Michael Harrington Book Award.

I would like to announce that we are accepting nominations for the Michael Harrington Book Award. This award is given every year by the American Political Science Association’s New Political Science section for an “outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world.
Only publishers can submit nominations [...]

Marcus Aelius Aurelius: Reading

“The art of reading is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack,” (Marcus Aelius Aurelius: QuoteWorld.org).

CFP: The Secular Realm in the Age of Faith

The Secular Realm in the Age of Faith, the 29th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University. This year’s theme relates to the private and public spheres of life in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe where the profane, the quotidian, the romantic, and the religious intersect.
Call for papers deadline: [...]

Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Global Challenges for Intellectual Capital Building

Building human resources is essential to economic and social development. Whatever the stage of their development, each Southeast Asian country has tried to address this fundamental issue by improving their higher education system. Holding on to skilled human resources is yet another challenge in the context of global competition for highly qualified human resources.
This conference [...]

Joseph Addison: Books

“Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn,” (Joseph Addison: QuoteWorld.org).

Forthcoming special issue of Feminist Theory on ‘Feminism(s) and the Politics of Reproduction’

Feminist Theory calls for papers for a special issue on feminism and the politics of reproduction, to be edited by Natalia Gerodetti and Véronique Mottier. The special issue is based upon the premise that there is a continued need for feminist analyses of reproduction, especially at a time when scientific possibilities, social practices and cultural [...]

8th International Summer School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter

The aims and objectives for the present summer school and symposium are to ensure that both new research students just beginning their research careers or those already-trained researchers considering a first research project on humour will enter the field with a strong foundation in existing theoretical and methodological issues, and are well versed in the [...]

A new Concepta website

Concepta, International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought, has now opened its new website at: http://www.concepta-net.org
The website contains information about Concepta organisation, objectives and our activities – introductory courses and research training seminars. In addition we have gathered an extensive electronic library which contains numerous links to e-sources on the field of conceptual [...]

Proverbs: Albania

Here are some proverbs from Albania courtesy of CreativeProverbs.com:
The sun at home warms better than the sun elsewhere.
If you fear God, you won’t fear humans.
He who hesitates, regrets.
Don’t put gold buttons on a torn coat.
Patience is the key to paradise.

2 Ph.D. Scholarships in American Studies, Heidelberg

The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) has two scholarships available for candidates accepted into its Ph.D. in American Studies program.
- 1 BASF Dissertation Scholarship
- 1 Scholarship in the graduate program (Promotionskolleg) funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg
The HCA is a central academic institution of the University of Heidelberg, encouraging higher education, promoting advanced research, and facilitating [...]