British Association for Canadian Studies Newsletter
BACS E-NewsMay 2011
In This Issue
Thinking Canada
Where is Here Now?
European Seminar for Graduate Students
BACS News
Writer in Residence Award
History Group Conferences
TSA Conference, July 2011
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The British Association for Canadian Studies acts as a forum for Canadianists in the UK and holds an annual conference at Easter each year. BACS publishes a Newsletter twice yearly and the British Journal of Canadian Studies is produced by Liverpool University Press.
 
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Thinking Canada

EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme 2011 

"Thinking Canada" is an initiative of the European Network for Canadian Studies - a four-week study tour to Canada for European students that will take place from 4 September to 2 October 2011, followed for selected participants by two-month internships. The tour to Canada commences with three days of briefings in Brussels on the EU and EU-Canada relations.The aim of the study tour is to offer its participants a unique in-depth experience of Canada through an intensive programme of visits to major private and public institutions, government bodies, think tanks and NGOs. At each place, the students will receive briefings and have the opportunity to exchange views with representatives of these bodies, many of them leading experts in their fields. The tour will begin in Brussels, and travel to Ottawa, Qu�bec, Montr�al, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria.

This immersion in Canada will offer a unique opportunity for an academic experience in a non-academic setting. The tour is focused on a number of themes, in particular cultural diversity (including the English/French relationship, the First Nations and multiculturalism), political issues (federalism, regionalism, the role of government), the environment (including Arctic issues), urban issues and economic topics (business, finance, trade). EU-Canada relations will also be covered and provide a recurring backdrop to the discussions. Two European academic advisors will be accompanying the tour to serve as resource persons and provide feedback.

In addition to the tour, eight two-month internships will be offered to participants immediately following the end of the tour.

For further information on the tour, its programme, internships, cost and how to apply, see the tour's website.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 18 May 2011

 

Where is Here Now?

Canadian Literary Study in the 21st Century

 

The British Association for Canadian Studies Literature Group is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a symposium on 12th September 2011 at the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British library. This one-day symposium will provide an opportunity for emerging and established scholars to situate developments and innovations in current Canadian literary studies in the UK and beyond.

 

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20th European Seminar for Graduate Students

10-13 November 2011 


CALL FOR PAPERS

The Association for Canada Studies in the Netherlands (ACSN), in collaboration with the Canadian Studies Centre at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, organises the 20th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies
10-13 November 2011, Groningen, Netherlands

European students working on a master's thesis or a doctoral dissertation in Canadian Studies are invited to present their current research findings and to exchange ideas with Canadianists from other countries.
Presentations can be given in English or in French. They should not exceed 20 minutes and will be followed by a discussion (10 minutes each). A selection of the best papers will be published after the seminar. The seminar sessions will be chaired by established European or Canadian scholars in the field of Canadian studies.

How to Apply
Students interested in participating should submit an abstract (1-2 pages), indicating their topic of research and the nature of their findings, plus a short CV. Applications may be submitted by e-mail. Papers will be selected by the scientific committee on the basis of the abstract. Invitations to participate will be sent out as soon as possible after the selection has been completed.

Deadline for Abstracts: 10 September 2011 - to be sent to the address below.
Official Languages: English and French
Maximum number of Students Admitted: 25
Registration Fee: € 50,--

Travel Expenses: Students' responsibility. Please apply for financial assistance to your university or to your national/regional Association for Canadian Studies (UK students please copy your application to the BACS office when submitting).

Boarding: Accommodation (3 nights from Thursday 10th November to Sunday 13th November, 2011) and meals will be covered by a grant from the Government of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to the European Network for Canadian Studies, by the Canadian Studies Centre at the University of Groningen and by the Association for Canada Studies in the Netherlands. The students will be lodged in the  guesthouse of the University of Groningen in the centre of town very close to the venue where the sessions will take place. Some students may be asked to share rooms.

Organizing Committee: Cornelius Remie, Conny Steenman Marcusse, Irene Salverda (ACSN) and Jeanette den Toonder (Canadian Studies Centre, Groningen)

Contact address: Bosweg 12, 6523 NM Nijmegen, Netherlands / Pays-Bas T. (int.+)31-24-323-4525  E. [email protected]

 

BJCS
The new-look BJCS
BACS news in brief

The new BACS President is Dr Steve Hewitt, University of Birmingham. For full details of Council members and terms of office see the BACS website.

The British Journal of Canadian Studies has been re-launched in a new format. The latest issue has been mailed to BACS members, who receive it as part of their membership. More information about the BJCS, including guidelines for the submission of articles, can be found on the journal's webpage.

Aboriginal Canadian Biopolitics and Biopower, Senate House London, 20 May 2011. For more information see the ASC website.

The website for the 2012 annual conference is online, with details of our 37th annual conference. Look out for further announcements here.

Please update your Contacts with our new email address: [email protected]

 

Eccles British Library  

Writer in Residence Award


Applications are invited for the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award. 

 

The award of �20,000, sponsored by the David and Mary Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library, is open to writers resident in the United Kingdom.  Writers should be working on a non-fiction or fiction full-length book, written in the English language, the research for which requires that they make substantial use of the British Library's collections relating to North America (the USA and/or Canada).

 

The award holder will be the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence for a period of one year from 1 January 2012.  The award will help the Writer in Residence to spend part of that time on site at the British Library, making direct use of the collections relating to North America (the USA and/or Canada).

 

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CANADIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE

SENATE HOUSE, LONDON, 15 JULY 2011


The 2011 Canadian Studies conference will be held on Friday 15 July to follow on from the TSA conference in Dundee and will be on the theme of "Canada's Special Relationships". If you would like to attend or submit a paper please contact Tony McCulloch. It is hoped that some funding for travel from Dundee and accommodation in London will be available for presenters and chairs.

 

It is intended that a selection of the papers will be published in a special issue of the International Journal. Possible topics include Canada's relationships - now or in the past - with Britain, the USA, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, NATO, the UN, the EU, the G8/G20, the Arctic, etc.

 

CONFERENCE ON WAR OF 1812

SENATE HOUSE, LONDON, 13-14 JULY 2012

 

A major conference marking the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 is being arranged in London on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 July 2012. This will be the annual conference of the History and Politics Group of the British Association for Canadian Studies. Over 20 papers on the War of 1812 have already been received and one of the plenary speakers will be Professor Donald Hickey, who has written one of the main books on the subject. Further papers are invited, especially on the significance of the War of 1812 in Anglo-Canadian-American relations since then. If you are interested in attending or submitting a paper or would like more details about the conference please contact Tony McCulloch. Paper proposals (one or two paragraphs) plus a short bio should be submitted by 1 July 2011.

 

TSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

DUNDEE, 11-14 JULY 2011

 

 

2011 Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference at West Park Conference Centre Dundee 11 - 14 July 2011

 

Information and Call for Papers