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Center for Early Modern History

Promoting scholarly inquiry into the interchange of peoples, goods, and ideas that marks the first era of global contacts, ca. 1300–1800.

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Apply for an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship

Applications due to CPS by October 14th!

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Apply for a CPS Dissertation Workshop Fellowship

Apply to be a CPS Dissertation Fellow! Applications are Due February 15, 2024.

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Call for CPS 2023-24 Research Workshops

Apply by June 16, 2023

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Apply for a 2023-24 CPS Fellowship

CPS is now accepting 2023-24 applications for Saltus, McNally, Union Pacific, and Dissertation Development Fellowships

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CFP: Diasporic Legacies of the Mediterranean

The Diasporic Legacies Conference will be held on the UMN campus 27-28 April, 2023.