The London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research is seeking proposals for “The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place,” a virtual conference taking place June 19–20, 2021. The deadline for proposals is April 10, 2021. Memory is a major theme in contemporary
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The J.M.K. Innovation Prize seeks to identify, support, and elevate innovators who are spearheading transformative early-stage projects in the fields of social justice, the environment, and heritage conservation. In 2021, they will award up to ten Prizes, each including a cash award
In light of the ongoing need to reexamine canonical African American writers within the changing contexts of culture, community, and knowledge production, the Project on the History of Black Writing (HBW) at the University of Kansas, in cooperation with the Association for the Preservation of
This handbook offers the most comprehensive, analytic, and multidisciplinary study of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the African Diaspora to date. Preeminent scholars Akintunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola assemble a team of leading and rising stars across African Studies research to retrieve
McFarland Press recently published Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories, a book by John Bodner, Wendy Welch, Ian Brodie, Anna Muldoon, Donald Leech, and Ashley Marshall. As the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) spread around the world, so did theories, stories, and conspiracy beliefs about it. These theories
The Comparative American Studies Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term of two semesters, beginning Fall 2021, and will carry the
The North Carolina Arts Council Seeks a Folklife Intern for the summer of 2021. This three-month internship provides intensive, directed training and experience with the Arts Council’s Folklife program. The intern will also work closely with the N.C. Arts Council’s Arts and
The Department of Anthropology, one of the largest departments of anthropology in Europe with an excellent reputation in both research and teaching, currently has an opening for an assistant professor of Anthropology. The position will be part of the research group Health,
Sarah Lawrence College in partnership with Wartburg invites applications for a Public Humanities Fellow starting in August 2021. This three-year fellowship is funded by their recently awarded grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This position will both enhance the work at the
The Danish School of Education (DPU), Faculty of Arts at Aarhus University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the research project “Research for impact. Integrating research and societal impact in the humanities PhD” financed by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The
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