The German Historical Institute, in collaboration with the History Department at the University of Texas at Arlington, is pleased to announce the 2007 session of the biennial Young Scholars Forum. The forum is designed to bring together for a weekend of critical debate Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s from Europe and North America. This forum will offer young scholars the opportunity to present their work to their peers and to distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic
The 2007 Forum looks at the history of American society beyond the level of national history. Transatlantic and transnational approaches have directed the focus of historical inquiry at the cultural, social, economic, linguistic and intellectual dimensions of the multicultural American society. Transnationalism as a concept tries to get away from a view of the interrelationship between societies and cultures that is still centered on the concept of the nation. Emphasis is placed instead upon the myriad of connections, entanglements and transfers that link certain elements of American society and culture to that of other parts of the world. Topics for consideration may deal with, but are not limited to: migration (voluntary and involuntary); exile; the history of borderlands; shared histories; the black Atlantic; transnational networks; the history of education and science; environmental history; and industrial worlds. Graduate students from history and other disciplines in the United States, Canada and Europe are invited to contribute to this forum.
Participants must submit a paper of twenty typewritten pages in length by March 1, 2007. In order to promote a lively exchange of ideas, papers will be distributed in advance; instead of a conventional presentation of one’s own work, each participant will comment briefly on a colleague’s paper.
Applicants will be notified by December 2006. The German Historical Institute and the University of Texas at Arlington will provide a travel allowance, lodging and some meals.
A complete application will include the following materials:
1. A curriculum vitae
2. A brief description of the paper (not to exceed two pages, double-spaced)
3. A formal letter of recommendation
Applicants must submit their materials by November 20, 2006.
Please send applications to:
Bärbel Thomas
Young Scholars Forum
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20009
Tel: 001-202.552.8931
Fax: 001-202.483.3430
Email: B.Thomas@ghi-dc.org