Conferences

St. John’s University’s History department convenes its second World History Theory and Practice conference in order to advance theories and to consider practices of world history. The conference will offer panels on both research and teaching with the aim of fostering research-driven conversations on the teaching of world history. The department invites papers that deal […]

AFEA American Studies Conference – University of La Rochelle, May 27-30, 2015 Popular Music Workshop Roots & Routes: Movement, Statis, and Rootedness in American Popular Music While writers such as Adam Smith and Heinrich Heine have argued that music is an immaterial and non-referential art, the discourse on American popular music is fraught with references

The Twelfth Annual South Asia Graduate Student Conference at the University of Chicago: South Asian Mobilities, March 5-6, 2015 The organizing committee of the South Asia Graduate Student Conference at the University of Chicago has announced the twelfth annual conference, to be held on March 5-6, 2015, on the theme, South Asian Mobilities. The committee invites

On Saturday, April 11, 2015, the Public History program in the History Department at North Carolina State University will host a symposium to facilitate discussions among public historians, heritage professionals, scholars, and the public about the public value of public history. At multiple levels—community, public and private, state, national, and global—public history benefits economic activity,

Queers & Comics brings LGBTQ cartoonists, comics writers, and artists together with scholars and fans in order to document the history and significance of queer comics. This conference spotlights the veterans of LGBTQ cartooning in North America and internationally, with forums for working artists to share their knowledge and to discuss how to navigate the comics