The Southern Conference on British Studies solicits proposals for its

2025 meeting in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The SCBS will meet in

conjunction with the Southern Historical Association.

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The SCBS construes British Studies widely and invites participation by

scholars in all areas of British history and culture, including the Empire

or Commonwealth and the British Isles. We welcome both individual

and panel submissions on any topic in British Studies, but especially t

hose related to this year’s theme of Conformity and Dissent, which 

encourages participants to consider questions of observance, consent, 

support, resistance, opposition, and heterodoxy throughout history.

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We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Michelle Brock, Associate Professor at Washington and
Lee University, , Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas, will deliver the plenary.

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Individual paper proposals should be no more than 250 words in length and include a short biographical statement. Submissions should be made here.

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Panel proposals,  traditionally three papers and a chair/comment, should include a brief thematic
explanation of the panel (100-word limit), as well as abstracts for each paper (750-word combined
limit) and short biographies of participants. If you have a panel without a chair, you may still
submit a proposal; we will help secure a chair for you. Submissions should be made here.

 

We have limited space for roundtables, but we welcome proposals. Roundtables are generally four
presenters and a chair who speak on a thematic topic (but do not present formal papers). Proposals
should include an abstract of the roundtable (400 word limit) and short biographies of panelists.
Submissions should be made here.

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The SCBS Charles Perry Graduate Student Prize ($250) will be awarded to the best paper presented at the conference by a graduate student. Entries must be received by October 1, 2024.

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Graduate students who present papers at SCBS meetings are eligible to apply for one of two $500 Research Travel Awards given annually by the SCBS. Graduate students are eligible in the two years following their presentation. See the SCBS website for more information: https://www.scobs.org/graduate-student-travel-award.

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Questions should be sent to Dr. Lucy Kaufman lmkaufman@ua.edu.