SOUTH ATLANTIC NEWS+NOTES / Vol.2, No. 6/ November 29, 2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Announcements from Region Humanities Councils : 1/{In}- Compassing the Humanities Program – 2/Nominate a Humanities Hero – 3/North Carolina Humanities Council Awards $86,111 in Grants to Cultural and Educational Organizations – 4/Virgin Islands Humanities Council Presents the 2005 Daniel L. Heftel Lecture, and Humanist Award

Regional Events: 5 /New Orleans: An American Pompeii – 6/Host a Community Forum on Innovation – 7/Tour of the Haw River Heritage Textile Mills – 8/A Celebration of Home-Style Southern Cooking – 9/The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson – 10/Tim Tyson, Blood Done Sign My Name – 11/Historic Cemeteries of the South: A Photographic Tour – 12/In the Shadow of the Ayatollah: A CIA Hostage in Iran – 13/Encoded Archival Description – 14/Virginia Collects: Art from Capitol Square – 15/International Graduate Summer Seminar, "Interrogating the African Diaspora"

Conferences: 16 /Education Research Summit – 17/Diversity Scholarship Conference - 18/Global US South Conference – 19/Race, Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Technology – 20/Preserving the Past: Georgia Historical Ass'n Conference – 21/Gen. Nathanael Greene & War for American Independence Symposium – 22/Southern Innovation Initiative Conference – 23/Three Centuries of Ulster-North American Connections

Calls for Papers, Panels, and Proposals: 24/Native Americans in the 17th and 18th Centuries – 25/Denmark & the Black Atlantic – 26/Three Centuries of Ulster-American History – 27/European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms Slavery Issue – 28/Mixed Race, Hybrid, Transnational – 29/Post-Soul Aesthetic – 30/Family Life in the Old South – 31/Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on North American Borderlands – 32/Latin American Cities – 33/Poverty and Displacement Symposium – 34/Va Humanities Conference on Ethics – 36/Teaching World History/the Americas In World History – 36/History from the Margins: Borderlands and Frontiers in the Americas – 37/Spaces of Dissent: The Borders of Transnational Dreams – 38/Graduate History Forum – 39/Preserving the Past: Georgia Ass'n of HIstorians Conference – 40/The Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists – 41/Social History in the Mountains: Bridging the Divide in Historical Methods – 42/One Hundred and Fifty Years of Writing Florida History – 43/American Indian Literatures/Cultures in the South – 44/Human Rights – 44A/Anthology on Southern Masculinity – 45/Borderlands IV: Organizing History - People, Places, Trails, and Local Stories – 46/The Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar – 47/Lumbee Experts Sought For Teachers' Institute Seminar – 48/John Lawson's a New Voyage to Carolina – 49/Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians – 50/Diaspora Conference 2006 – 51/Race, Technology and the Environment – 52/Crossroads: A Southern Culture Annual – 53/Caribbean Studies – 54/Slave Resistance & Rebellions – 55/Encyclopedia of Postwar America – 56/Ireland & the Americas – 57/Encyclopedia of Abolitionism – 58/Gilded Age & Progressive Era South – 59/Mass Communications – 60/Black Experience in Texas, 1528- 2005 – 61/Writers Sought for African American History Encyclopedia

Opportunities: 62/H-South Reviewer – 63/Gilder Lehrman Short-Term Research Fellowships in American History – 64/Southern Growth Policies Board is Seeking Nominations for the 2006 Innovator Awards – 65/Graduate Fellowship In African-American History – 66/Richard W. Lyman Award – 67/Postdoctoral Fellowship Position, Department of African American Studies – 68/Elizabeth O'neill Verner Governor's Awards for the Arts – 69/Humantities Post-Doctoral Fellowship – 70/The North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) – 71/Harry Golden Visiting Scholars Program – 72/Junior and Post-Doctoral Fellowships, Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University – 73/Post Doctoral Fellowship in Southern Studies

Announcements: 74/Florida State Archives – 75/The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America – 76/Rebuilding New Orleans and the Environment – 77/Peaches and Cream – 78/Collaborative Community Arts

Announcements from Region Humanities Councils

1/{IN}- COMPASSING THE HUMANITIES PROGRAM: The South Carolina Humanities Council will visit The J. Drake Edens Library at the Columbia College campus (Dec1, 12:30pm). {In}-Compassing the Humanities is a tour designed to foster conversation about community and to identify ways to create more cohesive, culturally enriched and economically strengthened communities. (803) 771-2477.

