University of Central Lancashire, April 14 -17 2011

The 56th Annual Conference

The fifty-sixth British Association for American Studies Conference will be held at the School of Journalism, Media and Communication, incorporating American Studies, at the University of Central Lancashire from 14 - 17 April 2011. There is no overarching theme for the conference, and papers and panel proposals are welcomed on any subject related to the United States of America and early America. The conference will feature papers from a wide range of disciplines and play host to an international collection of scholars from across the spectrum of the research community, from postgraduates to senior scholars. Interdisciplinarity is very welcome, and we are also happy to accept proposals for roundtable discussions, poster sessions, or other innovative panel ideas that we can incorporate into the conference schedule.

For further information about the conference please visit http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/fm/services/conferences/academic_conferences/american_studies_conference.php

The University of Central Lancashire has been a pioneering centre for research and teaching in the field of American Studies since the early 1990s. It was one of only three American Studies sections to gain the top mark for teaching excellence from HEFCE in 1998 and subsequently received funding for a major curriculum project on Americanisation, AMATAS that ran from 2000-2004. Expertise at UCLAN ranges from nineteenth-century literature through popular music to slave memorials and the black Atlantic. American Studies at UCLAN features innovative sessions, with the use of drama and live music as key components of the curriculum. Preston’s links to America through trade are long-lasting, reaching their zenith during the Lancashire Cotton famine of the 1860s where the Civil War’s consequences were felt by local populations.

For further information about the School of American Studies at UCLAN please visit:

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/courses/ba_hons_american_studies.php

For more information about Preston and the region, please go to: http://www.visitpreston.com/

Submission

Proposals for 20-minute papers should be a maximum of 250 words with a provisional title. These will be arranged into panel groups. Panel proposals by two or more people, sharing a common theme, are also invited. All proposals should be submitted by October 16, 2010 to:

Dr Theresa Saxon, School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE.

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