**************************************************************************** Histnews: The Electronic History Newsletter Thursday, October 7, 1993 Vol.1, No.5 Subscriptions: listserv@ukanvm.bitnet Submissions/Corrections: histnews@ukanvm.bitnet FTP Archive: byrd.mu.wvnet.edu:/pub/history/internet/hist_news Editor: Bob Pasker (rbp@brown.edu) **************************************************************************** Table of Contents 1. Report of Canadian Branch of the Assoc. for History & Computing, 1993 (43 lines) Keywords: computing, AHC, LISTSERV 2. Call for papers/Meeting announcement (7 lines) Keywords: CFP, religion, social 3. CFP: MID ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (18 lines) Keywords: Latin America, CFP 4. H-Net Job Guide Table of Contents (65 lines) Keywords: jobs, fellowships 5. CFP: Generating Culture--Childhood, Market, State (45 lines) Keywords: culture, CFP, social 6. Chicago Historical Society Program (72 lines) Keywords: conference, CHS 7. *Electronic Antiquity*, Sept 1993 now available (5 lines) Keywords: Classics, e-journals 8. Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists (30 lines) Keywords: classics, e-journals, gopher, FTP 9. The Odyssey Online (6 lines) Keywords: classics, e-text, FTP, Homer 10. Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences (3 lines) Keywords: gopher, LISTSERV /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 1. Report of Canadian Branch of the Assoc. for History & Computing, 1993 Keywords: computing, AHC, LISTSERV FFI: Jose E. Igartua CANADIAN COMMITTEE FOR HISTORY AND COMPUTING ANNUAL REPORT, 1992-1993 The membership of the Canadian Committee for History and Computing, a committee of the Canadian Historical Association which serves as the Canadian branch of the Association for History and Computing, now stands at 38 members. During the year, the committee has co-sponsored a conference on the use of manuscript censuses at the University of Guelph, has organized sessions at the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, has continued the publication of its newsletter and has maintained its electronic discussion list L-CHA@UQAM.BITNET. The Conference on the Use of Census Manuscripts for Historical Research was held at University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 4th-7th March 1993. Close to thirty papers were given in twelve sessions, dealing with topics ranging from agriculture, urban and industrial development to occupational mobility, human capital, wealth, the enumeration of blacks, and women's work. Participants came from Canada, the United States, England, Wales, Ireland, and Spain. A theme issue of the journal _Histoire sociale/Social History_ will be devoted to a selection of papers from the conference, and a book is planned to follow up on the theme. The sessions organized by the committee at the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association included a panel discussion on the fate of machine-readable versions of historical documents created by historians, two presentations on the role of the computer in the classroom, and papers relying on computer-based text analysis. As a result of the panel discussion, the committee has recommended to the Council of the Canadian Historical Association the adoption of formal guidelines for the citation of machine- readable versions of historical sources in historical publications. A number of Canadian historical journals have expressed interest in adopting these guidelines for their contributors. The newsletter of the committee appears three times a year. It will be distributed to the heads of the branches of the AHC; other international members may contact Jose Igartua, the president of the Canadian branch, for copies. The electronic discussion list serves mainly to distribute information concerning conferences, software, or other matters of interest to members of the committee and others who have asked to join. The list is not edited, but prospective members are required to fill out a questionnaire stating their interest in the list. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 2. Call for papers/Meeting announcement Keywords: CFP, religion, social FFI: Jacob H. Dorn, 513/873-3111 The Conference on Faith and History seeks papers for its biennial fall meeting to be held October 6-8, 1994, at Messiah College in Crantham, Pennsylvania. Proposals on topics related to the theme "Religion in Its Social Context" should be sent before March 1, 1994 to Dr. Jacob H. Dorn, Department, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435. Tel.: office 513/873-3111; home 513/299-0921. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 3. CFP: MID ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Keywords: Latin America, CFP FFI: Patricia McRae, mcrae@max.muhlberg.edu CALL FOR PAPERS MID ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES April 8 and 9, 1994 Kean College of New Jersey, Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083 PANEL: The Political Economy of Violence in the Americas: Past, Present, and Future The many different levels of violence has permeated and afflicted countries of the Americas since Independence. This panel seeks papers dealing with the different levels and types of violence that has existed in the Americas across time. Some of the questions driving the panel include, but are not limited to the following: 1) What role has violence played in the development of the state; 2) Max Weber identified one of the chief characteristics of the state as having the legitimate monopoly on the mechanisms of coercion. Is this a necessary definition of the state in any new world order? What are the implications for "stateness" if a state no longer possesses such a monopoly? 