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CALL FOR PAPERS
1. PERMANENCE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF THE PACIFIC BASIN 1700-1820 The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture invite proposals for papers to be presented at a conference on Permanence and the Built Environment of the Pacific Basin 1700-1820. This meeting, to be held at the University of Southern California on April 17-18, 2009, will bring together scholars who study early modern construction and structures, cityscape, and the diverse landscapes of the western coasts and hinterlands of the Americas, the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and East Asian port cities, areas greatly affected in these years by global trade, creolization, indigenous revolts, the break-up of empires, and natural disasters. Conference Objectives. What eighteenth century and early nineteenth century societies bordering the Pacific considered to be permanent architecturally, what they constructed, and how they dealt with the erasure and destruction of their built environment is the focus of the conference.
. 2. William and Mary Quarterly-EMSI Workshop: “Territorial Crossings: Histories and Historiographies of the Early Americas”
Participants will attend a two-day meeting at the Huntington Library (May 21-22, 2009) to discuss both their work and that of other participants, as well as directions that might be taken in writing the history of early North America. Subsequently, the conveners will write an essay elaborating on the issues raised in the workshop for publication in the William and Mary Quarterly. The conveners of this year’s workshop are Eric Hinderaker, who works on British North America, and Rebecca Horn, a scholar of Spanish America. The geographic and conceptual boundaries of the field once known as “colonial America” have shifted dramatically in the last decade as scholars have explored new borderlands, pressed into non-English-controlled territories, and made connections with rich scholarship in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and Native American contexts. We invite papers that consider the consequences of this change, and particularly that offer comparisons or identify continuities among different imperial settings. Workshop papers might consider what challenges scholars face in traversing traditional historiographical boundaries (from “Colonial America” to “Colonial Latin America,” for example). What theoretical and conceptual tools best frame this enlarged sphere of imperial competition and colonial development? What questions are made possible only by thinking across territories, and what subjects of analysis best suit comparative or more broadly contextualized scholarship? How can scholars generalize the insights of comparative studies? Participants will pre-circulate draft chapters or articles. The organizers especially encourage proposals from mid-career scholars. Proposals should include a brief abstract (250-500 words) describing the applicant’s current research project and a short c.v. Proposals should be sent by attachment to Kelly Crawford (kscraw@wm.edu) By October 15, 2008. Questions may be directed to Karin Wulf, Book Review Editor, William and Mary Quarterly, at kawulf@wm.edu. The workshop will cover travel and lodging costs for participants.
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