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Connecting the Colonies: Empires and Networks in the History of the Book – Call For Papers

Connecting the Colonies: Empires and Networks in the History of the Book
The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc (BSANZ) Annual Conference 2017
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
22-24 November 2017

Conference Website: http://www.sharpweb.org/main/connecting-the-colonies-empires-and-networks-in-the-history-of-the-book

Empires of all kinds – commercial, geo-political, bureaucratic – are defined by their peripheries as well as their centres, by the flows of information that maintain or destabilise their structures of authority and control.

BSANZ, in collaboration with SHARP, the Society for the History of Authorship Reading and Publishing, invites scholars and researchers to consider the printed word, the book, and texts of all kinds, as both mechanism and matter of transmission.

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on any matters of bibliographical interest, traditional and contemporary. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Commercial empires: the book as a commodity in colonial contexts
  • Across boundaries: print networks across geo-political, commercial or bureaucratic borders
  • The trans-temporal: the afterlife of books and re-imagining of ideas
  • Indigenous cultures, frontier encounters, and the presence or absence of print
  • The stuff of legend: the role of print in constructing colonial and imperial consciousness
  • The book as treasured possession: emotion, ownership and display

Proposals for three-person panel discussions are also welcome.

Some financial assistance towards travel costs may be available for postgraduate students who are presenting papers. Please enquire when submitting your proposal, and include a brief budget outlining your anticipated travel costs.

Proposals – including, a 250-word abstract title of paper, name and institutional affiliation of each author, a brief biography of each author, email address of each author, and 3-5 keywords – should be sent to the convenor, Ian Morrison ian.morrison@education.tas.gov.au.

Presenters must be members of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand. The deadline for submissions is Friday 31 March, 2017.

University of Queensland: Development Fellowships – Call For Applications

The University of Queensland Development Fellowships scheme aims to foster the development of promising researchers. By investing in the best and brightest talent, these Fellowships facilitate a trajectory of continued excellence and impact in research, teaching and service at UQ.

The School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry invites expressions of interest from early career researchers (normally within 5 years of the award of a PhD) interested in undertaking a 3 year postdoctoral fellowship.

The School is dedicated to high level research in a range of humanities disciplines with research programmes focused upon the Classics and Ancient History, Studies in Religion, Philosophy and History. The School’s Research page provides further details on our research interests, current projects and researchers in each of these areas.

We are seeking outstanding candidates for Postdoctoral Fellows in any of the School’s research areas. In the first instance, potential candidates should submit (in a single Word or .pdf file) a:

  1. four page CV
  2. one page summary of their proposed research topic

The CV and summary are to be submitted to research-hapi@uq.edu.au.

In order to provide substantive institutional support for the strongest applications, the closing date for expressions of interest in Fellowships commencing in 2018 is 31 July, 2017.