Daily Archives: 3 August 2016

ANZAMEMS 2017 – Call For Papers Closes Sept. 1

ANZAMEMS 2017, Wellington, New Zealand, 7-10 February 2017

Reminder CFP closes 1 September, 2016

The biennial conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies will be held at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, on 7-10 February 2017, on the theme of mobility and exchange.

We welcome paper and panel proposals addressing any aspect of this theme, including:

  • social, cultural, and intellectual exchange
  • the circulation of texts, ideas, and people
  • commercial and mercantile exchange
  • legal interchange
  • transport and transportation
  • rural and urban mobilities
  • pilgrimage, exploration, and migration
  • transglobal and trans-temporal medievalisms and early modernisms

Plenary speakers: Dr Erin Griffey (Art History, Auckland), Professor Martha Howell (History, Columbia), Professor Lorna Hutson (English Literature, St Andrews), Professor Cary Nederman (Political Science, Texas A&M University).

Call for Papers: https://anzamems2017.wordpress.com, closing 1 September, 2016

Conference Convenor: Sarah.Ross@vuw.ac.nz

Postgraduate Bursaries

There are a range of travel bursaries and prizes available to postgraduate students to assist with conference costs. For further information see https://anzamems2017.wordpress.com/bursaries-prizes

Princeton Society of Fellows: 2017-2020 Fellowship Competition – Call For Applications

The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2017-2020 Fellowship competition.

Four three-year Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded this year. The stipend for each of the three years of the fellowship will be approximately $84,500. In addition, fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5,000 a year, access to university grants, benefits and other resources.

Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order to attend weekly seminars and participate fully in the intellectual life of the Society.

All candidates will be informed of the status of their application by the end of January, 2017. Interviews will take place in early February. The Society will reimburse the cost of travel and lodging associated with the interview. Names of fellowship winners will be posted on the Society of Fellows’ website in July 2017.

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.princeton.edu/sf/fellowships.

Online Application Form Opens: August 15, 2016.
Application postmark deadline: September 15, 2016.