Week in Review: August 21

Love Me, Love My Cat. Print made by James McArdell, after Philippe Mercier, c.1765. Mezzotint, Sheet: 12 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (32.7 x 22.2 cm). Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.

This CFP for ‘Felines and Philosophers in the Eighteenth Century‘, a proposal for a panel at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 31 March–3 April 2016.

This networking session for those collecting materials or carrying out research on Muslim history or heritage – Why don’t we just talk to each other? Building Cross-Sector Connections to Make Muslim Heritage More Accessible.

Imperial & Global Forum’s post ‘Top Picks in Imperial & Global History’.

This advisory post for PhD students commencing their studies by Pat Thomson on ‘working with literatures‘.

This workshop at the Bodleian Libraries Catholic Legacies, 1500-1800: Uncovering Catholic lives and records.

This book history CFP Books & Print between Cultures, 1500-1900 (18-19 September, Amherst College).

Amanda Littauer’s post for Notches Blog “What can I do to be normal?” Queer Female Desire in Letters to Dr. Alfred Kinsey.

Research Blah, a collaborative blog which grew from a training workshop: ‘Research Blogging in the Arts and Humanities’.

The Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program for Research in Black Culture.

This wonderful-sounding CFP Fabricating Truths: African-American Women and Clothing in the 19th Century August 28, 2015; March 17-20, 2016.

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