2/NOMINATE A HUMANITIES HERO: The Georgia Humanities Council invites nominations for a person or organization that has had great impact on your community or the state of Georgia through work in humanities education or public programming, for recognition with a 2006 Governor's Award in the Humanities. Postmark deadline: January 27, 2006. http://www.georgiahumanities.org/programs/gov/nomination.html

3/NORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL AWARDS $86,111 IN GRANTS TO CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: The NCHC grants will provide opportunities for citizens to learn about and discuss topics of interest and importance in their lives. The supported projects are integral to the Council's commitment to promoting public dialogue and civic discourse by bringing North Carolinians together to make sense of this world we share. http://www.nchumanities.org/

4/VIRGIN ISLANDS HUMANITIES COUNCIL presents the 2005 Daniel L. Heftel Lecture, and Humanist Award: This year as a part of the Heftel Lecture Series, the "We The People" Project Panel Discussion entitled, "The Ambiguity of Our U.S. Citizenship" was presented by the Council. The Humanitarian Award went to Governor Charles W. Turnbull on September 24, 2005. http://www.vihumanities.org/press.htm#2005%20Daniel%20L.%20Heftel%20Lecture%20and%20Humanist%20Award

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Regional Events

5/NEW ORLEANS: AN AMERICAN POMPEII: Lawrence N. Powell , professor of history, Tulane Univ executive director, Tulane/Xavier National Center for the Urban Community, will give a lecture at the Univ of North Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South on Nov29 (3:30) in 569 Hamilton Hall. Larry Powell's lecture addresses the questions: Whose vision of the future will shape how the city will be rebulit? For whose benefit? How does history influence that vision? http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/centering/schedule.html

6/HOST A COMMUNITY FORUM ON INNOVATION and join more than 1,000 other Southern citizens who will engage in discussions about their community's and the Southern region's economic future. Forum discussions are focusing on the power of technology and innovation to create jobs and bring wealth to Southern communities. The feedback from the forums will be used in presentations at the Southern Innovation Summit (see item 20). For materials and information: http://www.southern.org/forums.shtml . Contact Linda Hoke at Southern Growth Policies Board at (919) 941-5145 or lhoke@southern.org

7/TOUR OF THE HAW RIVER HERITAGE TEXTILE MILLS: The Haw River Assembly invites you for a Tour of the Haw River Heritage Textile Mills on the Biodiesal Bus (Dec3, 19am-4pm)! From Saxapahaw to Altamahaw in Alamance County, these old brick factories and the mill towns that grew up around them are of another era, but still there for us to see today. Some of the mills are quiet 'ghosts", one is still in production and others are being preserved and converted to new uses. (919) 542-5790 or e-mail ameda@mindspring.com .

8/A CELEBRATION OF HOME-STYLE SOUTHERN COOKING: The Chapel Hill Historical Society is celebrating the contribution of Mama Dip's restaurant in Chapel Hill, NC to the preservation of traditional Southern cooking. On Dec4 (4:30pm) there will be a panel discussion hosted by Univ of North Carolina English Professor Dr. Trudier Harris. Following the discussion will be appetizers and dinner. Please contact, Cecelia Jolls, 919-929-7367.

9/THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKS SOUTH: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, HARRY S. TRUMAN, AND LYNDON B. JOHNSON, the book which will be discussed by William Leuchtenberg, professor emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill on Dec6 (3:30) at the Center for the Study of the American South, Univ of North Carolina, at 569 Hamilton Hall. http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/centering/schedule.html

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10/TIM TYSON, BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME: All are invited to attend a reading, reception, and book signing with Tim Tyson, Visiting Professor of Christianity and Southern Culture, Duke Divinity School. Tyson is the author of Blood Done Sign My Name, the Carolina Freshman Read for 2005-2006; National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; Winner of the Southern Book Award, the Christopher Award and the North Caroliniana Book Award. Centenary United Methodist Church , 646 West Fifth Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. (Dec6, 7:30pm) The Program is open to everyone. Please contact Dr. Steve Rainey, 336 724-6311 ext 253, Srainey@ventenary-ws.org .

11/HISTORIC CEMETERIES OF THE SOUTH: A PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR, a lecture by W. Todd Groce of the Georgia Historical Society (Dec7, 6:30pm) at the Bluffton Town Hall, Bluffton GA. The program is free and open to all. http://www.georgiahistory.com/

12/IN THE SHADOW OF THE AYATOLLAH: A CIA HOSTAGE IN IRAN, a lecture given by William Daugherty of Armstrong Atlantic State Univ (Dec8, 7pm) at the Coastal Georgia Center for Continuing Education, 305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA. The program, in partnership with the Savannah Council on World Affairs, is funded in part by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/ Leisure Services Bureau. The program is free and open to the public.

13/ENCODED ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION: A few spaces are still available in the NC ECHO Introduction to EAD Workshop being held Dec12-14, 2005, at the DPI Library in Raleigh. http://www.ncecho.org/documents/DPI-Intro-announce.doc for details and registration form, and please call if you have any questions. Kim Andersen Cumber (919) 807-7418, Jackie Dean (919) 807-7427.

