Dear History Students, Attached (and below) please find information regarding an essay competition. Best, Prof. Celello ____________________________________________________________________________________________ The Department of History at the University of Texas at Arlington announces the 2019 ESSAY COMPETITIONas part of the WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB MEMORIAL LECTURES "EMANCIPATION AND ABOLITION IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD" We are looking for students and scholars to submit original, unpublished article-length essays (maximum 10,000 words, plus endnotes) that explore the above topic. Submissions that engage with current ideas about the "Second Slavery", the contraband slave trade, and abolitionism through a trans-national perspective are especially welcome. Topics may concern, but are not limited to: new avenues of research; new methodologies; questions of public outreach; and the place of the study of Emancipation and Abolition in the transatlantic world both within and outside of the academy. A prize in the amount of $500will be awarded to the author of the winning entry during the 54th Annual Webb Lecture Series on March 29, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. The winning entry will appear in an edited monograph, to be published by Texas A&M University Press. Essays by the lecturers will also be included in the volume. Deadline for submission: January 15, 2019 Essays should be submitted electronically to the coordinator, Julie Hazzard, UT Arlington, Department of History julie.hazzard@uta.edu<mailto:julie.hazzard@uta.edu> _________________________________________________________________ Julie Hazzard Office Manager / Marketing Director Department of History University of Texas at Arlington 201 University Hall - Box 19529 601 S. Nedderman Drive Arlington, Texas 76019 817-272-2867 [WHIM_Sig.png]