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>Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 13:52:02 CDT
>From: Michael Schreiner <MSCHREIN@UCS.INDIANA.EDU>
The Organization of American Historians, in partnership with the
American Studies Association, the European Association for American
Studies and others, is establishiing an international clearinghouse
newsletter, CONNECTIONS, for Americanists. In the clearinghouse
newsletter individual scholars of American history and culture
will post descriptions of their needs, offerings, and interests
and learn about the needs, offerings, and interests of their peers
around the world.
Believing that conversations among individuals encourage people
to express their needs and hopes more naturally than bureaucratic
arrangements among institutions and states do, we hope that
CONNECTIONS will provide a simple and informal means for scholars
to identify people and resources that may meet their needs.
Although these type of conversations are already occurring on a
number of e-mail networks, most of our colleagues around the
world do not have access to or do not use e-mail. Therefore,
CONNECTIONS will be a periodic newsletter published in both
print and electronic forms. The newsletter will be distributed
through a variety of networks (e.g., OAH, ASA, EAAS,
and other national and regional American studies associations)
coordinated by the clearinghouse coordinator. If you would
like to receive the electronic version, please send a message
to the e-mail address listed below.
CONNECTIONS will list notices of a wide variety of
opportunities: for exchanges of housing and teaching
responsibilities between scholars; for collaborative
research projects; for graduate study abroad; for sharing
of books, ideas, exhibition materials, and course syllabi;
for exchanges of positions by public historians, museum
scholars, archivists, teachers, or others involved with the
study of American history and culture.
We invite individuals to send "postings" of their needs,
offerings, and/or interests for the first issue, which
is scheduled for the spring of 1994. There is no charge
for submitting an item to the clearinghouse, but submissions
must be limited to 100 words.
Individuals posting notices to the clearinghouse must include
their names and mailing addresses and are encouraged to also
include their telephone number, fax number, and/or e-mail
address. Submissions should be sent to the clearinghouse
coordinator in Bloomington:
Michael Schreiner, Clearinghouse Coordinator
CONNECTIONS: American History and Culture in an
International Perspective
Organization of American Historians
112 North Bryan Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-4199
Phone: 812-855-8726 Fax: 812-855-0696
E-Mail: mschrein@ucs.indiana.edu
Example of Postings:
WANTED: COLLEAGUE TO SHARE IDEAS: I am scholar of 20th-century
U.S. political culture researching the status of democracy in
multicultural societies. I am searching for new ideas to
enrich my work and may want to add a comparative dimension
to my study. If anyone is interested in beginning a conversation
on this topic, please respond to . . .
EXCHANGE HOMES FOR SUMMER 1994: University of Iowa scholar and
family interested in exchanging homes for the summer of 1994
with scholar in Eastern Europe. Our two-bedroom home is close
to campus, and I can arrange library privileges for a visitor.
University collections are especially good in U.S. 19th-century
political, sectionalism, and Civil War history as well as
American literature. Your home will need to accommodate my
husband and child. Write to . . .