14/VIRGINIA COLLECTS: ART FROM CAPITOL SQUARE highlights fifty paintings and sculptures from the State Capitol, the Executive Mansion, the Virginia Supreme Court, and the Library of Virginia. The state government's art collection began in the 1780s with the commissioning of the life-sized statue of George Washington but not until the 1870s was there a more aggressive effort to collect portraits of notable Virginians. The exhibit will be on display through Apr1st, 2006. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/

15/INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SUMMER SEMINAR, "INTERROGATING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA": This seminar will focus on black performativity and cultural production from the perspective of aesthetics, poetics, and representation in four weekly modules. The relationship between cultural production, performance, and representation, on the one hand, and the production of black subjectivity and cognitively inscribed popular conceptions of blackness on the other, will be examined. Ambiguity, contradiction, conflict, and opposition will be issues that form part of the examination of African diasporic performativities and cultural production. Jul5-Aug7, 2005 at Florida International Univ in Miami, FL. http://www.fiu.edu/~interad/Summer2006.htm . Jean Muteba Rahier, interad@fiu.edu

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Conferences (see also Calls for Papers, Panels, Proposals)

16/EDUCATION RESEARCH SUMMIT: The Univ of North Carolina is planning its Third Annual Education Research Summit with the theme of International Education: Linking Research to Practice. The event will be held on Dec15 in Research Triangle Park. For online registration http://edsummit.rti.org for questions Dr. Valerie Brown (919) 541-6558 or vbrown@rti.org .

17/DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE: The 3rd Annual Mid Atlantic Conference on the Scholarship of Diversity (MACSD) will be held Feb2-3, 2006 at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. The conference showcases diversity as a critical and valued area of scholarship and research. Plenary speakers, roundtables, posters and celebration. See http://www.innatvirginiatech.com. Details at (540) 231-0984 or http://www.conted.vt.edu/macsd. Please note "Voices & Visions: Building & Sustaining a Diverse Workplace" panel, a chance to learn about critical workplace issues, hearing and asking questions of a panel of experts in diversity, EEO, and multiculturalism. Information on this panel at http://www.conted.vt.edu/macsd/visionvoices.pdf.

18/GLOBAL US SOUTH CONFERENCE: The Univ Center for International Studies (UCIS) at UNC-Chapel Hill, in collaboration with Center for the Study of the American South, is hosting its 2nd major interdisciplinary conference, “Navigating the Globalization of the American South” (Chapel Hill NC, Mar2-3, 2006). Opportunity to launch new research initiatives and promote dialogue on the changing US South. http://www.ucis.unc.edu/globalsouthrfp06.htm or contact Niklaus Steiner, UCIS Executive Director, nsteiner@email.unc.edu .

19/RACE, PHARMACEUTICALS, AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY: Massachusetts Institute of Technology is holding a conference (Apr7-8, 2006) on the causes of disease and differences amongst racial groups. Contact David S. Jones dsjones@mit.edu or Gregory Michael Dorr, Ph.D. gdorr@mit.edu. http://web.mit.edu/csd/events.html

20/PRESERVING THE PAST is the theme of the Georgia Association of Historians annual meeting will be held Apr7-8, 2006 at Clayton State University in Morrow GA. Speakers will include Arnita Jones, Executive Director of the American Historical Association, and Thomas Mallon, Deputy Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
http://a-s.clayton.edu/gah/ For call for papers, see below.

21/GEN. NATHANAEL GREENE & THE WAR FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE SYMPOSIUM will be held in Camden SC, Apr21-23, 2006. For more information about this program, call Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, (803) 432-9841, or email hiscamden@camden.net.

22/SOUTHERN INNOVATION INITIATIVE CONFERENCE, Jun4-6, at the New Orleans Marriott, the Southern Innovation Initiative will create new relationships to develop an innovation plan for the Southern region's businesses, universities and governments, and will publicize the value of innovation to the region's citizens and organizations. For ways to participate and additional information, and opportunities for sponsorship, contact Scott Doron at sdoron@southern.org or 919-941-5145. http://www.southern.org/conference/2006conference/conf.asp

23/THREE CENTURIES OF ULSTER-AMERICAN HISTORY is theme of 16 th Biennial Ulster-American Heritage Symposium in Knoxville TN (Jun28-Jul1st, 2006) on connections between Ulster and North America, including history, language, literature, folklife, archaeology, religion, music. For more information, contact Michael Montgomery, ullans@yahoo.com. Re call for papers, see below.

