British Association for Canadian Studies Newsletter
BACS E-NewsFebruary 2012 - supplement    
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Important announcement!
Forthcoming events
Michael J. Hellyer prize
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Prix du Qu�bec 2012
Important Announcement!

To celebrate their 50 years in London, the Qubec Government Office is very generously increasing the amount of the award for 2012. For this year only, each award will be for �2000.

The award is designed to assist researchers who are permanent UK-residents to carry out research related to Qu�bec by facilitating a research visit to Qu�bec. Projects that incorporate Qu�bec in a comparative approach (at least 50% of the focus must be on Qu�bec) are also eligible.All applications are welcome, including those from applicants unsuccessful in recent previous competitions.


One award will be given in each of the following categories:

  • Masters and doctoral students 
  • Researchers and academic staff  (including postdoctoral researchers)
Further information. In view of this important change this year's deadline has been extended to 15 March 2012.


Forthcoming events
 

At Home in the World? - questioning the Canadian self-image of disinterested internationalism

 

You are cordially invited to attend the following event at the Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA), University of London     

 

Speaker: Hector Mackenzie, Senior Historian at the Canadian Dept of External Relations in Ottawa
Date: Tuesday 21 February
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Venue: Room 264 (Senate House, second floor)
Senate House
Malet Street

London WC1E 7HU

 

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Burton, Speke, and the Cutchi Bhatia (and Others

 

MG Vassanji
(Toronto) 

 

Public lecture

The Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT)
SOAS, University of London,
Thornhaugh St, London WC1H OXG
7pm, Tuesday 6th March, 2012

Internationally acclaimed, award winning, African Asian Canadian Author  speaks about the Burton-Speke journey to Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria, and his own "modest" attempt to trace it by bus. He will also speak about the importance of story-telling, the continuing fascination these two British explorers hold on the western imagination, and why the Burton-Speke story can provide altogether different narratives.

 

MG Vassanji has won the prestigious Giller Prize (twice) for his novels Book of Secrets (1994) and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (2003).  He was also awarded the regional Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa) for The Gunny Sack (1990) and the Governor General's Prize (Canada) for best work of nonfiction for "A Place Within: Rediscovering India" (2009).  

 

Supported by:
Centre for African Studies (SOAS), Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies (SOAS), Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies (SOAS), Department of Linguistics (SOAS), British Association for Canadian Studies, London Canadian Studies Association.

 

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Michael J. Hellyer prize

Has your paper been accepted for the BACS Conference? Are you an early career scholar?

The Michael J. Hellyer prize will be awarded by the British Association for Canadian Studies at its annual conference for the best paper by an early career scholar. The prize will be judged on the written version of the paper submitted, which may not necessarily be the delivery version. Entries should be submitted no later than 15 March, preceding the annual conference in April. The full version of the paper must be submitted by this date and late entries will not be accepted. The delivery of the paper will not form part of the assessment but candidates for the award must attend and deliver the paper at the conference. 

The prize for the best paper will be awarded at the conference dinner. In addition, the paper will automatically be considered for publication in the British Journal of Canadian Studies providing that it has not been submitted elsewhere. 

The prize will consist of �100 in book tokens 

Early career scholar is defined as: a PhD student; anyone within 3 years of having been awarded a PhD; anyone who has a full-time appointment at a recognised higher education institution, but has not held the post for more than 3 years and does not fall into the doctoral category. 

Papers should be submitted by email on or before 15 March 2012 for the annual conference, Sustaining Canada: Past, Present and Future Environments at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge on 2-4 April 2012