3) On an individual level, what are the implications for a polity if violence is the dominant mode of conflict resolution? What, if any, does the effect of domestic violence have on national or international relations in the Americas? These are only suggestions for issues which the panel may address. Deadline for paper submissions is December 1, 1993. Electronic copies of paper proposals are acceptable, but must be followed with a hard copy of the paper. Hard copies should be sent to the address of the Chairperson listed below. Chairperson: Patricia McRae, Department of Political Science, Muhlen berg College, 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104, (215) 821- 3469. Email: mcrae@max.muhlberg.edu /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 4. H-Net Job Guide Table of Contents Keywords: jobs, fellowships FFI: Paul Steele H-Net Job Guide October 5, 1993 AFRICAN HISTORY 1) Sub-Saharan History--Pennsylvania State University ASIAN HISTORY 1) Asian History--New Mexico State U 2) Japanese History--U of Northern Iowa EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN HISTORY 1) European History-- U of California-Berkeley 2) Eastern & Central European History--Bucknell University 3) Modern European History--U of Michigan-Flint 4) Modern Germany--Rice University 5) European/German History--Miyazaki International College 6) History/Political Science Chair (European)--Barry University 7) European Social History--U of Mississippi 8) Soviet Union History--The Ohio State University 9) Medieval European or British History--Duke University 10) Medieval European History--University of Chicago 11) Modern Europe--High Point University 12) Early Modern Central Europe--Cornell University 13) Renaissance/Reformation History--U of North Texas 14) European History--U of Miami 15) British History--U of Delaware GENERAL OR OPEN-FIELD 1) History--California State U-San Marcos 2) Chair, History--U of North Texas LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY 1) Latin American History--U of Notre Dame 2) Latin American History--Auburn University MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY 1) Near/Middle Eastern and Asian--U.S. Air Force Academy 2) Islamic/Non-Western Women's History--U of North Carolina- Wilmington STUDIES PROGRAMS 1) Italian or Spanish Studies--Indiana University 2) American Studies--U of Notre Dame UNITED STATES HISTORY 1) U.S. History--Luther College 2) U.S. History--Brown University 3) African-American History--The Ohio State University 4) U.S. History--George Washington University 5) African-American History--U of Wisconsin-Madison 6) African-American History--U of Notre Dame 7) U.S. Colonial/Native American History--North Carolina State University 8) U.S. History--Emory & Henry College 9) U.S. Women's History--New Mexico State U 10) U.S. History--U of Quebec LIBRARY POSITIONS 1) Archivist--The National Archives and Records Administration FELLOWSHIPS 1) Lilly Fellowship Program--Valparaiso University 2) Research Associate--The Five College Women's Studies Research Center 3) Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships--Rutgers University MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL OPENINGS 1) Associate Specialist/Editor--Unnamed Institution in Berkeley /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 5. CFP: Generating Culture--Childhood, Market, State Keywords: culture, CFP, social FFI: Don Hedrick, HEDRICK@KSUVM.KSU.EDU. Call for Papers: GENERATING CULTURE--CHILDHOOD, MARKET, STATE 3rd Annual Cultural Studies Symposium March 10-12, 1994 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas How do we generate culture? This interdisciplinary symposium focuses on a primary object and subject of generation: children and their complex relationships with cultural, state, and commercial interests within historical and global perspectives. We want to investigate how childhood is articulated as a religious, political, scientific, aesthetic, and commercial concept, how it is institutionalized within the home, the school, judicial system, how it is marketed through material culture. Current debates that focus on marginalized voices, cultures, and texts make crucial efforts to understand the phenomena of childhood in relation to culture, the state, and the market. Children's culture may be both conservative and subversive, expressing the deepest ideals and contradictions of society. In its literary and artistic experimentation, its relation to didacticism, activism, and reformism, children's culture will be examined as central to literary and social history. Keynote speaker: JAMES KINCAID on The Erotic Child Potential Session Topics: Innocence and Utopia / Children and Public Policy: War, Famine, the Holocaust / Media Violence / Commodities/commodification: Food, Music, Clothing, Toys / Institutional Barriers: Integration, Apartheid, Reservations / Childhood Transported: Bussing, Transportation of Children to the Colonies / Fundamentalism and Religion / Imitations and Revisions of Classic Texts / Series Books / Non-western Childhood / Feminist (Re)Visions / Sexuality / Infantilization, Dependency / Folklore and Humor of Childhood / Environmentalism / Social Policy: Children's Rights, Juvenile Delinquency, Abuse / Politics of Youth Culture / Status of Children's Writers / Social and Critical Theory. Contact Don Hedrick, Carolyn Sigler, or Naomi Wood, The Program in Cultural Studies, English Department, Denison Hall, Kansas State U, Manhattan, KS 66506. Tel. (913) 532-6716 FAX (913) 532-7004 1-2 page abstracts, 15-minute papers, or panel proposals due 10/31/93. Graduate student papers welcome. E-Mail: HEDRICK@KSUVM.KSU.EDU. