement from our friends at Salem State To mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Salem Fire of 1914, Salem State University and Historic Salem, Inc. will hold a two-day symposium “Conflagration!” on June 20 and 21. The symposium, which will be held on campus, will include presentations and walking tours recounting the cataclysmic events that destroyed more than 250 acres and 1,376 buildings. Local Salem residents and scholars affiliated with Salem institutions – Salem State University, the National Park Service, the Peabody Essex…

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Announcement: CFP for Boston Stamp Act Conference, New Date

affiliated announcements, CFP

“‘So Sudden an Alteration:’ The Causes, Course, and Consequences of the American Revolution,” a conference to be held in Boston in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the passage of the Stamp Act, will take place April 9-11, 2015. The conference was previously announced for another date. The organizers continue to invite essay proposals: the deadline is February 21, 2014. The program will be held at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston and is co-sponsored by the MHS, Boston University, the David Library of the…

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Announcements of Note, Feb 2014

affiliated announcements, CFP

Two things that have come across our transom this week we wanted to share: 1) The Portsmouth (NH) Athenaeum has published an inaugural issue of its new e-journal for 2013, the Portsmouth Athenaeum Journal. The first issue contains four articles from participants in NEHA’s 2013 Spring meeting as well as an introduction from NEHA President, Dane Morrison. We are proud to feature this affiliate venture in digital scholarship. 2) Of local interest: The Rhode Island Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission will present a Conference on…

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Announcement: MA Historical Society Fellowships

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The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer more than three dozen research fellowships for the academic year 2014-2015, including two MHS-NEH Long-term Fellowships made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Their stipend, governed by an NEH formula, will be $4,200 per month for a minimum of four months and a maximum of twelve months. MHS Short-term Fellowships carry a stipend of $1,500-$2,500 to support four weeks of research in the Society’s collections. The Boston Athenaeum and the MHS will offer one…

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Announcing MHS Research Seminar Series for 2013-2014

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More than two dozen Massachusetts Historical Society Research Department seminars have been scheduled for 2013-2014, offered in five series: the Boston Area Early American History Seminar, the Boston Environmental History Seminar, the Boston Immigration and Urban History Seminar, the New England Biography Seminar, and the Boston Seminar on the History of Women and Gender, presented in conjunction with the Schlesinger Library of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Look for innovative formats, including a town hall meeting on October 1 with Karin Wulf, the new…

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Announcement: Upcoming World History Symposium “The Hispanic Americas in World History”

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New England Regional World History Association (NERWHA) is hosting a one-day fall symposium on Saturday, 26 October 2013, starting at 8:45 a.m., at Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, on the Campus Green, the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. The symposium features a keynote address and four sessions. The day’s events will end at 5:00 p.m. The keynote address by Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, is a special highlight. Anyone conversant with world history knows his rich contributions to the…

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