Calls for papers
On this page you can read conference calls for papers listed by deadline.
Advertise your call for paper: If your conference is relevant to History & Policy and you would like it included on this pages, please contact Ruth Evans (ruth.evans@sas.ac.uk).
Environmental History: Places or Systems
Deadline: 31 May 2008
The European Association for Environmental History (UK Branch) will meet on Friday 27 June at the Open University, Milton Keynes, to discuss approaches to environmental history. Proposals for papers are invited by 31 May. Please see the conference flyer for further details or contact Raymond Smith (RJSmith@envirohistory.waitrose.com).
After Empire? Rethinking the post in the postcolonial
Deadline: 1 July 2008
The Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Leeds is holding a 2-day interdisciplinary conference to rethink the notion of an 'end' of empire. Just how meaningful is it to divide the twentieth century into colonial and postcolonial chapters? And more importantly, how meaningful might it be to think without them? The Institute is looking for papers from across the arts and social sciences. Papers might address both historical and contemporary forms of empire and topics may concern issues around decolonization; memory and nostalgia; migration and diaspora; and the production and movement of knowledge and culture in an age of globalization. Contributions from postgraduate researchers are particularly welcome. Please send 250 word proposals for 20-30 minute papers to Ed Kirby: E.N.Kirby@leeds.ac.uk by 1 July . The conference will take place from Friday 26 – Saturday 27 September at the Leeds Humanities Research Institute. For more information, please visit the Institute's website.
1968 Turning Point
Deadline: 4 July 2008
1968 was a crucial year in the history and politics of Northern Ireland as the civil rights movement took to the streets, but this agitation was, if anything, defined as much by its global as local character. Forty years on, Queen's University has organised a series of events to reflect upon and re-evaluate the events of 1968 both within and beyond the Northern Irish context. As part of this commemoration Queen's is planning a two-day postgraduate conference entitled '1968 Turning Point', to take place from 10 - 11 October, 2008. Young scholars are invited to give 20 minute papers on the political, social and cultural significance of 1968 from a wide range of disciplinary and international backgrounds. Abstracts (300 words) should be submitted to conference-1968@hotmail.com by 4 July.