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The next PCCBS annual conference will be held in Las Vegas, March 6-8, 2015 at the M RESORT∙SPA ∙CASINO, 12300 Las Vegas Boulevard, South.

The program for the upcoming Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies, to be held at Lehman College, CUNY, in the Bronx on April 5-6, 2014 is now available:

http://www.lehman.edu/academics/arts-humanities/history/macbs/conference/program.php

Those interested in attending the conference can register online through the MACBS website:

http://www.lehman.edu/academics/arts-humanities/history/macbs/conference/index.php

Thank you,
Laura Beers

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Laura Beers
Assistant Professor of History
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016
ph: (202) 885-6379
fax: (202) 885-6166
http://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/beers.cfm

The NACBS 2014 call for papers is available at http://nacbs.org/conference

I would like to announce the annual NACBS reception at the upcoming AHA meeting in Washington, D.C. The reception will occur from 5:30-7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 4th, 2014 in the Capitol Ballroom of the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Please join us if you can.

Best wishes,
Paul Deslandes

University of Vermont

Executive Secretary, NACBS

CFP: Northeast Conference on British Studies, 17-18 October 2014
Bates College, Lewiston, ME

The Northeast Conference on British Studies (NECBS) will hold its annual meeting
in 2014 at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, on Friday and Saturday, October 17
and 18. The 2014 conference will be hosted by a group of Maine colleges and
universities, with Caroline Shaw (Bates College) and Susan Tananbaum (Bowdoin
College) acting as local arrangements coordinators.

Transportation from the airport and from the train and bus station in
Portland will be available.

We solicit the participation of scholars in all areas of British Studies, broadly
defined. In particular, we welcome proposals for interdisciplinary panels that
draw on the work of historians, literary critics, and scholars in other
disciplines whose focus is on Britain and its empire, from the Middle Ages to
the present. Proposals for entire panels on a common theme will be given
priority, although individual paper proposals will also be considered if several
of them can be assembled to create a viable panel. Proposals for roundtable
discussions of a topical work, on current issues in the field, or pedagogical
practices with respect to the teaching of particular aspects of British Studies are
also encouraged. The typical ninety-minute panel will include three papers
(each lasting for fifteen to twenty minutes), a chair, and a commentator.
Roundtables may have a looser format.

Proposals should include a general description of the panel or roundtable (including
an overall title), a 200-300 word abstract for each paper to be read and a
one-page curriculum vitae for each participant. Please include the address,
phone number, and e-mail address of all participants (including the chair and
commentator) in the proposal. For panel or roundtable proposals, please note
the name of the main contact person. Electronic submissions (as e-mail
attachments in Word) are preferred, with all the various materials presented in
a single document.

All submissions must be received by March 15, 2014.

Please send your proposals to:

Paul Deslandes, NECBS Program Chair

[email protected]

The NACBS 2014 will be held in Minneapolis, MN on 7-9 November 2014.

MID-ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES ANNUAL MEETING

LEHMAN COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Saturday and Sunday, APRIL 5-6, 2014

The MACBS, the mid-Atlantic affiliate of the NACBS, the main organization for British Studies in Canada and the United States, seeks participation by scholars in all areas of British Studies. We solicit proposals for papers and panels on Britain, the British Atlantic World, and the British Empire broadly defined. Our interests range from the ancient to the contemporary and we welcome participation by scholars of history, anthropology, literature, art, politics, economics and related fields. Senior faculty, junior faculty, and graduate students are all encouraged to participate.

Proposals for individual papers and full panels are welcome. Paper proposals should include a brief (no more than 250 words) abstract of the paper and a curriculum vita. Full panel proposals should also include a one-paragraph description of the panel’s overall aim and indicate which panel member will serve as the organizer and primary contact.

All submissions must be received by 15 December 2013.

Send proposals via email to:

Prof. Laura Beers, Program Chair
Department of History
American University
[email protected]

Prof. Amanda Herbert, Program co-Chair

Department of History

Christopher Newport University

[email protected]

For additional information, please see the MACBS website:

www.lehman.edu/academics/arts-humanities/history/macbs/index.php