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Calls for Papers, Panels, and Proposals

24/NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES: The 2006 annual meeting of the South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is looking for paper proposals from any discipline examining any aspect of Native American history and culture. http://www.scsecs.net/scsecs/, Mariah Adin, m_adin@yahoo.com .

25/DENMARK & THE BLACK ATLANTIC conference will explore Denmark and its former Caribbean colonies, Univ of Copenhagen, Denmark (May4-6, 2006). Proposals welcome on topics from transatlantic slave trade to Danish hip-hop. Deadline Dec1st. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=146566

26/THREE CENTURIES OF ULSTER-AMERICAN HISTORY is theme of the 16th Biennial Ulster-American Heritage Symposium in Knoxville TN (Jun28-Jul1st, 2006). Millions of Americans refer to themselves as "Scotch-Irish" or "Scots-Irish" but few know how numerous, deep, and abiding the connections really are. Held between US and Northern Ireland since 1976, the Symposium features lectures, talks, performances and workshops exploring Ulster-North American connections including history, language, literature, folklife, archaeology, religion, and music. The deadline for proposals, containing abstract, has been extended to Jan10, 2006. http://www.east-tennessee-history.org Contact Michael Montgomery, ullans@yahoo.com

27/EUROPEAN LEGACY: TOWARD NEW PARADIGMS SLAVERY ISSUE: Special issue of The European Legacy invites submissions on slavery, including economics, literature, art, religion, social change, implications today, and slavery outside the Americas. Deadline Dec15. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=146805 Contact Barbara Degorge, bdegorge@aud.edu

28/MIXED RACE, HYBRID, TRANSNATIONAL: Writing Lives in National and Global Frames" is theme for special issue of Life Writing. Call for articles on mixed race, hybrid, and transnational subjects in autobiography, memoir, biography, diaries, letters, novels, creative non-fiction, more. Deadline Dec30. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=146667 Contact Shirley Geok-lin Lim, slim@english.ucsb.edu

29/POST-SOUL AESTHETIC: African American Review seeks essays for special issue on “The Post-Soul Aesthetic” – “the Black equivalent of postmodernism". Topics include Post-Soul in art, literature, film, music, gender, sociology, politics, mass media. Deadline Dec31. Contact Bertram D. Ashe, bashe@richmond.edu ; http://aar.slu.edu/

30/FAMILY LIFE IN THE OLD SOUTH: Faculty at N.C. State Univ are seeking articles for an anthology on family life in the Old South, roughly framed as 1780s-1850s. We are particularly interested in a cross-cultural approach, so papers on ethnic minorities, the poor, and urban dwellers are welcomed alongside studies of the white farming and planter classes. Potential topics include childhood, sex, domestic roles, multi-generational relations, birthing, death, the family as an economic unit, etc. Please express interest by Jan1, 2006. ctfriend@chass.ncsu.edu .

31/COMPARATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON NORTH AMERICAN BORDERLANDS: A two-day conference examining the nature and variety of North American borderlands and their peoples from the 16th-19th centuries held in Louisville, Kentucky. Proposals on this topic are accepted from graduate, junior, and senior students; conference Oct20-21, 2006; proposal deadline Jan1st. http://www.aaanet.org/coop/search/details.cfm?coop_id=332&type=Meeting%20Call%20for%20Papers

32/LATIN AMERICAN CITIES is theme for 5th issue of Brújula. Topics include historical, mythical, political, socio-economic or imaginary perspectives on Latin American cities from pre-colonial times to present. Deadline Jan6, 2006. http://hia.ucdavis.edu/brujula/SubSections/Submissions.htm

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33/POVERTY AND DISPLACEMENT SYMPOSIUM: Hebrew Union College-Univ. of Cincinnati Center for the Study of Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems ( HUC-UC Ethics Center) and Union Institute & University Graduate College are pleased to announce a call for papers to be presented in the annual program on "Poverty, Welfare, and Religion." The theme of this year's symposium is Poverty and Displacement. It will be convened at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio, from May6-8, 2006. Submission of abstracts must be received by Jan6, 2006. Proposals should be sent either electronically (ethics@huc.edu) or by mail to: HUC-UC Ethics Center, 3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45220. Further information on the symposium will soon be available at: http://www.huc.edu/ethics and http://www.tui.edu

34/VA HUMANITIES CONFERENCE ON ETHICS. Conference at Univ of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA (Mar10-11, 2006); proposals due Jan10, 2006. Contact Chris Foss cfoss@umw.edu or Mara Scanlon mscanlon@umw.edu

35/TEACHING WORLD HISTORY/THE AMERICAS IN WORLD HISTORY: World History Association (WHA) will hold its 15th Annual Conference at California State Univ, Long Beach (Jun22-25, 2006). Panel and paper proposals due Jan10, 2006 (firm deadline); proposal forms at http://www.thewha.org. Details on accommodations, registration, other activities will be posted in near future at http://www.thewha.org as well.

