Conferences

The Humanities Program at the University of Kansas invites proposals from undergraduate and graduate students for the Seventh Annual Mid-America Humanities Conference, “Being Human in the Workplace,” to be held on March 31 and April 1, 2016. This year’s theme explores what it means to be human in the workplace, and the organizers invite participants […]

The Sport and Society Conference is a distinctive, intimate and affordable three-day event that provides opportunities for sports academics and professionals working in sports-related fields to network and share their expertise about American sports. The theme of the fourth Sport and Society Conference is “The Business in College Sports” Keynote speakers and panelists include: Barry

Call for Papers: Across Time and Space: Religious Transmission in Cross-Cultural and Cross-Generational Contexts Department of Religious Studies, Duke University February 26, 2016 Abstract deadline: November 30th Keynote speaker: Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures at Harvard Divinity School, will speak on “Turning Inheritances into Legacies: Understanding Transmission in Religion and Appreciating

The ASN (Association for the Study of Nationalities) is calling for papers on nationalism, ethnicity, and national identities for its 21st Annual World Convention, to be held at Columbia University in New York on April 14-16, 2016, sponsored by the Harriman Institute.  Paper proposals are due Oct. 29, 2015. They must be sent to both darel@uottawa.ca and darelasn2016@gmail.com. Full information

The historical profession, like many academic disciplines, finds itself at a crossroads in training its future practitioners. The intellectual revolutions of the 21st century and transformations in higher education have changed how historians practice their craft as well as career opportunities available to them. How should graduate history education adapt to these developments? Some argue the answer