- Notices
Call for papers: International Commission for the History of Universities, Oslo Congress, August 2000. The colloquium will focus on such questions as: transformation and crises in the history of universities, continuity and transformation across regions and national, religious, and cultural boundaries, innovation versus tradition, and construction and reconstruction of academic traditions as identity forming and legitimizing structures. The colloquium will comprise three half-day meetings. Proposals for twenty-minute papers must be received by the committee by 1 June 1999 and a brief resume (not more than 500 words) must be received by 1 December 1999. Address: Professor Sivert Langholm or Research Fellow Fredrik W. Thue, Forum for universitetshistorie, Department of History, University of Oslo, Pb. 1008 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway; fax: 47-22-85-57-51; e-mail: univhist-2000@hi.uio.no; website: http://www.hf.uio.no/oslo2000/univhist/
Call for papers: World War II—A 60-Year Perspective, 1–2 June 2000, Siena College. Topics may include Fascism and Naziism, the War in Asia, Spain, Literature, Art, Film, Diplomatic, Political and Military History, Popular Culture and Women’s and Jewish Studies dealing with the era. Replies and inquiries to: Professor Thomas O. Kelly, Department of History, Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211-1462; tel.: 518-783-2512; fax: 518-786-5052; e-mail: legendziewic@siena.edu. Deadline for submission of abstracts (1–3 pages) and CVs: 15 November 1999.
Call for papers: the Forty-second Annual Missouri Valley History Conference will be held in Omaha, Nebraska, 11–13 March 1999. Proposals in all areas of history, consisting of a cover letter, abstracts, and CV, should be sent by 15 November 1998 to Oliver B. Pollak, MVHC Program Coordinator, Department of History, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 68182. Send inquiries (but not proposals) by e-mail to: opollak@cwis.unomaha.edu.