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Special Bulletin 3 February 2012
Obituary: Alexander Cowan
Alexander Cowan recently passed away after a short illness. He was aged just 62 and recently retired after a long and distinguished career. Alex began teaching History at Newcastle Polytechnic in 1973 (now the University of Northumbria) and he was known to his colleagues as a dedicated teacher, a passionate researcher and as a staunch defender of social history in higher education. He also found time to be a good citizen by participating in numerous peace marches.
In his life and in his work Alex was a true European. He had an irrepressible enthusiasm for languages and was fluent in French, Italian, German and English. His love of cosmopolitan cultures was both personal and professional. In 2007 Alex became editor of the journal Parliaments, Estates & Representation and he was a founder member of the European Urban Culture Research Group. He also co-founded the Medieval and Early Modern Research Group at Northumbria, which continues to thrive thanks to his dedication and hard work.
Alex was a long-time member of the Social History Society, having been introduced to the field of social and cultural history by some of its early pioneers at the newly established University of Warwick. It was in his undergraduate years at Warwick that Alex discovered his love of Venetian society and gossip - both past and present. This enthusiasm spilled over into his influential monographs The Urban Patriciate (1986) and Marriage, Manners and Mobility in Early Modern Venice (2007). More recently, Alex’s work on cultures of gossip and orality represents a significant contribution to our field. His work inspired his students, peers, and those of us lucky enough to have counted him as a colleague. He had a sharp eye and a keen ear for uncovering novel ways of exploring Venetian street culture. He wrote with care and rigour about gossips on balconies – a subject that was scarcely possible to imagine when he first started out as a historian. His legacy in this field was secured in July 2011 when he organized and participated in the prestigious international conference Gossip, Gospel and Governance at the British Academy. Alex will be sorely missed, but his dedication to the social and cultural history of early modern Europe will be recognized for years to come.
Sasha Handley, University of Northumbria.
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members' bulletin 19 February
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1. Researching Far East Prisoner of War History Conference, 8-9 September 2012, Whitemoor Lake Conference and Activity Centre, Alrewas, Staffordshire
2. Call for Papers: Sport and other Leisure Industries, Special Edition of Sport in History
3. PhD Studentship in History, University of Leicester
4. BIAA Funding Opportunities 2012/13
5. The Centre for Economic History, University of Reading, Launch Event, ‘Crisis and change in historical perspective’, 23 March 2012.
6. ‘The Many Headed Hydra: Plebeians in the World c. 1660-1820’, 12 April 2012, Birkbeck College, London.
7. Funded PhD studentship, Queen’s University Belfast, ‘A crowded urban space: conflict and identity in an English town, 1300-1800’
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Members' bulletin 12 February
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1. ‘Women on The Home Front’ Conference, Saturday 24 March 2012, The National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
2. ‘Space and Social Relations in Historical Perspective,’ University of Edinburgh, 7 June 2012
3. Extended Call for Papers: Due 24 February 2012, ‘New Histories of Love and Romance, c.1880-1960’, 25-26 May 2012, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff
4. ‘Exploring Liminal States of Mind’, 16 March 2012, 121 Lipman Building, University of Northumbria
5. historian on conduct literature and etiquette needed for Canadian documentary
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Members' bulletin 3 February
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1. Spring school: Oral History Society
2. CFP: Fighting for Britain? Negotiating identities in Britain during the Second World War The Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars University of Edinburgh, 28-29 June 2012
3. CFP: The British Society of Sports History Annual Conference, 7-8 September 2012, University of Glasgow
4. News of the World study day: King’s College London, 24 February 2012
5. CFP: History of Women in the Americas, 14 March 2012, Brunel University
6. Seeking an archive for extensive family history papers.
7. Local Population Studies conference, Welwyn Garden City, 21 April 2012
8. Women on The Home Front Conference, Saturday 24 March 2012
At The National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
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SHS members' bulletin 21 January
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1. CFP: Women in Magazines, Kingston University, 22-23 June 2012
2. ‘Landscapes, Memories and Memorials’, 16 February 2012 at the National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire
3. International Voluntary Action History Network
4. ‘Education, War and Peace’, Institute of Education, 2014
5. ‘Sowing the Seeds’: A Workshop on Medieval Urban Community and Public Space, 29 March 2012, University of Reading
6. CFP: ‘Sheer criminality’? Making sense of the 2011 riots’: a one day symposium, School of Social Science, University of Northampton, 25 April 2012
7. ‘Consuming the country house: from acquisition to presentation,’ University of Northampton, 18-19 April 2012
8. ‘Situating and Interpreting States of Mind 1700-2000’, An Interdisciplinary Conference, 14-16 June 2012, Northumbria University
9. Historians wanted for BBC documentary on obesity
10. Historian needed for Channel 4 documentary on British racing drivers 1920s-1950s
11. CFP: ‘Fighting for Britain? Negotiating identities in Britain during the Second World War’, The Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars University of Edinburgh, 28-29 June 2012
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Members' bulletin 19 December
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1. 'Recording Leisure Lives: Sports, Spectacles and Spectators in 20th century Britain’, conference at the University of Bolton, 3 April 2012
2. ‘Women and Science’, University of Worcester, November 2012, organised by the Women’s History Network, Midlands Region.