36/HISTORY FROM THE MARGINS: BORDERLANDS AND FRONTIERS IN THE AMERICAS: The Gulf Coast Consortium of Latin American Colonialists invites paper proposals from faculty, graduate students and independent scholars on topics related to the conference's theme. Proposals on any topics related to colonial Latin America are also welcome. Proposals should be no more than 200 words in length and are due no later than Jan12th, 2006. Papers will be due by Mar17, 2006. Attendance by all interested scholars is heartily encouraged. rherrera@mailer.fsu.edu, http://es.geocities.com/historiacolonial/gcclac2006.html

37/SPACES OF DISSENT: THE BORDERS OF TRANSNATIONAL DREAMS, the 8th Annual Conference of the Marxist Reading Group, Mar30-Apr1, 2006 at the Univ of Florida. This conference seeks papers that link the ideas of borders to Marxist theory. Non-traditional or performative panels will also be considered. 1-page abstracts, questions, and comments should be submitted to the Marxist Reading Group at extinction@clas.ufl.edu. Deadline Jan13, 2006. www.english.ufl.edu/mrg

38/GRADUATE HISTORY FORUM: The UNC-Charlotte Graduate History Association invites all interested parties to submit proposals to present papers at our eighteenth annual Graduate History Forum on Friday, Mar17, and Saturday, Mar18. The GHA invites all graduate and undergraduate students to submit papers based on original research for presentations at the Forum. A one-page abstract and curriculum vitae should be submitted by Jan13, 2006. Submission deadline for completed papers: Feb17, 2006. Please send all correspondence by email to: gha@email.uncc.ed, http://www.uncc.edu/colleges/arts_and_sciences/history/gha.htm.

39/PRESERVING THE PAST: GEORGIA ASS'N OF HISTORIANS CONFERENCE. The GAH invites proposals for panels and individual papers for its annual conference to be held April 7-8, 2006 at Clayton State Univ., Morrow GA. Papers and panels that address the theme, “Preserving the Past,” are particularly encouraged. Proposals also welcomed from all areas and subfields of history including U.S. history, world history, public history, regional studies, and proposals focused on the teaching of history. Proposals from graduate students are strongly encouraged. Send one-page panel or paper proposal by January 14, 2006 to: Susan M. McGrath, Humanities, E Building, Clarkston Campus, Georgia Perimeter College, 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston GA 30021-2396, phone (678) 891-3620, fax (404) 298-3957, smcgrath@gpc.edu

40/THE CONFERENCE OF QUAKER HISTORIANS AND ARCHIVISTS will hold its sixteenth biennial conference at Guilford College in North Carolina on Jun23-25, 2006. The conference invites proposals for papers on any aspect of Quaker history. cdensmo1@swarthmore.edu, (610) 328-8499.

41/SOCIAL HISTORY IN THE MOUNTAINS: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE IN HISTORICAL METHODS: Western Carolina Univ invites submissions of proposals for panels and individual papers for the conference to be held Mar18, 2006. The conference was founded with the idea of bridging the divide between different historiographical traditions, instigating discussions of what it means to practice social history, and providing perspectives on this critical juncture in historical thought. Papers are sought that are applications, expansions, or new perspectives on social history in any historical field. Deadline Jan16, 2006 . lcruz@wcu.edu, http://www.wcu.edu/as/history

42/ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF WRITING FLORIDA HISTORY: The 2006 Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting will be held May24-27 in North Naples, Florida. One Hundred and Fifty Years of Writing Florida History is theme of the 2006 Meeting commemorating the Society's 150th anniversary. Scholars are encouraged to submit proposals for individual papers and presentations, as well as entire sessions (three presenters and session chair), that focus on the many individuals who have written about Florida history, but proposals on all themes and topics involving Florida history are also welcomed. Send inquiries and proposals to: Leonard Lempel, Professor of History, Daytona Beach Community College. Telephone: (386) 506-3497 Submissions may be e-mailed to lempell@dbcc.edu. Proposals must be received by Jan16, 2006.

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43/AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES/CULTURES IN THE SOUTH: Paper submissions welcomed (Jan30 deadline) for special issue of Mississippi Quarterly. Critical and historical essays on any genre or period will be considered. 10,000 words max, MLA Handbook 6th ed guidelines, email submission (MS Word or Richtext formats only) preferred. Inquiries, proposals, submissions to Ellen Arnold arnolde@mail.ecu.edu or William Joseph Thomas (thomasw@mail.ecu.edu) of East Carolina Univ.

