Postgraduate and Early Career Conference in Early American History ...
Postgraduate and Early Career Conference in Early American History 2017 31 March 2017
Wolfson Conference Suite Institute of Historical Research 09:00-18:00
09:00am
Registration & Refreshments
09:30am
Welcome
09:45am
Chair: Philip Abraham (KCL)
Session 1
Perceptions of Piracy and Polite Society in EighteenthCentury British Jamaica Rebecca Simon (KCL)
BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDERS: The Worlds of American Outsiders
Matthew Shaw (IHR Librarian) & Gareth Hallett Davis (UCL)
An Inquest into the 1861 Death of Mary Ann Cope in Nova Scotia: Indigenous Bodies as Boundary Objects Farrah Lawrence (UCL) Villains, Victims, Heroes: A Trajectory of Native American Historiography William Raffle (University of Sheffield)
11:15am
Break
11:30am
Chair: Angel Luke O’Donnell (KCL)
Session 2
Getting a first journal article accepted and securing a publisher for a completed thesis are shared rites of passage for many PhDs. They confront the novice with myriad challenges and potential pitfalls that can hamper rather than help what can be a straightforward process. These published and publishing academics, highlight the ups and downs of going public.
GOING PUBLIC ON PAPER: Facing the Challenges of First Time Publication
• • •
Simon Middleton (University of Sheffield) Tom Rodgers (University of Portsmouth) Tim Lockley (University of Warwick)
1:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Chair: Matt Griffin (UCL)
Session 3
“On the Precipice of Penury”: Status, Virtue, and Identity in the Petitions of Georgia Loyalists. Jack Tracey (University of Kent)
PATRONAGE AND POVERTY: Worlds of American Possibilities
Transplanting the Multitude: Indentured Servitude & Relieving the Poor in Virginia. Misha Ewen (UCL) ‘Running Wild in the Recess of Government’: Patronage and Partisan Politics in the Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801 Hugh Roberts (University of Kent)
3.30pm
Break
3.45pm
Chair: Kathryn Olivarius (IHR)
Session 3
Despite UK universities offering a four-year arc for postgraduate study, money is limited to a three-year period. Fourth-year funding is like gold dust, and then, there are the challenges of post-doctoral fellowships... The speakers share personal and professional insights into the pitfalls of further funding and the postdoctoral fellowship minefield, both sides of the Atlantic. They also explore how to secure that elusive permanent posting.
WHEN THE BUCK STOPS…: Applying for Further Funding
• • •
5.15pm
Conference review •
5.45pm
Huw David (Rothermere American Institute) Pekka Hämäläinen (University of Oxford) Daniel Peart (QMUL)
Gareth Hallett Davis (UCL)
Conference End
All attendees are invited to join us for drinks at Birkbeck
For further information contact:
Institute of Historical Research Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
Email: [email protected]
Follow us on:
@ihr_history @ihr_events facebook.com/ InstituteofHistoricalResearch
history.ac.uk
Wolfson Conference Suite Institute of Historical Research 09:00-18:00
09:00am
Registration & Refreshments
09:30am
Welcome
09:45am
Chair: Philip Abraham (KCL)
Session 1
Perceptions of Piracy and Polite Society in EighteenthCentury British Jamaica Rebecca Simon (KCL)
BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDERS: The Worlds of American Outsiders
Matthew Shaw (IHR Librarian) & Gareth Hallett Davis (UCL)
An Inquest into the 1861 Death of Mary Ann Cope in Nova Scotia: Indigenous Bodies as Boundary Objects Farrah Lawrence (UCL) Villains, Victims, Heroes: A Trajectory of Native American Historiography William Raffle (University of Sheffield)
11:15am
Break
11:30am
Chair: Angel Luke O’Donnell (KCL)
Session 2
Getting a first journal article accepted and securing a publisher for a completed thesis are shared rites of passage for many PhDs. They confront the novice with myriad challenges and potential pitfalls that can hamper rather than help what can be a straightforward process. These published and publishing academics, highlight the ups and downs of going public.
GOING PUBLIC ON PAPER: Facing the Challenges of First Time Publication
• • •
Simon Middleton (University of Sheffield) Tom Rodgers (University of Portsmouth) Tim Lockley (University of Warwick)
1:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Chair: Matt Griffin (UCL)
Session 3
“On the Precipice of Penury”: Status, Virtue, and Identity in the Petitions of Georgia Loyalists. Jack Tracey (University of Kent)
PATRONAGE AND POVERTY: Worlds of American Possibilities
Transplanting the Multitude: Indentured Servitude & Relieving the Poor in Virginia. Misha Ewen (UCL) ‘Running Wild in the Recess of Government’: Patronage and Partisan Politics in the Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801 Hugh Roberts (University of Kent)
3.30pm
Break
3.45pm
Chair: Kathryn Olivarius (IHR)
Session 3
Despite UK universities offering a four-year arc for postgraduate study, money is limited to a three-year period. Fourth-year funding is like gold dust, and then, there are the challenges of post-doctoral fellowships... The speakers share personal and professional insights into the pitfalls of further funding and the postdoctoral fellowship minefield, both sides of the Atlantic. They also explore how to secure that elusive permanent posting.
WHEN THE BUCK STOPS…: Applying for Further Funding
• • •
5.15pm
Conference review •
5.45pm
Huw David (Rothermere American Institute) Pekka Hämäläinen (University of Oxford) Daniel Peart (QMUL)
Gareth Hallett Davis (UCL)
Conference End
All attendees are invited to join us for drinks at Birkbeck
For further information contact:
Institute of Historical Research Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
Email: [email protected]
Follow us on:
@ihr_history @ihr_events facebook.com/ InstituteofHistoricalResearch
history.ac.uk
