The Institute of Early American History and Culture will hold a
working seminar in spring 1996 on the construction of race and
.racism in Europe and the Americas, 1400- 1700. Scholars in European,
African, Latin American, and North American history, anthropology,
literature, cultural studies, and related disciplines are invited to
submit proposals describing the substance of their subject. Papers
expanding these proposals and presented at the seminar may be
published in the *William and Mary Quarterly*. Deadline for
proposals is October 1, 1995. For full information contact:
Michael McGiffert, editor
Institute of Early American History and Culture
P.O. Box 8781
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781
Tel.: 804-221-1125. Fax: 804-221-1047
E-mail: mcgiff@mail.wm.edu