44/HUMAN RIGHTS: The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is organizing its 4 th conference at James Madison Univ. This conference will bring together scholars/researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the sacrosanct and universal principle of Human Rights. We are inviting faculty, students, and independent scholars and researchers to submit abstracts/proposals, convene panel discussions, workshops, and encourage participants to organize and chair sessions. Send abstracts/proposals of about 300 words to Giuliana Fazzion. Deadline: Feb28, 2006 . E-mail: fazziogx@jmu.edu, fax (540) 568-6904.

44A/ANTHOLOGY ON SOUTHERN MASCULINITY: Articles sought for anthology on masculinity in the US South, roughly between 1870s and 1990s. Particular interest in cross-cultural approach, thus papers on ethnic minorities, the poor, mountain and urban dwellers welcomed alongside studies of white middle and upper class. To express interest, send brief proposal and vita by Mar1st, 2006 to Prof. Craig Thompson Friend, Director of Public History, NC State Dept of History, 125 Harrelson hall, Box 8108, Raleigh NC 27695-8108 or phone (919) 513-2227; fax (919) 515-3886.

45/BORDERLANDS IV: ORGANIZING HISTORY- PEOPLE, PLACES, TRAILS, AND LOCAL STORIES Jun9-11, 2006, The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH; and Northern Kentucky Univ's Institute for Freedom Studies, Highland Heights, KY invite presenters to submit a proposal for our annual UGRR conference. The purpose of this conference is to further collaboration among the academic and lay communities in researching, sharing and bringing to public attention, knowledge and accurate information about UGRR. http://www.nku.edu/~freedom

46/THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGIONAL STUDIES SEMINAR seeks papers on topics of regional and historical interest. Papers are encouraged on a wide variety of subjects relative to the Shenandoah Valley and related regions. The seminar meets at 3:35 PM the third Friday of every month during the academic year at James Madison Univ in Harrisonburg , VA. Deadline for submissions for 2006-2007 academic year is Mar15, 2006. (540) 568-3993 E-mail: arndtjc@jmu.edu.

47/TEACHERS' INSTITUTE SEMINAR ON LUMBEE CULTURE will be held in late Spring 2006. Further information will be posted early in the year. Contact: Lynn Wright-Kernodle (336)334-4769 or lynnwk@gborocollege.edu.

48/JOHN LAWSON'S A NEW VOYAGE TO CAROLINA , account of the Carolina backcountry, commemorates 300th anniversary with symposium & publication. Papers sought on history, anthropology, archaeology, botany, English, Native American Studies, more. Deadline Apr1st, 2006. Contact Charles R. Ewen, ewenc@mail.ecu.edu or Michael Hill, Michael.hill@ncmail.net

49/SOUTHEAST CHAPTER OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS: The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) will hold its 2006 annual meeting in Auburn , Alabama from Sep28 to Sep30. Papers or sessions focusing on the following topics are particularly encouraged: modernism in the American South, Alabama vernacular, and teaching the architectural history survey. Given the recent hurricanes Ivan and Katrina and their impact on our region, we also encourage papers or sessions addressing the effect of natural disasters on historic cities and buildings. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent by Apr1, 2006 to: Professor Nina Lewallen, School of Architecture , Auburn Univ, lewalns@auburn.edu .

50/DIASPORA CONFERENCE 2006: Scholars and researchers, please join the Department of Africana Studies at the Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte for a stimulating exploration of the past, present, and future of the African Diaspora. We seek papers that grapple with the complexities of identity and community among African-descended peoples throughout the Diaspora and on the continent itself. Deadline: Apr5, 2006. diaspora@email.uncc.edu .

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51/RACE, TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT (REVTech) is the theme for a new anthology, to contain a maximum of 20 original essays (6- 7000 words each) focused on North American (i.e. USA, Canada, Mexico & Caribbean) experiences approximately framed between 1850 and 2000. Envisioned themes: 1. Race, Transportation Technologies and the Environment, 2. Race, Air Purification Technologies and the Environment, 3. Race, Waste Water and Water Quality Technologies and the Environment, 4. Race, Water Control Technologies and the Environment, 5. Race, Solid Waste Management Technologies and the Environment, 6. Race, Energy (Power) Generation Technologies and the Environment, 7. Race, Space Technology and the Environment, 8. Race, Environment and Communication (Internet, TV and Radio), Technologies, and 9. Race, Environment and Invention. Send 500-word abstract and updated CV by April 22, 2006 to: Sylvia Hood Washington, MSE, Ph.D.P: DrSWashUMUC@aol.com, http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-South&month=0511&week=c&msg=CiA6ykIG6fPW7hB/g/4l2A&user=&pw =

