Pacific Northwest Labor History Association Annual Conference

May 3-5, 2019

Portland, Oregon

Call for Papers, Presentations and Performances

General Strike 1919-2019 – Radicalism, Repression, and Solidarity

2019 marks the 100 the anniversary of a watershed year in American and Canadian labor history, especially in the West. The year was defined by the Seattle and Winnipeg General Strikes, the Centralia Massacre,and the wave of state sponsored repression of immigrant workers during the Palmer Raids. Reflecting on these events a century later encourages us to consider the significance of radicalism as well as ways that organized labor has both enforced and overcome racial and gendered barriers to solidarity.

The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association seeks presentations, performances, and papers thatexamine labor history of the past 100 years, especially related to:

Labor Radicalism

Patriarchy and Feminism

Employer and State Repression

Racism, including White Supremacy

Immigrant Workers and Xenophobia

We encourage proposals that illustrate how the events of 1919 demonstrate strategies and tactics of workers, employers, and the State, and how they are relevant to today’s labor struggles. Specific examples might include: 

Labor and Race

Women in the Labor Movement

Labor and trade policy in historical perspective

The open shop movement in history:  The American Plan to the Janus decision

Right Wing populism and the working class

The PNLHA values intersectional approaches to working class history. We especially encourage exhibits and performances of art and music that reflect working class culture and history, and non-traditional, popular education approaches. Presentations should be addressed to a broad range of conference participants including academics, students, workers and community members.

Submit one-page proposals electronically, by January 7, to the Conference Program Committee Coordinator, Nikki Mandell: PNLHA2019@gmail.com

The Show Me Missouri: Conversations about Missouri’s Past, Present, and Future Speakers’ Bureau, jointly organized and managed by the Missouri Humanities Council and the State Historical Society of Missouri, is seeking applicants for the 2019 program year by September 1. A maximum of 30 speakers will be selected. Scholars, historians, authors, and lecturers who wish to present educational information related to Missouri’s culture, history, art, and people are invited to apply. Current Show Me Missourispeakers must reapply to be considered. Speakers will receive a $200 honorarium for each presentation, plus reimbursement for up to $150 in travel expenses. Selected scholars will be expected to make up to four presentations during the year, and successful applicants will be notified in December. http://ow.ly/82wl30lAIWu

The State Historical Society of Missouri is offering two Center for Missouri Studies fellowship opportunities for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2019. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $5,000 for a project that results in the completion of a 6,000 to 8,000-word scholarly essay, exclusive of notes, on one of two selected topics.

2019 Topics

• Missouri and the War in Vietnam, or Missouri and the Korean War
• The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and its impact on Missouri

Application Deadline: September 1, 2018

Learn more here: https://goo.gl/hes78w

A major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has allowed the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University to launch the Long 19th Amendment Project, interrogating the centennial of American women's suffrage. As a part of this project, the inaugural Mellon-Schlesinger Research Grant competition is now open.

The Schlesinger Library will award up to three Mellon-Schlesinger Summer Research Grants for eight-week residencies in June-July 2019 for researchers doing advanced work on gender and suffrage, voting rights, citizenship, or other related topics. The stipend for each award is $15,000.

Currently enrolled graduate students are not eligible for these awards and should instead apply for Schlesinger Library's Dissertation Support Grants. 

Full application requirements are available on Schlesinger Library's Grant Application Portal: https://goo.gl/TrGoid

Applications must be received by Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Awards will be announced in late January 2019.

The Department of History and Geography at the University of Central Oklahoma invites applications for a visiting assistant professor in Native American history and public history to begin August 2018.

 

Successful candidates will be expected to teach a 4:4 load at all levels of the graduate and undergraduate curriculum. Fall courses include two sections of US History to 1877, Intro to American Indian Studies (online), and Women in the American West. Spring courses include US History to 1877, American Indian History, Oklahoma History, and Public History. The ability to incorporate digital media and methods into both teaching and projects is highly desirable. Ph.D. expected by time of employment. Completing the university’s eLearning Facilitation Certification online course will be required prior to the beginning of the fall semester.

 

Application materials include online faculty application with cover letter discussing research interests and teaching excellence, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and transcripts to: UCO Jobs – History VAP

 Letters of reference sent through Interfolio should be sent directly to jobs@uco.edu.

 

Review of applications will begin June 15, 2018.

The University of Oklahoma Libraries seeks applications and nominations for the position of Curator of the Western History Collections. The Curator will oversee a nationally significant collection of resources on the American West in an environment rich with partnerships and collaborative opportunities.  Reporting to the Associate Dean for Special Collections, University Libraries, the Curator leads and directs the Western History Collections (WHC), with particular responsibility for outreach to scholarly and other communities, the development of programing and exhibits, and the continued growth of the Collections through acquisitions via donation and purchase. For full position description and to apply, go to jobs.ou.edu and search for Requisition Number 181607.

Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota invites applications for the 10-month position of Director or Coordinator of the McGovern Center for Community Engagement.  The McGovern Center for Community Engagement is charged with cultivating and sustaining opportunities for students, faculty, staff and community members to engage in service, social justice and civic engagement events, and activities both in and outside of the classroom.  Title and salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience. 

Please submit materials electronically via email to Ms. Janet Hayen, Director of Human Resources, Dakota Wesleyan University at jahayen@dwu.edu.  Please write McGovern Center in the subject line. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Click below for more details:

McGovern Center Ad 05-23-18 (4).pdf

Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College is now hiring a Anishinaabe Language (Native American Studies) Instructor. Click here for details: https://goo.gl/R9jSoa

The National Park Service seeks to work with up to 25 national, regional, and local partners to collaboratively conduct a variety of Cultural Resources and History research activities, including, but not limited to the named studies outlined in NPS-28: Cultural Resource Management Guideline.  This includes administrative histories, historic resource studies, NR and NHL nominations, special history studies, theme studies, historical and interpretive handbooks, oral histories; HABS/HAER/HALS documentation, archaeological assessments, ethnographic documentation, cultural landscape reports, scope of collections plans, etc.

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=cultural%20resources

Eligible Applicants:	Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education

Original Closing Date for Applications:	July 13, 2018

Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Steve Livingston Contract Specialist Phone 303-969-2690

The WHA has an announcement from Keith Thor Carlson:

The University of Saskatchewan has launched a new postdoctoral fellowship to promote both internationalization and Indigenization at the same time.  If you know of any freshly minted young scholars who are A) not Canadians and not residents of Canada, and B) working in Indigenous scholarship and who might be interested in coming to Canada and working with me, please encourage them to get in touch with me. The deadline is fast approaching!

https://www.usask.ca/cgps/postdoctoral-fellows/postdoctoral-fellowship.php