This serves as the Call for Papers for the 2025 Britain and the World Conference, Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 June 2025 in Liverpool, UK.
As ever, the conference is concerned with interactions between Britain and the wider world, past and present, and will highlight the importance of transnational perspectives. As a conference and society concerned with British Studies, we welcome papers from relevant disciplines on all topics and periods, and particularly those relating to our presence in 'the second city of the British Empire'.
The conference will be held on the campus of Liverpool John Moores University, which is adjacent to Lime Street Station. The station offers direct connections with both Manchester Airport (1 hour), and London Euston (2 hours).
We accept individual twenty-minute talks as well as complete panel submissions and roundtables. Abstracts should be 250-300 words. Panels are expected to consist of three or four papers and should be submitted by one person who's willing to serve as the point of contact. Complete panels should also include a chair. In addition to abstracts for each individual paper, panel and roundtable submissions should also include a 100–150-word introduction describing the main theme, and a set of keywords. The conference does not discriminate between panels and individual paper submissions, nor between graduate students and established academics.
Please submit your abstracts or panel submissions here.
The conference will be in-person, with some provision for virtual participation. Please state your preference with your proposal.
As usual we'll be awarding a prize for the best conference paper, which will include conditional acceptance for publication in the peer-reviewed Britain and World journal (Edinburgh University Press). All conference participants are eligible.
The publisher of our book series, Palgrave Macmillan's history commissioning editor, will be at the conference. The journal editor will also be present, and both book series and journal editors would be very happy to discuss proposals and submissions to each.
All submissions for inclusion in the conference should be received by Friday, 10 January 2025 with decisions announced by Friday, 7 February 2025.
Updates regarding the conference will periodically be posted on the BATW website. It is hoped that participants will be able to call upon their departments for hotel and transportation expenses as the Society – which is non-profit – is not able to offer financial support.
On Twitter our @BATW_tweets hashtag for this conference is #BATW2025. Registration for the Conference will open in Spring 2025.
Conference registration rates will be forthcoming, along with accommodation and other details.
If you have any questions about the conference, please feel free to email: conference@britainandtheworld.org.
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