52/CROSSROADS: A SOUTHERN CULTURE ANNUAL, a publication dedicated to the interdisciplinary study and artistic appreciation of the South (broadly defined) and Southern culture, is currently seeking submissions for its fourth volume. Postmark deadline: May31, 2006, Ted Olson, olson@etsu.edu or tedolson_99@yahoo.com

53/CARIBBEAN STUDIES: Permanent call for papers in English or Spanish for Caribbean Studies journal. Current issue contents: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=145801 Contact Oscar Mendoza, omendoza@rrpac.upr.clu.edu

54/SLAVE RESISTANCE & REBELLIONS: Entries sought for the Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellions (Greenwood Press), covering topic from antiquity to late 19th century. http://www.eureka.edu/emp/jrodrig/greenwood/rr.htm Contact Dr. Junius P. Rodriguez, jrodrig@eureka.edu

55/ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POSTWAR AMERICA seeks contributors for reference work on post-World War II American history. Topics include politics, economy, labor, religion, education, science, environment, and culture. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=146271 Contact Dr. James Ciment, James.Ciment@comcast.net

56/IRELAND & THE AMERICAS : Contributions on Irish-American transatlantic exchange sought for Encyclopedia of Ireland and the Americas (ABC-Clio). http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=146660 Contact irishamericanrelations@yahoo.co.uk

57/ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ABOLITIONISM: Entries sought for Greenwood Press volume on antislavery, abolition and emancipation in world history. Contact Peter P. Hinks, pphinks1@aol.com; or John McKivigan, jmckivig@iupui.edu

58/GILDED AGE & PROGRESSIVE ERA SOUTH: Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era (http://www.jgape.org) invites manuscripts on US Southern history, 1870-1920. Contact Prof. Alan Lessoff, ahlesso@ilstu.edu

59/MASS COMMUNICATIONS Division of the Southern States Communication Association invites submissions for convention, Dallas TX (Apr5-9, 2006). Topics may include: emerging technologies, Internet, online journalism, other media issues. Contact tonydemars@yahoo.com, http://www.ssca.net

60/BLACK EXPERIENCE IN TEXAS, 1528- 2005: Encyclopedia seeks contributions on black achievements and contributions to TX and US. Contact George Thadathil, gthadathil@pqc.edu

61/WRITERS SOUGHT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA: Aimed at general audiences and college students, the 3-volume Encyclopedia of African American History is scheduled for publication by ABC-CLIO in 2006 and boasts an editorial board of some of the field's most distinguished scholars. If interested, send brief CV to Prof. Walter Rucker (co-editor with his colleague at The Ohio State Univ., Prof. Leslie Alexander) at rucker.71@osu.edu.

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Opportunities

62/BECOME AN H-SOUTH REVIEWER: The H-SOUTH list is a discussion group about all areas of southern humanities. Members can become reviews by clicking on the “Become a Reviewer” link on the left side. To subscribe to H-SOUTH, go to http://www.h-net.org/ , and click on “Discussion Groups”.

63/GILDER LEHRMAN SHORT-TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History invites applications for short-term fellowships for scholars and for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation research and writing. Deadlines: Dec1st, 2005 and May1, 2006. (646) 366-9666, fax 366-9669, http://www.gilderlehrman.org .

64/SOUTHERN GROWTH POLICIES BOARD IS SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2006 INNOVATOR AWARDS: Each year, Southern Growth Policies Board honors innovative Southern initiatives that are improving the quality of life in the region. Nominate a deserving program online at http://www.southern.org/main/innovators/nomform.shtml .  Download the form at:   http://www.southern.org/main/innovators/innfairNomin2006.pdf . Deadline Dec2. Contact: pennock@southern.org or (919) 941-5145.

65/GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: The Lyon G. Tyler Department of History at the College of William & Mary is pleased to announce the creation of a Graduate Fellowship in African American History, to be awarded to a student entering the M.A./Ph.D. program whose primary interest is in African American history. To apply, please provide a cover letter indicating interest in the fellowship and a writing sample in African American history when submitting regular application materials to the Graduate Program in History. Application materials are available at http://www.wm.edu/history/grad/admissions.php and are due Dec5. For information, write Cindy Hahamovitch, Director of Graduate Studies at cxhaha@wm.edu.

66/RICHARD W. LYMAN AWARD: The National Humanities Center welcomes nominations for the fifth Richard W. Lyman Award, which recognizes humanities scholars who make imaginative use of information technology to advance scholarship and teaching. The award carries a prize of $25,000. Nominations close on Dec15, 2005. To learn more about the Lyman Award or submit a nomination, visit the Center's Web site, http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us. David Rice, lyman-award@nhc.rtp.nc.us .

