Announcements and activities.

The North Carolina Office of Archives and History and East Carolina University, in cooperation with the University of North Carolina Press, invite submissions for a projected publication and symposium to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of John Lawson's A New Voyage to Carolina. Lawson (1674-1711) traversed the Carolina backcountry, 1700-1701, and produced a narrative, published in 1709, remarkable for its descriptions of Native Americans, for its documentation of flora and fauna, and for its literary merit. Plans call for the symposium to coincide with an exhibition of Lawson-related materials from U.S. and British depositories. Papers are encouraged across a wide range of disciplines, among those history, archaeology/anthropology, botany, English, American studies, Native American studies, and the history of the book.

While the theme of the conference and book will be "John Lawson: A Carolinian's Life and Times," it is anticipated that the principal focus will remain on New Voyage. Plans call for the book published by University of North Carolina Press, including eight to twelve essays, to be ready for distribution at the symposium in the spring of 2009. Consequently, the deadline for submission of papers will be September 15, 2007. Proposals for papers should be submitted by April 1, 2006, to either Charles R. Ewen, Department of Anthropology, 267 Flanagan Building, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 ([e-mail]) or Michael Hill, Research Supervisor, North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4610 ([e-mail]). The proposals, not to exceed three hundred words, should be accompanied by a brief vita. Further inquiries are also invited.

The Virginia Humanities Conference on Ethics will be held March 10-11, 2006, at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Please address inquiries to Chris Foss or Mara Scanlon, ELS Department, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 or send an email to [e-mail] or [e-mail]. The deadline for paper proposals is January 10, 2006. Possible topics include ethics of history (e.g., ethical imperatives of history, ethics of constructing history/histories), comparative ethics, ethics in/of the classroom, the role of the humanities in ethical instruction or persuasion, and the humanities and activism.

The Economic & Business Historical Society welcomes proposals for presentations on all aspects of business and economic history at its thirty-first annual conference, to be held in Pittsburgh from April 27-29, 2006. Proposals may be submitted online at http://www.ebhsoc.org/papers.html or via mail to Dr. Michael Namorato, Department of History, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677.

The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) announces its biennial competition for the best published article dealing with any aspect of United States history between 1865 and 1917. The prize is open to new scholars, defined as graduate students or Ph.D.s who have received their doctorate since 1994 and have not yet published a book. The article must have appeared in a journal dated 2003 or 2004. The winner of the prize will receive a $500 award. An article may be submitted for consideration by the author or by others (e.g., a journal editor). The deadline is December 1, 2005. Submissions should include three copies of the article and a copy of the table of contents from the issue in which the article appeared. Direct questions to Jacqueline M. Moore, SHGAPE Prize Committee, Department of History, Austin College, 900 N. Grand Avenue, Sherman, TX 75090 or [e-mail] for email correspondence.

The John Carter Brown Library will award approximately twenty-five short- and long-term research fellowships for the year of June 1, 2006-July 31, 2007. Short-term fellowships are available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $1,800 per month. These fellowships are open to foreign nationals as well as to U.S. citizens who are engaged in pre- and postdoctoral or independent research. Graduate students must have passed their preliminary or general examination at the time of applications and be at the dissertation-writing stage. Long-term fellowships, primarily funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are typically for five to nine months and carry a stipend of $4,000 per month. Recipients of long-term fellowships may not be engaged in graduate work and ordinarily must be U.S. citizens or have resided in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

It should be noted that the library' s holdings are concentrated on the history of the western hemisphere during the colonial period (ca. 1492-ca. 1825), emphasizing the European discovery, exploration, settlement, and development of the Americas, the indigenous response to the European conquest, the African contribution to the development of the hemisphere, and all aspects of European relations with the New World, including the impact of the New World on the Old World. Research proposed by fellowship applicants must be suited to the holdings of the library. All fellows are expected to relocate to Providence and to be in continuous residence at the library for the entire term of the fellowship.

Several short-term fellowships have thematic restrictions: the Jeannette D. Black Memorial Fellowship in the history of cartography; Center for New World Comparative Studies fellowships for research in the comparative history of the colonial Americas; the Alexander O. Victor Memorial Fellowhip in early maritime history; the Ruth and Lincoln Ekstrom Fellowship in the history of women and the family in the Americas; the William Reese Company Fellowship in bibliography and the history of printing; the Marie L. and William R. Hartlan Fund for research on maritime history; and the Touro National Heritage Trust Fellowship for research on some aspect of the Jewish experience in the New World before 1825. Maria Elena Cassiet Fellowships are restricted to scholars who are permanent residents of countries in Spanish America. The InterAmericas Fellowship supports research on the history of the West Indies or of the Caribbean basin.

The application deadline for fellowships is January 10, 2006. For application forms or more information, visit www.JCBL.org or write to Director, John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912. Information is also available by telephone: [phone]; email: JCBL_Fellowships@ brown.edu; and fax: [phone].

The Agricultural History Society is pleased to announce its resumption of annual meeetings. The 2006 meeting will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, June 15-17. This year's conference theme is Agrarian Societies. Please visit the Agricultural History Society website at http://agriculturalhistory.ualr.edu for more information.

The Winterthur Museum and Country Estate 2006-2007 Research Fellowship Program offers residential fellowships available for scholars pursuing topics in American history and art, decorative arts, material culture, and design. National Endowment for the Humanities senior scholar grants, Lois F. McNeil dissertation grants, and short-term grants will be awarded. Stipends range from $1,500 to $3,333 per month. The application deadline is January 16, 2006. Contact Katherine C. Grier, Director, Research Fellowship Program, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735; or by email at kgrier@winterthur .org.