Midwest Conference on British Studies (MWCBS)

CALL FOR PAPERS
Midwest Conference on British Studies 56th Annual Meeting
October 8-10, 2010, Cleveland, OH

The Midwest Conference on British Studies is proud to announce that its fifty-sixth annual meeting will be hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel.

The MWCBS seeks papers from scholars in all fields of British Studies, broadly defined to include those who study England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Britain’s empire. We welcome scholars from the broad spectrum of disciplines, including but not limited to history, literature, political science, gender studies and art history. Proposals for complete sessions are preferred, although proposals for individual papers will be considered. Especially welcome are roundtables and panels that:

•    offer cross-disciplinary perspectives on topics in British Studies
•    discuss collaborative or innovative learning techniques in the British Studies classroom
•    situate the arts, letters, and sciences in a British cultural context
•    examine representations of British and imperial/Commonwealth national identities
•    consider Anglo-American relations, past and present
•    examine new trends in British Studies
•    assess a major work or body of work by a scholar

The MWCBS welcomes papers presented by advanced graduate students and will award the Walter L. Arnstein Prize at its plenary luncheon for the best graduate student paper(s) given at the conference.

Proposals should include a 200-word abstract for each paper and a brief, 1-page c.v. for each participant, including chairs and commentators. For full panels, please include a brief 200-word preview of the panel as a whole. In addition, please place the panel proposal, and its accompanying paper proposals and vitas in one file. Please make certain that all contact information, particularly email addresses are correct and current. All proposals should be submitted online by April 15, 2010, to the Program Committee Chair, Rick Incorvati, at rincorvati@wittenberg.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES

ANNUAL MEETING
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
NOVEMBER 12-14, 2010

The NACBS and its Mid-Atlantic affiliate, the MACBS, seek participation by scholars in all areas of British Studies for the 2010 meeting.  We solicit proposals for panels on Britain, the British Empire, and the British world.  Our interests range from the medieval to the modern.  Though primarily a conference of historians, we welcome participation by scholars across the humanities and social sciences, especially on interdisciplinary panels.

We invite panel proposals addressing selected themes, methodology, and pedagogy, as well as roundtable discussions of topical and thematic interest, including conversations among authors of recent books.  North American scholars, international scholars, and graduate students are all encouraged to submit proposals to the NACBS Program Committee.

Strong preference will be given to complete panel or roundtable proposals that consider a common theme.  Panels typically include three papers and a comment; roundtables customarily have four presentations.  Individual paper proposals will also be considered in rare cases.  Those with single paper submissions are strongly encouraged to search for additional panelists on lists such as H-Albion or at venues such as the NACBS Facebook page.  Applicants may also write to the Program Chair for suggestions (nacbsprogram@gmail.com).

Committed to ensuring the broadest possible participation of scholars in British Studies, the Program Committee will give priority to those who did not read papers at the 2009 meeting.   Panels that include both graduate students and established scholars are especially encouraged, as are submissions with broad chronological focus and interdisciplinary breadth.  In order to encourage intellectual interchange, we ask applicants to compose panels that feature participation from a range of institutions.  Single-institution panels are not encouraged; similarly, graduate supervisors are discouraged from appearing on panels with their own students and very recent graduates.   No participant will be permitted to take part in more than one session except in exceptional circumstances cleared by the Program Committee, and no more than one proposal will be considered from each applicant.

All submissions must be received by March 1, 2010.
For details, directions, and online submission, see www.nacbs.org/conference.html.

Please send questions about panel requirements
and suggestions about program development to
Lara Kriegel, NACBS Program Chair
Department of History, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
nacbsprogram@gmail.com

Midwest Conference on British Studies
55th Annual Meeting
October 9-11, 2009

Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh

The Midwest Conference on British Studies, the region’s largest association of British-oriented scholars, announces its 55th annual meeting in the City of Champions.  Come join over 100 scholars from the fields of British history, literature, and culture for a weekend of current scholarship and congenial discussion at the Holiday Inn, Pittsburgh University Center, located in the Oakland suburb of Pittsburgh.

Plenary speakers:

• Walter L. Arnstein, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois—Champaign
• Troy Boone, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, University of Pittsburgh

Location:

Holiday Inn, Pittsburgh University Center (Oakland)
100 Lytton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

• To reserve rooms at the conference rate of $121 plus tax per night, please call 412-682-6200 and ask for the MWCBS rate. Or use their website www.holidayinn.com/pit-univctr and group code MCB.
• Please book your room by September 18 to secure the group rate.
• Airport Transportation: As Pittsburgh International Airport is 23 miles from the hotel, the hotel offers a shuttle at $21 each way.  Local Reservations: (800) BLUE VAN (800-258-3826); TDD Reservations: (866) 472-4497; Customer Care: (888) 888-6025.

Registration Fee: $80, $60 (graduate students)

• Registration fee includes access to all panels, as well as Friday’s reception (including one drink ticket) and plenary session.
• To register for the conference, download the forms at : http://mwcbs.edublogs.org/conferences/2009-conference-registration/, or download as .pdf document

Saturday Luncheon: $22

• The brief annual MWCBS business meeting and second plenary session will coincide with lunch. To secure attendance at the luncheon, please respond by September 18.