67/POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP POSITION, DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: The African American Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the Univ of Illinois at Chicago assists African American and other faculty studying the African American experience in furthering their academic careers. For scholars committed to university teaching and the study of race, this fellowship program provides a stipend, an appointment as postdoctoral research associate in the department, office space, close association with faculty at the university, and assistance in advancing the fellow's development as a productive scholar. Applications due Dec15, 2005. carlap@uic.edu , http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=148353

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68/ELIZABETH O'NEILL VERNER GOVERNOR'S AWARDS FOR THE ARTS: The South Carolina Arts Commission is now accepting nominations, beginning Oct27 and ending Jan31, for the 2006 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Awards for the Arts. The Verner Awards, the highest honor the state gives in the arts, are presented annually to South Carolina organizations, businesses, and individuals participating in the growth and advancement of the arts in South Carolina . Nominations may be made by submitting the completed nomination form and accompanying support materials. http://www.state.sc.us/arts/verner/nomination.htm

69/HUMANTITIES POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: The John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke Univ invites applications for two residential postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, each awarded for the one-year period beginning Jul1, 2006 and ending Jun30, 2007, and each offering a stipend of $40,000 plus full fringe benefits and access to a modest pool of research funds. The application deadline is Jan15, 2006. Award notifications will be made on Mar1, 2006. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=148170

70/THE NORTH CAROLINA PRESERVATION CONSORTIUM (NCPC) has a new grant program. Preservation grants from the North Carolina Preservation Consortium(NCPC) are available to assist North Carolina libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and record centers improve the preservation of their collections. These collections may include books, manuscripts, documents, journals, photographs, film, sound recordings, maps, architectural drawings, art and artifacts. Maximum award is $2,000.00. Application deadline is Jan15, 2006. http://www.ncpreservation.org/news.html

71/HARRY GOLDEN VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM: The Special Collections Department of the Atkins Library, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte announces the establishment of the Harry Golden Visiting Scholar Program. Two grants of $500-1000 will be awarded each year to researchers using materials held by the Special Collections Department. Preference will be given to projects focused on the history and culture of the twentieth century South. Mr. Robin Brabham: rfbrabha@email.uncc.edu , http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=148568 .

72/JUNIOR AND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS, CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY, EMORY UNIVERSITY : The Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory Univ is accepting applications for three Junior and Post-Doctoral fellowships for an academic year of study, teaching, and residence in the Center. The CHI Fellows Program offers research opportunities to those trained in the humanities as traditionally defined and to others seriously interested in humanistic issues; research projects must be humanistic, but fellows may hold the Ph.D. in any discipline. The deadline for submission of completed applications is Feb23, 2006. Application forms and further information are available from the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at 404-727-6424 or chi@emory.edu, on the Web at http://www.chi.emory.edu.

73/POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN SOUTHERN STUDIES: The Univ of North Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South invites applications for two one-year $40,000 postdoctoral fellowships in history, culture, or society of the American South, beginning Jul1st. For more information http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/mccoll/Postdocs.html.

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Announcements/Publications

74/FLORIDA STATE ARCHIVES proudly announces the completion of its efforts to enhance access to and provide educational tools for the Florida Folklife Collection, a rich collection of folklife materials documenting Florida 's ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity. The two-year project, funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), involved the creation of an online database for the more than 40,000 images and 6000 sound recordings of the Florida Folklife Program (FFP), including fifty years of the Florida Folk Festival as well as extensive fieldwork recordings and photographs from the 1970s through the 1990s. The finished database will enable users to locate materials by artist/creator name, location, title of work or event, and subject. The project can be found on the State Archives' Florida Memory web site, www.FloridaMemory.Com , for more information: http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/about.cfm

75/THE SOUTHERN DIASPORA: HOW THE GREAT MIGRATIONS OF BLACK AND WHITE SOUTHERNERS TRANSFORMED AMERICA by James N. Gregory has been published by the Univ Of North Carolina Press. Gregory explores the effect of migration on race, class, religion, media, and culture. http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/T-5196.html

76/REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Craig E. Colten, the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at Louisiana State Univ. and the author of “An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature,” is writing a weekly blog that addresses the environmental issues surrounding the destruction and rebuilding of New Orleans. The blog is on the LSU Press website http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/Home/InTheNews/Blog.htm

77/PEACHES AND CREAM : Phyllis H. Lambert and amazon.com are promoting her book-- Peaches and Cream: a historical fiction novel about N.C. heritage, culture, and history-- on December 14. Phyllis is a graduate of the 1000/100 Leadership Project and involved with the Pee Dee Lakes Project. http://www.phyllislambert.com

78/COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY ARTS: Alicia Pagan and the Dayton International Youth Festival are working together to create fifteen large murals, the creation of which will encourage discussion of cultural and community roots. The murals will be displayed May13-15, 2006 at A World A'Fair. http://www.aworldafair.org/WAmural.html

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