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Wednesday 13 May 18.30 | Foyle Room, British Library Conservation Centre, British Library, London Whether it鈥檚 Bad Bunny at the Superbowl or Marco Rubio at the State Department, Latinx Americans have never been more prominent in US culture and politics.
We are pleased to announce that the convenors of the North American History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research are now accepting applications for the 2026 Iwan Morgan Prize.
On Friday, 17 April, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM (Central European Summer Time), the next A19 seminar will bring together Sonia Di Loreto (Universit脿 di Torino) and Leslie Eckel (Suffolk University) for a session on Margaret Fuller. Sonia Di Loreto,聽Universit脿 di Torino: 鈥淎bove, Below, and Away from the Nation: Margaret Fuller鈥檚 Network of Publications in Europe鈥� Leslie Eckel, Suffolk University: 鈥淢argaret Fuller and the Ends of Immigrant Inclusion鈥�
"Jack Marchbanks has written a valentine to those artist-activists who disrupted the tenor of a segregated nation and inched us closer to freedom." - Wil Haygood, author of The Butler: A Witness to History
British American Nineteenth-Century Historians (BrANCH) announces a search for new co-editors of its journal, American Nineteenth Century History, which was established in 2000 and appears three times a year from Taylor & Francis. To apply, please send a brief (no more than 5-page) c.v. and a 1-2 page letter of intent that discusses (a) your vision for the journal and (b) why this service would fit well with the current stage of your career, to ANCH co-editor, and incoming BrANCH Chair, David S. Doddington (doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk) by June 1, 2026.
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