3. CFP: ‘Inventing and Reinventing the Modern City’, An international conference at Teesside University, 7 and 8 September 2012
4. Culture and Power 15: “IDENTITY, MIGRATION AND DIASPORA:
NEW SEXUALITIES AND GENDER IDENTITIES”, English Department, University of Málaga, 18-20 April 2012.
5. ‘Situating and Interpreting States of Mind 1700-2000’, An Interdisciplinary Conference, 14-16 June 2012, Northumbria University
6. CFP: ‘Space and Place in Middlebrow: 1900-1950’, Institute of English Studies, University of London, 13-14 September 2012
7. ‘Gendering the history of charity and voluntary effort’
A workshop for postgraduate and early‐career researchers , University of Huddersfield, 9 March 2012
8. An opportunity has arisen for researchers specialising or with an interest in the First World War to attend an AHRC/BBC workshop on the 20th February 2012.
9. ‘Muck and Brass: Money and Finance in Victorian Britain’, One Day Colloquium, 10 November 2012, Leeds.
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bulletin 27 November
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1. ‘The Arab Spring Day Symposium to mark the 1st Anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution, Friday 13th January 2012
2. ‘New Histories of Love and Romance, c.1880-1960’, 25-26 May 2012, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff
3. ‘Spaces of Work 1770 – 1830’, A one-day interdisciplinary conference, University of Warwick, Saturday 28th April 2012
4. Research Assistant (pthp), “Land, Cultural Heritage and Identity in the Scottish Highlands after 1918”
5. Live webcast: ‘To the ends of the Earth: Scotland’s Global Diaspora’, Professor Tom Devine, Monday 12 December 2011 at 2 pm, 'live' from the Glasgow Science Centre
6. UnofficialHistories, Saturday 19th May 2012 at Bishopsgate Institute, London
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Members' bulletin 20 November
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1. CFP: ‘Cultures of Decolonisation, c.1945-1970’, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 30 May 2012.
2. CFP: ‘Mainstreaming Co-operation: An Alternative for the 21st Century?’ 3-5 July 2012, Manchester & Rochdale
3. CFP: ‘New approaches to the history of popular protest: public history and heritage’, UWE, 11 February 2012.
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members' bulletin 8 November
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1. CFP: Seminar "New Sexualities and Gender Identities in Literature, History and Culture", ESSE conference, University of Bogazici in Istanbul (Turkey), 4-8 September 2012.
2. CFP: British Crime Historians Symposium 3, 6-7 September, 2012, The Open University, Milton Keynes
3. AHRC and BBC Radio 3 ‘New Generation Thinkers’ competition 2012
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Members' bulletin 23 October
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1. CFP: ‘The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain: Impacts, Engagements, Legacies and memories’, University of Brighton, 11-13 July 2012
2. CFP: ‘Rethinking the History of Childhood: Narratives, Sources, Debates’, University of Greenwich, Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation, 14 January 2012
3. ‘Consuming the country house: from acquisition to presentation’, University of Northampton, 18-19 April 2012
4. History of Education Society annual conference, Glasgow University Union, 25 to 27 November.
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British Historians of Women in the Americas
There are many historians in the United Kingdom researching women's history in North or South America or the Caribbean. Unfortunately we rarely gather as a group that interrogates women’s history from a hemispheric perspective. Instead our identity as historians of women within the Americas can be blurred when we participate in multidisciplinary or trans-national gender-based organisations. The British Historians of Women in the Americas (BHWAs) will bring together British-based researchers on the history of women in the northern and southern hemispheres of the Americas. We also invite historians of women and gender from outside the United Kingdom to participate in all our activities.
To join BHWAs, please send your name and research interests to Prof. S. Jay Kleinberg c/o grace.mansah-owusu@brunel.ac.uk
For further details, see:
http://www.gellius.net/downloads/org_3/journals2.doc
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Women's History Network (UK) book prize
The Women’s History Network (UK) will award annually (until further notice) a prize of £500 for an author’s first single authored book which makes a significant contribution to women’s history or gender history and is written in an accessible style that is rewarding to the general reader of history.
For further details click here.
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Continuity and Change
Special rate for members of the Social History Society. Members of the Social History Society may subscribe to the journal at £28 for an individual rather than the normal rate of £35.
For further information contact the Administrative Secretary, the Social History Society, Furness College, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YG, or by email.
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