Announcements

CL Announcetìi ISCHE XXII, the twenty-second annual meeting ol The International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) will be held September 6, 2000, in Spain at the en? of Alcali de Henares. The conference, organi/xd and hosted bv the Spanish History of Education Society and the Universities oí Alcalá, Comillas, Complutense, and UNEl ), focuses on "Books and Education." It is intended DO explore the various prospects offered by the historical presence of books in the educational effort. The political intentions of regulations on books, their pedagogical influences, the curricular pattern thev show, the didactic relation they bear, the market thev create are onlv a few of the aspects on which researchers arc asked to think and exchange ideas. Proposals for papers should Iv submitted to the Conference Secretariat before December 31. 191W. Proposals should be between five-hundred .md eight-hundred words in length and written in any one of the conference languages (English, Spanish, 1-rcnch and German). Conference Secretariat: Ms. Ana Aloccr Fundación General de la Universidad de Alcalá pò de la Estación. Il) 28807 Alcalá de Henares Spain Telephone: +34 91 880 2° li Far +34 91 880 2783 E-mail: congresos ? fgua.es There will soon be a Web site: http://wwwjgua.es/ische22 The annual meeting of the SWyTexas Popular Culture Association will Ix- held in Albuquerque, February 9—12, 2(XX). (Full details at the Web site http://www2.okstiite.eclu/swpca). There arc many history-related pncls planned, him and Historv «ill conduct three or tour panels at the conference, and members of The Historical Socictv .ire welcome to participate as per the Amistad panel we assembled in Boston this May. For more information on HIm and History, see the Web site http://h-nct.msu.eiu/~fihnhis/. W are historians interested in film; wc arc not film buffs or aesthetes. Join us! If all else fails, contact Peter C Rollins, editor, at RollinsPCia aol.com. The French Colonial Historical Society will hold its twentysixth annual meeting May 17-20, 2(XX) in Charleston, SC. The Program in the Carolina Lowcountrv and the Atlantic World .it the College of Charleston will host the meeting. Contact IHiilip Boucher. RH 409, University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1 luntsvillc, AL 35899. e-mail houcherp(a email.uah.edu for further information. War in Memory, Popular Culture, and Folklore February 25-26, 2000 in Greater Kansas City, Mo. I he conference seeks to shed light on whv wars arc remembered or forgotten. We welcome .ill papers that examine specific conflicts—or war in general—in national, instituiion.il. and popular memory. We are especially interested in the representation of war in popular culture and folklore. Because the war 2(XX) marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, we ask that all papers include references to, or comparisons with, that war. Interdisciplinary papers are sought from academic, independent, and military scholars, and from graduate students. Please send proposals for papers to: Tim Rives National Archives and Records Administration 2312 E. Bannister Rd. Kansas City, MO 64131 trives@smtp.nara.gov 816/926-7272 or Dr. Paul M. Edwards Center for the Study of the Korean War 308 W. Maple Independence, MO 64051 pauìedwaràs')Si(a Yahoo.com Deadline for proposals is Jan. I, 2(XX). Fee: S20 before IeK 1, 2000, and $25 thereafter. Joseph M. McCarthy of Suffolk University has been elected président of the Northeast Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. id **» i The Cold War History Group (COWHIG) at the University of ( .ilifomia—Santa Barbara will hold its Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conférence on the ("old War, May 19-20, 2000, on the campus of UCSB. Inquiries regarding faculty participation, graduate student paper proposals, and other conference details should be directed to either ('OWHlGs director, lrcdrik Logcvall. logevalka humanitas.ucsh.edu, or the conference program coordinator, Jennifer Sec see(a humanitas.ucsh.edu. COWHIG, founded in 1994 by ftofcssors Tsuyoshi Hascgawa and I-redrik Logoall, is dedicated to promoting discussion and the exchange of ideas on topics related to the study of the ("old War, broadly conceived, and acts as...