INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC WORLD, 1500-1800

Theme for 1998:

"Cultural Encounters in Atlantic Societies, 1500-1800"

Applications are invited for participation in the third annual seminar, to meet for approximately ten days at Harvard University in August 1998. Participants, for whom travel and accommodation will be provided, must be recent recipients of the Ph.D. or its equivalent or advanced doctoral students engaged in creative research on aspects of Atlantic history. Members of the Seminar will be drawn from the nations of Western Europe, Africa, and Latin America, to be joined by U.S. and Canadian scholars who are also at an early stage of their careers, for presentation of work in progress, discussions of the theme of the Seminar, and exchange of views with senior scholars. It is hoped that some of the expenses of the American participants will be defrayed by their own universities.

The aim is to advance the scholarship of young historians of many nations interested in aspects of Atlantic history in the formative years; to help create an international community of scholars familiar with approaches, archives, and intellectual traditions different from their own; and ultimately to further international understanding.

The specific theme of the Seminar changes each year. The theme for 1998 will be "Cultural Encounters in Atlantic Societies, 1500-1800." Work in progress on cultural relations among different peoples in all the Atlantic regions--races, nationalities, and ethnic, regional, religious, and linguistic groups--will be considered. Encounters between European and non-European cultures will be especially relevant, and comparative studies will be welcome.

The Seminar, under the auspices of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History and supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is directed by Professor Bernard Bailyn.

For application forms, to be returned by April 15, 1998, or

information, please contact Pat Denault, Administrator, International Seminar, Robinson Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Telephone: 617-496-3066; Fax: 617-496-8869;
E-mail: atlantic@fas.harvard.edu.