Event Details

End: March 15, 2021
Contact: bgillis@lamar.edu
More Info: https://www.lamar.edu/arts-sciences/research-centers/center-for-history-and-culture/index.html

The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University invites applications for research and creative fellowships for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Fellowships of up to $5,000 will support the production of high quality outcomes (publications, lectures, creative activity, pedagogical materials, etc.) that contribute to our mission. Projects may address important problems of local significance or work to enhance understanding of the region in areas such as energy, history, art, music, literature, environment, society, government, and others. We are especially interested in projects that consider our core geographic region within broader national, hemispheric, or global frameworks.

Completed applications (including a research statement, funding statement, list of previous grants, and short c.v.) should be submitted via email attachment to Ree Stelly (rstelly1@lamar.edu) by March 15, 2021. More information and full instructions for how to apply are available on our website.

The practice of taking sureties to keep the peace had become a key component of the expansive jurisdictional politics of English and North American JPs.[1] Here, Perry situated himself firmly in a British and imperial tradition of magistracy. He cited a magisterial truism that the “inability to furnish Security for their good Conduct is a Coroborative proof of the notoriety of their Characters” and thus meant they should not be trusted. In the case in question, Perry observed histrionically, “my Judgment should have been so uniformly erronious is a matter of no less Surprise, that of disappointment to me, as I had conceived that an experience of 5 years had given me, a Competent Knowledge of the Common duties of my Office.”[2] Everything he knew about magistracy pointed to a simple conclusion. Ultimately, he appears to have envisioned himself first and foremost as a keeper of the peace.