Postgraduate & Early Career Scholars Research Training Workshop

Postgraduate & Early Career Scholars Research Training Workshop


Wednesday 5th December 2012, 1pm to 6pm, at Royal Holloway University of London

The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) is organising a research training workshop for postgraduates (MA students and PhDs) and early career scholars (defined as within five years of PhD graduation). The event is intended to be a “one-stop-shop” where attendees can take part in a variety of training and development workshops, get advice and feedback on their own work and meet with other researchers. The event is targeted primarily although not exclusively at those interested in the Americas, with both an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective. We particularly encourage those just starting out in postgraduate research to attend. We also hope that the sessions will appeal to those making the transition from postgraduate research into the next stage of their academic careers, who often find that there is a dearth of research training catering to their particular position.

The event has five elements:

1) Training and development workshops. Sessions include:

Getting published, Teaching as a postgrad, Using social media, Applying for funding, Conference organisation, Job search and CV writing, Being a part-time postgrad, Coping with academic stress, Working with your supervisor & mentoring others, Remaining research active post-PhD graduation

2) A “drop-in surgery” for advice

3) The chance to present one’s research project in poster format and receive feedback on it (optional)

4) A “marketplace” showcasing publishers, scholarly organisations and societies etc

5) Networking and socialising opportunities, including a drinks reception kindly supported by The Paul Mellon Professorial Fund

The cost is £20. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 14th November 2012.

To register, or if you have any questions, please contact the organisers (Dr Dawn-Marie Gibson, RHUL; Dr Rachel Ritchie, Brunel University; Ms Imaobong Umoren, Oxford University) via shawsociety@gmail.com

Gender and History in the Americas seminar series

‘Gender and History in the Americas’ is a new seminar series at the Institute for Historical Research, London.
Held at 17.30 on the first Monday of the month from October 2012, the series offers a forum for speakers to present research investigating women’s and gender history from a hemispheric perspective that stretches from Canada to Argentina, Mexico to the Caribbean. The presentation of works-in-progress and contributions from postgraduate and early career scholars are particularly encouraged, reflecting our desire to create a series in which new and cutting-edge ideas can be shared and discussed in an intellectual and supportive environment.


1st October 2012 Jay Kleinberg (Brunel University): Cigars and Politics: An Intersectional and Transnational Approach to Cuban Women's Immigration and Work in the United States, 1880-2000 Senate House Montague Room (Room 26)

5th November 2012 Nadja Janssen (Independent Scholar): ‘The Ruin is Irreversible’: Female Voices in the Anti-Feminist Backlash, 1970 – Present
Senate House Holden Room (Room 103)

3rd December 2012 Helen Glew (University of Westminster): Ladies, legislation and letters to Lester Pearson: policy and debates about married women's right to work in Canada, 1945-1970
Stewart House STB5

7th January 2013 Althea Legal-Miller (Independent Scholar): “Mistreated and Molested”: Jailhouse Violence and the Civil Rights Movement
Senate House Torrington Room (Room 104)

4th February 2013 Beverley Duguid (RHUL): A Jamaican Odyssey: Nancy Prince’s Travels to Jamaica in 1840
Stewart House STB5

4th March 2013 Imaobong Umoren (Postgraduate student): ‘No more must we be regarded as toys- but women of foresight, strength and skill’: Black Women, Intellectual Connections and Travel across Europe and the Americas 1920s-1940s
Stewart House STB5

Please note there will be no seminar in April and May due to Bank Holidays

3rd June 2013 Dawn-Marie Gibson (RHUL): In Our Own Voices: Modest Models Inc
Senate House Torrington Room (Room 104)

Convenors:
Professor Jay Kleinberg (Brunel University), Dr Rachel Ritchie (Brunel University), Dr Inge Dornan (Brunel University), Dr Lee Sartain (Portsmouth University), Dr Dawn-Marie Gibson (RHUL), Ms Imaobong Umoren (King’s College London), Dr Sinead McEneaney (Saint Mary’s University College),  Dr Natalie Zacek (University of Manchester)

For further information, contact the Society for the History of Women in the Americas shawsociety@gmail.com