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Added: July 16, 2010

The Quaker City: Friends in the Mid-Atlantic
3-5 March 2011
Philadelphia, PA

Society of Early Americanists’ Seventh Biennial Conference
When William Penn established the “Holy Experiment” in 1681, he envisioned a city infused with spiritual possibility. The Philadelphia...

Added: July 16, 2010

15 January 2011

American Association for the History of Medicine Essay Award

The William Osler Medal is awarded annually for the best unpublished essay on a medical historical topic written by a student enrolled in a school of medicine or osteopathy in the United States or Canada....

Added: July 16, 2010

15 January 2011

Graduate students in the United States and Canada are invited to enter the Shryock Medal Essay Contest. The medal honors Richard Harrison Shryock (1893–1972), a pioneer among historians interested in the history of medicine. The award is given for an outstanding,...

Added: July 16, 2010

23-24 June 2011
Paris, France

Industrial Overflows in the Public Sphere and their Conflicts - Meaning and Relevance of an Interdisciplinary History

The development of industrial activities and their externalities submit neighbouring populations to health and environmental...

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19-20 March 2011
NYC

Staten Island in American History and 21st Century Education

College of Staten Island, of the City University of New York, March 19-20, 2011
Co-sponsored with Wagner College, St. John's University, and SI 350, Inc. With major support from the Staten...

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27-28 May 2011
Caen, France

Time’s Excesses in Music, Literature and Art

This international conference is intended to explore how time may be represented aesthetically in excessive, eccentric and unthinkable ways. Art appears to have found a means of getting around time’s...

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31 December 2010

Submissions are being accepted for the Annals of Science best paper prize 2010. This prize is now awarded annually to the author of an original, unpublished essay in the history of science or technology, which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

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14 - 16 July 2011
Arlington, VA

Over the past several decades, suburbs have experienced tremendous demographic and socioeconomic change. The release of Census 2000 received national attention, as it revealed striking patterns of new suburban growth, diversity, class segregation,...

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29-30 October 2010
Birmingham, UK

Scratching the Surface: The History of Skin, its Diseases and their Treatment

Registration is now open for "Scratching the Surface: The History of Skin, its Diseases and their Treatment," an international conference hosted by the History of...

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11 June 2011
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Picturesque Colorado and its people have played roles in motion picture films and still photographs for more than a century. Proposals ae being accepted for the 8th annual Pikes Peak Regional History Sumposium, Film & Photography on the...