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The
WCBS is the 'Western' affiliate to the North
American Conference on British Studies representing scholars
of British history, literature, art, culture and society. |
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President President-Elect Immediate Past President Treasurer Publicity Webmaster 2009 Program Chair 2008 Chair, Graduate Essay Prize Committee 2009 Local Arrangements |
Founded
in 1973 as the Rocky Mountain Conference on British Studies, the WCBS provides
a forum for the exchange and discussion of all aspects of British Studies
and the British experience, including History, Politics, Literature, and
the Arts. Membership is open to anyone though most members are drawn from
colleges and universities in U.S. states west of the Mississippi, the Canadian
Prairies and Rockies.
Announcements & Events
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WCBS 2008 Graduate Student Essay Prize Awarded §
NACBS 2009 Membership Renewal --URGENT APPEAL Click here to take you to the NACBS/JBS renewal website to renew online. Also, when renewing, remember to check the box that directs $2.00 of your NACBS dues to the WCBS. These funds help to support the activities of our regional affiliation, including the Annual Meeting. §
Institute for the Humanities, University
of Manitoba, Research Affiliates The tenure of the affiliateships is normally for 12 months, from 1 July to 30 June. However, applications for six months (i.e. 1 July to 31 December, or 1 January to 30 June) will also be considered. There is no stipend, but a private office, a computer, a telephone, library privileges and some secretarial assistance will be provided. Affiliates may also apply to the Director for a limited subsidy of research expenses. Affiliates will be expected to participate in Institute activities, and to use their offices, except when they are away researching, on a regular basis. The maximum teaching load during the tenure of the affiliateship will normally be six credit hours. A letter of application stating the period for which the Affiliateship is desired, together with a short research proposal, a recent curriculum vitae and letters from two referees should be addressed to: Dr
David S. Churchill If you have questions about the affiliateships or about the application procedures, please contact Natalie Johnson at (204) 474-9599 or at: umih@cc.umanitoba.ca or by mail at the address above. The closing date for affiliateship applications for 2009-2010 is April 30th, 2009. §
Call for Papers: WCBS 2009 in Tempe, AZ We solicit proposals for panels on England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the British Empire broadly defined. Our interests range from the medieval to the modern, and we welcome participation by historians, literary critics, economists, sociologists, art historians, and scholars in other allied disciplines. We invite panel proposals treating selected themes, methodology and pedagogy, as well as roundtable discussion of topical work or teaching issues. North American scholars, international scholars, and graduate students are all encouraged to submit proposals to the program chair of the WCBS. The
Phoenix/Tempe airport is served by most major carriers including direct
flights from London, Heathrow. For a printable version of the CFP, click here. §
Another Successful WCBS 2008 Annual Conference
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NACBS on Facebook § NACBS
2009 Annual Meeting: Louisville, KY North American scholars, international scholars, and graduate students are all encouraged to attend. For information on how to register for the NACBS meeting, and to view the conference program on line, click here >>. §
Finding Guides to British Studies Research Collections at the University
of Colorado News from Members § Robert Cole (Utah State University) the first president of the WCBS (back when it was the Rocky Mountain CBS) reports that his recent book Propaganda, Censorship and Irish Neutrality in the Second World War (Edinburgh University Press, 2006) will soon be followed by his forthcoming book, also with the same press: Propaganda and War, 1939-1945. § The revised and expanded edition of Harold L. Smith's (University of Houston-Victoria) book, The British Women's Suffrage Campaign 1866-1928 has been published by Longman (2007). § Robert Ellison (English, East Texas Baptist University) who moderated a roundtable session on the question "Will Religion Become the Intellectual Center of the Academy?" at last year's WCBS in Dallas has published a synopsis of the discussions in the journal Religion and the Arts 11:2 (June 2007). § A Wider Patriotism: Alfred Milner and the British Empire (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2007) by Lee Thompson (Lamar University) has just been published. Lee has also recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. § Anthony Brundage (Cal Poly, Pomona) and Richard Cosgrove (University of Arizona) announce the publication of their book The Great Tradition: Constitutional History and National Identity in Britain and the United States, 1870-1960 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007).
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| Awards | The WCBS sponsors one award at its annual conference: a cash prize (US$ 500) for the best graduate student paper presented at the conference. The deadline for receipt of papers (email to Padraic Kennedy) is November 1, 2008. Winners will be announced in December. Hanft
Travel Award for British Studies Research |
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| Future Meetings | 2010:
T.B.A. 2009: Tempe, AZ Call for papers deadline is 1 June 2009 |
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| Past
Meetings Click location to view program |
2008: San Antonio, TX 2007: Albuquerque, NM 2006: Dallas, TX 2005: Denver, CO (with NACBS) 2004: San Antonio, TX 2003: Tucson, AZ 2002: Little Rock, AR 2001: Houston, TX 1998: Colorado Springs, CO (with NACBS) |
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| Join the WCBS | To join the WCBS, please contact Derek Blakeley, Publicity Officer. | ||
| Links | North
American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) Mid-Atlantic CBS (MACBS) Midwest CBS (MWCBS) North East CBS (NECBS) Pacific Coast CBS (PCCBS) Southern CBS (SCBS) |
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