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 6. Chicago Historical Society Program Keywords: conference, CHS FFI: Loomis Mayfield TI0LFM1@NIU.BITNET At the bottom of this post is the 1993-1994 program for the Urban History Seminar sponsored by the Chicago Historical Society. The topics range over various interests, including: labor, law, popular culture, politics, education, economics, environmentalism, pedagogy, media, planning, ethnicity, religion. These are discussed in locales from the old Northeast to the new South. Note that these are held as receptions/dinners. Cost is $18.00 per person. Pre-paid reservations are necessary, usually due a week in advance of the session. For more information or to receive the Seminar's monthly mailing, please contact Russell Lewis at the address or phone # below. This program was arranged by Michael H. Ebner of Lake Forest College, Ann Durkin Keating of North Central College, and Russell Lewis of the Chicago Historical Society. The Chicago Historical Society MAILING ADDRESS: Clark Street at North Avenue Chicago, IL 60614 USA 312-642-5035 Ext. 270 URBAN HISTORY SEMINAR (founded in 1983) 1993-94 9-30-93 Susan E. Hirsch (Loyola University of Chicago): Union Organizing in the Twentieth Century: Beyond the Working- class Community 10-21-93 Larry Peterson (C.U.N.Y. Graduate and Research Center): Producing Visual Traditions Among Workers: The Users of Photography at Pullman, 1880-1980 11-11-93 Allen Steinberg (University of Iowa): Lawlessness and Popular Culture in the Nineteenth-Century City 12-2-93 Anthony M. Orum (University of Illinois at Chicago): The Rise and Fall of Milwaukee 1-20-94 John L. Rury (DePaul University), Jeffrey Mirel (Northern Illinois University), and Arthur Zilversmit (Lake Forest College): Panel Discussion on Urban Schools in Historical Perspective: New Research Findings 2-17-94 Robert Bruegmann (University of Illinois at Chicago): The Park and the Center: Reshaping the Post-Industrial City 3-24-94 David A. Badillo (University of Illinois at Chicago): Delimiting History Across Ethnic and Regional Boundaries: Latinos and Urbanization in San Antonio, New York, and Miami, 1920-1970 4-28-94 Steven M. Avella (Marquette University): The Catholic Church and Chicago's Urban Renewal 5-19-94 Bernard A. Weisberger (Independent Scholar): An Author's Reflections on the Historian and the Dilemma of Audience Michael H. Ebner Ann Durkin Keating Lake Forest College North Central College Russell Lewis Chicago Historical Society FORMAT: cash-bar cocktails at 5:45 PM, dinner at 6:30 PM, and the program at 7:30 PM. Pre-paid reservations essential. To receive the Seminar's monthly mailing, please contact Russell Lewis at CHS (312-642-5035 Ext. 270). /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 7. *Electronic Antiquity*, Sept 1993 now available Keywords: Classics, e-journals FFI: Peter Toohey (ptoohey@metz.une.edu.au) or Ian Worthington (ian.worthington@classics.utas.edu.au) *ELECTRONIC ANTIQUITY: COMMUNICATING THE CLASSICS* Volume 1 Issue 4 (September 1993) is now available for access. GOPHER: info.utas.edu.au in Publications/Electronic Antiquity/1,4- September 1993 FTP: ftp.info.utas.edu.au in /departments/classics/antiquity. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 8. Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists Keywords: classics, e-journals, gopher, FTP FFI: R. Kallet-Marx (rkallet@humanitas.ucsb.edu) or P.M.W. Matheson (amphoras@epas.utoronto.ca) TOCS-IN is alive and better than ever, after the strong response to our call in early summer for further volunteers. At latest count, the files list over 2,300 articles from more than 100 journals for 1992 alone, and more than 830 articles from 59 journals for 1993. Thanks to John Price-Wilkin and Jim O'Donnell, a WAIS-Indexed copy of the TOCS-IN files is now on-line at the University of Virginia and available through Gopher at Virginia or at Penn. To search TOCS-IN files, either gopher to "ccat.sas.upenn.edu" as before (instructions repeated below, #5), choosing item #3 once you're into the TOCS-IN menu, OR gopher to "gopher.lib.virginia.edu," pick no. 13 on the first menu (alphabetical list of holdings), then no. 36 (or thereabouts) for TOCS-IN. Choose the search option (#3) on the next menu. The gopher site for TOCS-IN is "ccat.sas.upenn.edu" in path /Electronic Publications and Resources/Journals in Classics Three caveats a) The gopher menus for TOCS-IN at Penn are still experimental and may be modified. b) gophers differ: the procedures for retrieving the files may be quite different through your gopher. c) some gophers "guess" that the archXX-X.toc files are binary (they are marked in one) -- ignore, they are all normal ascii text files. The FTP site for TOCS-IN is epas.utoronto.ca in path pub/tocs-in. Read inform.toc for more info. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 9. The Odyssey Online Keywords: classics, e-text, FTP, Homer FFI: Mary Coleman, coleman@yalevm.bitnet Homer with translation is included in the Perseus Project available for Macs from Yale Univ. Press, 92A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520, tel. (203)432-0956. The Odyssey is available via FTP at wiretap.spies.com in Library/Classic. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 10. Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences Keywords: gopher, LISTSERV FFI: Earl Fogel, earl.fogel@usask.ca The _Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences_ is now available via gopher. GOPHER: gopher@usask.ca in /Computing/Internet Information/Directory of Scholarly Electronic. ------- End of HistNews Vol.1 , No.5 -------