CONFERENCES

X Conference of Mexican, United States and Canadian Historians

""Migrations in North American History"

Fort Worth-Dallas

November 1999

The Joint Organizing Committee of the Conference of Mexican. United

States, and Canadian historians writes to acknowledge the enthusiastic

response to its preliminary call for papers for the X Reunión which will

be held in Fort Worth-Dallas from 17-20 November 1999. At the same time,

the Committee issues a final invitation to participate in the historic

tenth meeting, which has as its central theme, "Migrations in North

American History".

Participants are invited to explore a variety of encounters through

which people, ideas, commodities, and institutions were received,

contested, and appropriated. Panels might focus, for example, on

demographic trends, labor networks, the dissemination and reception of

intellectual currents and ideologies, the flow of commodities and

investments, the creation of subjectivities and hybrid identities, the

transformation of frontiers into borders, settlement patterns,

environmental issues, and so forth.

Those colleagues who have already submitted reasonably detailed

abstracts for panels and papers can expect to hear from the Committee in

the near future regarding the status of their proposals. They and other

prospective participants should keep in mind that, as in previous years,

panels must include a distinctly international representation. All paper

and panel abstracts, accompanied by brief (one-half page) cvs, must be

received by 30 May 1998 to be eligible for consideration. Please send

U.S. and Canadian proposals to Committee Member Mark Wasserman at:

Department of History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey,

08903, Fax: 908-932-6763; email: wasserm@rci.rutgers.edu. Proposals

submitted by fax or email are especially welcome. The Joint Organizing

Committee will announce its acceptance of proposals shortly after August

30, 1998.

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AILASA (Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australia)

Preliminary Call for Papers

"Latin America, Spain and Portugual: Old and New Visions"

Melbourne, Australia

July 5-10, 1999

Scholars interested in organizing panels or offering papers should contact the AILASDA99 Organizing Committee at the following address:

AILASA99

Institute of Latin American Studies

La Trobe University

Bundoora, Victoria,

AUSTRALIA 3083

Fax: +61 3 9479 1942

E-mail: ailasa99@latrobe.edu.au

Presentations may be made in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Offers of papers should be accompanied by a brief abstract (100 words) and must reach the Organizing Committee by October 1, 1998.

Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia (population 3.5 million) and is one of the world’s most vibrant multicultural centres. It is also noted for its remarkable Victorian architecture and impressive public gardens and parks. Melbourne also boasts an active Hispanic and Latin American cultural life. The AILASA99 conference will be held in conjunction with the 1999 biennial conference of the Caribbean Studies Association of Australia and an extensive programme of film and musical activities is planned for the week July 5-10.

COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WOMEN IN HISTORY AWARDS

The Coordinating Council for Women in History and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians are pleased to announce the eighth annual competition for two $500 Graduate Student Awards to assist in the completion of dissertation work. The awards are designed to support either a crucial stage of research or the final year of writing. The CCWH/BERKSHIRE award is for women graduate students in a history department in an U.S. institution, and the CCWH/ IDA B. WELLS award is for a woman graduate student in an U.S. institution in any department, but working on an historical topic. Application deadline is September 15, 1998. For more information and to download an application form see the website: http://www.plu.edu/~hamesgl/ or write to Professor Gina Hames, CCWH Awards Committee Chair, History Department, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington 98447, or hamesgl@plu.edu. Applicants are encourages to utilize the website for information and application forms.