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Eccles Centre Visiting
Professor in North American Studies 2010
One
award to be made to post-doctoral scholar resident in the USA or Canada whose research, in any field
of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection.
The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library
for a minimum of three months.
The
Eccles Centre Visiting Professor will be entitled to an award of £6,000 for
travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The British
Association for American Studies will manage the detailed administration of
this award. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and
the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
It
is anticipated that the Eccles Visiting Professor is likely to be on research
sabbatical from his/her university/college in North
America, and that the award will supplement other research funds
in order to help the professor undertake a period of research at the British
Library.
Eccles Centre Visiting
Fellows in North American Studies 2010
Three
awards to be made to post-doctoral scholars normally resident in the UK, outside the
M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of
the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research
residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
Each
Eccles Centre Visiting Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,000 for travel
and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this
award will be managed by the British
Association for American Studies. The award holder will have privileged
access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
Eccles Centre Postgraduate
Awards in North American Studies 2010
Five
awards to be made to graduate students normally resident in the UK, outside the
M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of
the British Library collection.
The
Eccles Centre Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of £500 for
travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this
award will be managed by the British
Association for American Studies.
Eccles Centre Visiting
European Fellow in North American Studies 2010
One
award to be made to a post-doctoral scholar normally resident outside the UK, in a
European country that has membership in the European Association for American
Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the
use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in
research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
Each
Eccles Centre Visiting European Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,200
for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed
administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies. The
award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial
expertise of the British Library.
Eccles Centre European
Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies 2010
Two
awards to be made to graduate students normally resident outside the UK, in a
European country that has membership in the European Association for American
Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the
use of the British Library collection.
The
Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of
£700 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed
administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies.
Further information
The
British Library website, including public access to the catalogues, can be
found at http://www.bl.uk. The Eccles Centre does not house a collection
separate to that of the British Library, and the bibliographies on the Eccles
Centre webpages give only a snapshot of some of the items in the British
Library collection. For details of
Eccles Centre activities see http://www.bl.uk/ecclescentre.
Enquiries
regarding the British Library's North American holdings can be directed in the
first instance to
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(US curator), Philip Hatfield
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(Canadian
curator), or to the
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General terms and
conditions
Research
visits should take place in the period April 2010 - September 2011.
All
award holders will be required to submit a financial report on their visit to
the Treasurer of the British Association for
American Studies
All
award holders will be required to submit a short report on their visit to the British Association for American Studies and
to the Eccles Centre that may be published in American Studies in Britain or in
an Eccles Centre publication.
All
award holders will agree to acknowledge the support provided by the Eccles
Centre in any publication resulting from this research visit, and to inform the
Eccles Centre of any such publications. If the opportunity arises, it is
expected that the award holders will present their work at an appropriate
Eccles Centre/British Library seminar or conference.
No
extra funding will be available. Candidates must ensure that they have
sufficient funds to cover their own needs and the needs of any dependants
during their stay. Award holders from
outside the UK are
individually responsible for fulfilling any regulatory requirements to enter
the UK.
None
of the organisations or individuals connected with this award are in a position
to arrange travel or organise accommodation for award holders.
Applications
Applications
should be in the form of a brief CV (no more than two pages), and a document
explaining the nature of the North American Studies research being proposed at
the British Library (no more than two pages).
Four
copies of the application must be submitted in hard copy.
Applications
must be submitted by 5pm on 28 February 2010.
Applications
by fax will not be accepted. Applications should be sent to:
Professor Ian Bell, School of Humanities, American Studies, University of Keele,
Staffs ST5 5BG. Applications
must conform to the guidelines set out above.
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The deadline for the Prix du Québec 2010 is 15 February, 2010. Submissions should be sent by email to
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(application procedure).
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Ageing Societies
The Dynamics of Demographic Change in Canada
Call for Papers
The International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) will hold its
next biennial, international conference in Montreal during the Congress
of the Humanities and Social Sciences to be held at Concordia
University from May 28 to June 4, 2010. Proposals for twenty minute
papers, to be presented in either English of French, are invited from
disciplinary, multidisciplinary, or comparative perspectives on the
theme of Ageing Societies - The Dynamics of Demographic Change in
Canada.
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A Conference at the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North
American Studies & the Embassy of Canada in Germany Berlin,
Germany, November 14th - 15th, 2009
The 2008 Canadian federal election was unique in Canadian history in
that the environment, particularly the carbon tax, played a central
role.
Although the global recession will certainly dominate Canadian politics
in the near future, the scale and scope of ecological challenges are
such that environmental issues will remain central as well. The John F.
Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität
Berlin, the Heinrich Boell Foundation, the University of Toronto in
Berlin, in conjunction with the Canadian Embassy in Germany are hosting
a conference to examine the state of Canadian politics with a focus on
current environmental policy and eco-political challenges.
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THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BACS HISTORY GROUP
CANADA HOUSE, FRIDAY 17 JULY 2009
The Annual Conference of the BACS History Group will take place at Canada House on Friday 17 July from 10.00am to 4.30pm
10.00am Registration/Coffee/Welcome
10.30am Panel One - The Canadian Foreign Service, 1909-2009
12.00pm Lunch
1.00pm Panel Two - The Cold War Era, 1945-1984
2.30pm Coffee
3.00pm Panel Three - International Policy since 1984
4.30pm Close
Each panel will consist of 3 presentations of about 20 minutes each on aspects of Canadian foreign policy, defence and trade, leaving 30 minutes for questions.
Lunch and refreshments are provided with the help of a conference grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International trade, Ottawa.
Registration is free.
The hotel recommended for the conference is the Strand Palace Hotel which is very near to Canada House. Delegates requiring accommodation must book their own rooms at the Strand Palace Hotel or elsewhere.
To attend the conference or to obtain further details please contact Tony McCulloch (
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), Director of Canadian Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Attendees must be known beforehand in order to gain access to Canada House.
The BACS History Group wishes to thank the Canadian High Commission for hosting this conference and for its continuing support for BACS History events.
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