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[WHS] Wendy Goldman and Donald Filtzer

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Wendy Goldman and Donald Filtzer on Fortress Dark and Stern: The Soviet Home Front during World War II 

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[WHS] Kai Bird on The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Kai Bird on The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

 

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June 2021 SHAFR Prize Announcements

June 2021 SHAFR Prize Announcements 

Betty Miller Unterberger Dissertation Prize

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[WHS] Teasel Muir-Harmony on Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Teasel Muir-Harmony on Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo

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[WHS] Summer 2021 WHS Events

Summer 2021 WHS Events

The National History Center of the American Historical Association and the History & Public Policy Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars are pleased to announce the Summer season of the Washington History Seminar, which will take place online in a webinar format.

 

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[WHS] Dorothy Sue Cobble on For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Dorothy Sue Cobble on For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality

Monday, June 14 at 4:00 pm ET 

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Stanton Foundation Prize

https://thestantonfoundation.org/informed-citizens/reunite-ah-prize

A New Prize Contest: Applying History to Help Reunite America | The Stanton Foundation (en-US)

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[CFP] September Annual Women in Baseball Conference

Anyone working in sports and diplomacy, especially women’s baseball, might be interested in submitting or attending the September Annual Women in Baseball Conference which this year is focused on women’s baseball around the world. Please follow this link for more info on proposal submissions and the conference generally: https://sabr.org/latest/call-for-papers-2021-sabr-iwbc-women-in-baseball-conference/

Carol Anderson elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Congratulations to Carol Anderson on her election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Class IV - Humanities and Arts, Section 2 -History.

[WHS] Jeremy Brown on June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Jeremy Brown on June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989

Tuesday, June 1 at 4:00 pm ET

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Aston University Vice Chancellor Responds to SHAFR

Dear Amy,

Thank you for taking the time to contact me about the proposed changes to the Department of History, Languages and Translation.  I can inform you that the consultation has now concluded and, although you may already have heard of it from colleagues at Aston, I wanted to update you on the outcome.

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[WHS] Joanne Meyerowitz on A War on Global Poverty: The Lost Promise of Redistribution and the Rise of Microcredit

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Joanne Meyerowitz on A War on Global Poverty: The Lost Promise of Redistribution and the Rise of Microcredit.

Monday, May 17 at 4:00 pm ET

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Results of membership vote on History at Aston University

SHAFR News

 

 

Vote Results are in!


As per SHAFR's by-laws, under Article IX, section B, SHAFR polled its members. More than 30% of SHAFR's membership voted (317 voted; 293 were required) regarding the Aston resolution (printed below), and a majority (91.8%) supported the resolution:

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[WHS] Alex Wellerstein on Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Alex Wellerstein on Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States.

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[Zoom] "Cold War and New Cold War: Re-evaluating the Global Order from World War II to the Present"

"Cold War and New Cold War: Re-evaluating the Global Order from World War II to the Present"

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 4:00pm Eastern time - 9:00pm London; 10:00pm Berlin; May 5, 1:30am New Delhi; May 5, 4:00am Beijing and Tokyo; May 5, 6:00am Sydney

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[Post-Doc] The Ohio State University, History

The Ohio State University Department of History is seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher to work in conjunction with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to conduct historical research and analysis related to U.S. military losses in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and other matters related to military personnel lost in past conflicts. The position is funded for two years, with the possibility of a third, and requires residency at the Ohio State University. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand at time of hire and preferably a background in 20th century US military history (specifically WWII, Korean War, and the Vietnam War), History of Science and Medicine, and/or specific expertise in US-East Asian relations/conflicts, or twentieth-century East Asian history broadly defined.  Practical experience with GIS, work with large scale data projects and/or digital humanities is encouraged but not required. 

[Zoom] UNC Krasno Event Series, Conversation with SIGMAR GABRIEL

UNC Krasno Event Series, April 26, 2021, 1:30 Eastern, Zoom event with SIGMAR GABRIEL, former German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister

Conversation with SIGMAR GABRIEL, former German Vice Chancellor, Economy Minister, and Foreign Minister:

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[WHS] Vanni Pettina on Latin America & the Global Cold War

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar Panel with Vanni Pettina on Latin America & the Global Cold War

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SHAFR 2021 At-A-Glance

Preview the SHAFR 2021 Virtual Conference with our new Program-at-a-Glance [PDF]

CFP- United Nations and Korean War (1950-1953): Politics, War and Peace

Call for Papers

International Conference:

United Nations and Korean War (1950-1953): Politics, War and Peace

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