Seasons greetings
from BACS!
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About BACS
The British Association for Canadian Studies acts as a forum for Canadianists in the UK and holds an annual conference at Easter each year.  
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Books for Review!
The current list
of books available for review in the BJCS is available on the BACS website
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BACS E-News
The next deadline for copy for BACS E-News is
2 January 2013
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The Prix du Québec consists of two awards of £1,000 (each) offered by the Québec Government Office in London and administered by BACS.
It is designed to assist researchers who are permanent UK residents to carry out research related to Québec by facilitating a research visit to Québec. Projects that incorporate Québec in a comparative approach (at least 50% of the focus must be on Québec) are also eligible.
One award will be given in each of the following categories:
- Masters and doctoral students
- Researchers and academic staff
Applications should be made by email to arrive by 1 February 2013. Full details are on the BACS website.
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The Michael J. Hellyer Prize
This prize is awarded annually 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 to BACS by 15 March 2013 for the annual conference on 3-5 April 2013.
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Crediting Canada:
Canada as an Economic World Leader?
BACS 38th Annual Conference
Canada House London / Eccles Centre for American Studies
4-5 April 2013
Keynote speakers include: Marcelin Joanis, Université de Sherbrooke, and Rosemary Chapman, University of Nottingham
The conference will take place in London over three days beginning with an opening evening reception and keynote address at the refurbished Canada House on Trafalgar Square. The second day will feature additional keynotes and panels related to the conference themes at Canada House. The final day of the conference will be held at the Eccles Centre of the British Library with panels related to the conference themes or to the wider field of Canadian studies.
All proposals received by 31 December 2012 will be considered.
Full call for papers
BACS Literature Group call for papers
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Calls for Papers, etc.
Women's Writing and Filmmaking
in Quebec, 17-18 May 2013 Senate House, University of London. Deadline for proposals (of no more than 500 words) to william.marshall@sas.ac.uk and gill.rye@sas.ac.uk by 15 December 2012.
Call for papers
Freedom, Rights, Power: Recasting Women's Struggles across the Americas since 1900, 26-27 April 2013, St Mary's University College, London. Deadline for proposals 4 January 2013.
Full call for papers
Visiting Scholars Program Edinburgh. The Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh invites applications for its Visiting Scholars Program during the 2013-14 Academic Year. Positions are available for periods between 1-12 months. The deadline for receipt of applications is 14 January 2013.
Full details
Straddling Boundaries: Hemispherism, Cultural Identity, and Indigeneity. The Culture and the Canada-US Border (CCUSB) network invites proposals for 20 minute papers, or full panels, for its inaugural conference to be held at Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, from 24-26 May 2013. Deadline for proposals extended to 15 January 2013.
Full details
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2013 Doctoral
Studentship
The Centre of Canadian Studies in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh is pleased to announce the 2013 Doctoral Studentship.
The Studentship worth £4,000 pa for 3 years is jointly funded by the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK and the Graduate School of Social and Political Science at Edinburgh.
The Studentship is designed to encourage high-quality research within the social and political sciences that focuses on Canada or places the study of Canada in a broader international context.
Full details of the Studentship and the application process can be found at on the Centre's web page.
The Studentship is open to British citizens or Canadian citizens who are permanent residents in the UK. Full applications for the 2013 Studentship must be received by 31 January 2013.
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New Books
Unearthing Canada's Hidden Past: A Short History of Adult Education
by Michael Welton
250 pages, pbk, 978-1-55077-228-9
$34.95 CDN / US
More information
Speaking up: A History of Language and Politics in Canada and Quebec
by Marcel Martel and Martin Pâquet
978-1-926662-93-0 | 2012 | $29.95 CAD
More information
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