First Enrollment Period for Master’s Degree in Nationalism and National Identities Studies UCM

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The first enrollment period for a Master’s Degree in Nationalism and National Identities Studies (Complutense University of Madrid) will be open from January 28 to February 20, 2026. This is a unique, interdisciplinary postgraduate degree taught in Spanish (in person) and English (online). See the below links for more detail:

https://www.ucm.es/estudiosnacionalismoeidentidadesnacionales
https://www.ucm.es/masterinnationalismstudies/

https://www.ucm.es/proceso-de-admision-masteres

Call for Papers | Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies 2026

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The Vagantes Board is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 25th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, to be hosted by The University of Rochester in Rochester, New York from April 9-11, 2026.

Established in 2002 by graduate students from Harvard University and the University of Toronto, Vagantes has grown to become the largest graduate-run medieval studies conference globally. As an interdisciplinary community of graduate students, Vagantes provides an ideal platform for emerging scholars to share cutting-edge research in medieval studies. You may access the Vagantes website here: https://vagantesconference.org/.

The conference accepts submissions on any topic pertaining to the long Middle Ages. We encourage submissions from graduate students across all disciplines that engage with medieval studies and welcome work that explores medieval culture, religion, philosophy, literature, art, historiography, as well as medievalisms and reception studies.

Interested applicants should submit an abstract of 300 words and a short CV as a PDF to vagantesboard@gmail.com by December 12th, 2025. There is no registration fee.

This conference offers graduate students an exceptional opportunity to present their research within a supportive, interdisciplinary academic community. We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Submissions Open for Best Dissertation Prize

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The Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies invites submissions for the ASPHS Best Dissertation Prize. Doctoral dissertations in Iberian historical studies approved between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 are eligible. Submissions may be in English, Portuguese, or Spanish. The deadline is September 20, 2025.

Authors must be current members of the ASPHS. Information about membership is available on the ASPHS website: https://asphs.net/membership-overview/

The winner will be announced at the ASPHS Annual Meeting in Toronto in April 2026 and receive an honorarium of $250. Submissions may be sent to bestprize@asphs.net. Inquiries may be sent to president@asphs.net.

The ASPHS Best Dissertation Prize Committee:

Eugenia Afinoguénova, chair

Marquette University

Grace Coolidge

Grand Valley State University

Rachel Zimmerman

Colorado State University Pueblo

Sponsored Panels at 2025 AHA Conference

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The Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies is pleased to sponsor two panels at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. The panels will be back-to-back on Friday, January 3 in the same meeting room. If you will be at the AHA this year, please stop by to hear these great papers. Special thanks to the panel organizers, Suzanne Dunai and Peter Haskin! 

 

Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies 1 

Friday, January 3, 2025: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM 

Sugar Hill (Sheraton New York, Lower Level) 

Chair: 

Montserrat Miller, Marshall University 

Papers: 

Teaching Western Civilization with Spanish History
Darcy Kern, Southern Connecticut State University 

Injecting 20th-Century Spain into Architecture Appreciation Courses
Brett Tippey, Kent State University 

The Spanish-American War or the War of 1898? Puerto Rico between Independence and Empires
Mark Dries, Southeastern Louisiana University 

“Post Your Politics!” Visualizing Politics and Engaging Students in the Post-Pandemic Classroom
Suzanne Dunai, Southwestern Oklahoma State University 

“We Do Not Forget” Spain: Historical Memory, Foreign Relations, and Human Rights in the American Classroom
Tyler Goldberger, College of William and Mary 

Comment: 

Montserrat Miller, Marshall University 

  

Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies 2 

Friday, January 3, 2025: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM 

Sugar Hill (Sheraton New York, Lower Level) 

Chair: 

Valeria Escauriaza López Fadul, Wesleyan University 

Papers: 

Local Knowledge in the 18th-Century Relaciones Geográficas from New Spain and Peru
Peter Haskin, Yale University 

What’s in a Plant? Botanical Knowledge, Information, and Plant Transfer between Spain and New Spain
Marlis Hinckley, Johns Hopkins University 

After Expulsion: Information about the Moriscos between Spain and North Africa
Kate Randazzo, University of Chicago 

Cartas de Indias, Reconsidered: Oral Communication and Information from the Spanish Indies
Sergio Leos, Harvard University 

Tenure-track position

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The University of Central Missouri History Department seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty
member with expertise in the history of the early modern Atlantic World and with preferred
expertise in the digital humanities and public history. Additional desired subfields include
women’s and gender history, African history, Latin American history, Indigenous history, and/or
early United States history.

Candidates should submit (1) a cover letter that outlines the applicant’s interest, qualifications, and experience for the position; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) unofficial transcripts for all awarded degrees; and (4) teaching philosophy.

In addition, please send three (3) letters of recommendation to Ms. Elizabeth Tizzano electronically (tizzano@ucmo.edu) or via the Department of History, 136 Wood Hall, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093. Only completed online faculty profiles with attached documents will be reviewed for this position.

If contacted for an interview, official transcripts for all awarded degrees will be required.

Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2024 and continues until the position is filled. The desired starting date for this appointment is August 2024. This is a 9-month appointment. Pay and title will be based upon Ph.D. completion.

Direct inquiries regarding this position to: Search Chair, Dr. Micah Alpaugh (alpaugh@ucmo.edu)

For information about the on-line application process contact Human Resources at iobs@ucmo.edu or (660)543-4255.

A background check is required for the selected candidate of this position and any job

For information about the on-line application process contact Human Resources at jobs@ucmo.edu<mailto:jobs@ucmo.edu> or (660)543-4255.

UCM requires that all faculty applicants complete the on-line faculty profile. All documents requested must be attached to the profile at the time of application. Only completed faculty profiles with attached documents will be accepted for this position.

The University of Central Missouri is an AA/EEO/ADA employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Veteran status and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

CFP: Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies

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The Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies (BSPHS) is the peer reviewed journal of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. The journal embraces a cross-disciplinary approach, accepting works of historical content and/or historical relevance belonging to disciplines outside the field of History such as Literary Studies, Historical Sociology, Historical Anthropology, and Art History, among others.

For our December 2020 issue, we will accept both general submissions on any topic within the field and contributions destined for a subsection featuring conversations about Doing Iberian History in and about Times of Crisis.

All general submissions should adhere to the journal’s submission rules and formatting requirements.

Forum submission can be submitted following the journal’s established guidelines, or contributors can work with the BSPHS editorial team to explore the affordances of our new publishing platform as we begin to develop guidelines and procedures for supporting innovative multi-modal oriented work.

The submission deadline for full manuscripts is August 1st, 2020. Please view our submission guidelines for information about submitting to BSPHS. This issue is slated for publication in December 2020.

Questions and inquires can be sent to the General Editor, Andrea Davis, at bulletineditor@asphs.net.

ASPHS is now formally registered as a 501c3 non-profit organization

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We’re pleased to announce that ASPHS is now formally registered as a 501c3 non-profit organizations, and all donations are tax-deductible. An online donation option will be available soon.