The
keynote speaker will be John Gillis, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University.
The plenary address will be given by Ian Gentles, Professor of History,
Tynedale University College and Seminary.
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 and the Commonwealth. 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. We welcome roundtables (of four participants plus chair) and panels
(of three participants plus chair/commentator) that:
- offer cross-disciplinary perspectives on
topics in British Studies
- 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
- explore new developments in digital humanities and/or research methodologies
After
a very positive response to last year’s first teaching roundtable, we would
particularly like to receive proposals for teaching roundtables that discuss
collaborative or innovative learning techniques in the British Studies
classroom.
The
MWCBS welcomes papers presented by advanced graduate students and will award
the Walter L. Arnstein Prize for the best graduate student paper(s) given at
the conference.
Proposals must:
- 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, include a brief 200-word preview of the panel as a whole.
Please place the panel
proposal, the accompanying paper proposals and vitas in one file and send it as
a single attachment. Also identify within the email the contact person for the
panel.
All
proposals should be submitted online by April 1, 2012, to the Program Committee
Chair, Lia Paradis at lia.paradis@sru.edu.
Program
Committee: Phil Harling, University of Kentucky; Robin Hermann, University of
Louisiana at Lafayette; Isaac Land, Indiana State University; Jennifer McNabb,
Western Illinois University; Lia Paradis, Chair, Slippery Rock University of
Pennsylvania; Lisa Sigel, Depaul University.
Visit the MWCBS website
at <http://mwcbs.edublogs.org/
