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Warrior or Peacemaker? The Battle over Canada's Identity, 1914-2014

The final deadline for proposals for the BACS Conference is fast approaching. Papers should be submitted by email no later than
31 December to [email protected]

Keynote Speakers:
Opening night at Macdonald House, 24 April 2014 
Gen. John de Chastelain (practitioner) 
Day 2 at the British Library, 25 April 2014 
Prof. Magali Deleuze, Royal Military College -  Quebec lecture (historian/political scientist) 
Prof. Smaro Kamboureli, University of Toronto (literature and culture) 
Day 3 at the British Library, 26 April 2014 
Dr. Leigh Oakes, Queen Mary - Eccles Lecture (linguistics)

Conference call for papers 
BACS Literature Group CFP see below


Travel assistance for postgraduates

 

The British Association for Canadian Studies, through the generous financial support of the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce that 12 awards of �150 are available to UK-based post-graduate students and Early Career academics* to offset the cost of presenting a paper at the BACS annual conference in London in April 2014.  

To be eligible for the award, the applicant must be a member of BACS; must be a registered post-graduate student at a UK university (or an Early Career Academic who is not in a full time salaried post); must present a paper at the conference; and must submit a copy of conference paper by 1 April 2014 for consideration of the Michael J. Hellyer award for the best conference paper by a post-graduate or early career academic. The assistance will be paid in the aftermath of the conference. In the event of fewer than 12 eligible candidates, the award amount available may be increased.
Interest in being considered for the award should be made via email to Jodie Robson
([email protected]) by 1 March 2014 at the latest.

 

* By Early Career academic we mean researchers with a PhD who do not yet have a full time, salaried academic post.

 

 

Michael J. Hellyer Prize 2014

This prize will be 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 [email protected] on or before 15 March 2014 for the annual conference at The British Library Conference Centre, London, 25-26 April 2014 
Proposals must be submitted by 31 December 2013


Essay Prize

 

The British Association for Canadian Studies, through the generous financial support of the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce prizes for the 2013-14 academic year for the best undergraduate and postgraduate essays related to Canada. The submission for the prize should be an essay of any length written for a module undertaken at a United Kingdom university in the 2013-14 academic year. One prize each of �100 will be awarded for the best undergraduate and postgraduate essays.
Queries about the award should be sent to Steve Hewitt
([email protected]). Submissions should be sent via email to the same address by 30 June 2014 at the latest.

 

 

Coming soon!

 

Do you have a recent book on Canada to promote? In the New Year the BACS website will include a new section highlighting books by BACS members, with links to reviews in the BJCS and to publisher's information. If you have a publication you would like to have included in this section, please send details to Jodie Robson ([email protected]). The next issue of E-News will have a launch date for the new page. 

Other News  

 

2014 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award

The Eccles Centre For American Studies is delighted to announce that the 2014 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award has been given to the talented writer and critic Olivia Laing and the critically acclaimed author and journalist Erica Wagner.
Now in its third year, The Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award was set up as part of the Centre's charge to promote awareness of the British Library collections relating to the USA and Canada and to help facilitate the use of these collections. Each of the winners will use the collections to research their upcoming publications. Further details.

 

 

"Canadian Embassies are interested in business, not culture"

 

Will Straw, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, shares his thoughts on the current situation in Canadian Studies. His article entitled "Canadian Embassies are Interested in Business, Not Culture" is available here.

 

 

Eakin Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Studies at McGill University

 

The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) is currently accepting applications for the Eakin Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Studies at McGill University for the Fall 2014 and Winter 2015 terms. The Fellowship offers a stipend of $12,000 per term and is awarded to scholars whose research focus on some aspect of Canada.  The Fellowship may also be awarded to individuals outside academia who are making significant contributions to intellectual life in Canada.  Please visit the MISC website at www.mcgill.ca/misc/ for further details.
 

Calls for Papers 

 

Warrior or Peacemaker? 

The Battle over Canada's Identity, 1914-2014

39th Annual British Association for Canadian Studies Conference 
British Library Conference Centre, London, 25-26 April 2014

 

In addition to the full conference CFP (see: http://www.canadian-studies.info), the BACS Literature Group would especially appreciate contributions on the topic of Warrior or Peacemaker? The Battle over Canada's Identity, 1914-2014 in relation to Canadian literary and cultural study. Proposals for 20-minute papers, to be presented in either English or French, would be particularly welcome in the following areas:

  • literary and cultural depictions of Canada's involvement in war and peacekeeping, conflict and resolution
  • the politics of remembrance and remembering in Canadian literature and culture
  • narratives and/or poetics of trauma, violence and anger
  • competing perceptions of Canada's national identity, official history and role as an international 'middle power'
  • tensions, fractures and harmonies within Canada's multicultural mosaic
  • representations of marginalised voices and communities
  • utopian and dystopian visions of Canada as 'the peaceable kingdom'
  • discourses of neutrality, humanitarianism and Canadian exceptionalism
  • aesthetics of displacement and instability
  • visions of reconciliation and community (re)building 

The deadline for paper or panel proposals is Tuesday 31 December 2013.


Proposals (panel and individual) and deadline:
Email abstract(s) of 200-300 words and brief CV (please do not exceed one side of A4) which must include your title, institutional affiliation, email and mailing address by 31 December 2013. Submissions will be acknowledged by email. Postgraduate students are especially welcome to submit a proposal and there will be a concessionary conference fee for students. BACS regrets that it is unable to assist participants with travel and accommodation costs.

 

Enquiries and proposals to:
Jodie Robson
BACS Call for papers and conference website 

 


Canadian Cities: Past into Present
University College London, 28-29 March 2014

The aims of this conference, to be held at the Institute of the Americas, UCL, on 28-29 March 2014, are threefold: to explore 
  • (a)    How study of the history and historical geography of Canadian cities  informs our understanding of present-day cities
  • (b)   How the past is still present - as palimpsest, heritage or memory - in today's Canadian cities
  • (c)    How knowledge and experience of today's cities informs and reshapes the questions we ask about Canadian cities in the past.
The conference also marks 40 years at UCL on the part of the urban historical geographer, Richard Dennis, and (since he is also the organiser!) may be expected to reflect some of his interests in modernity, the social geography of late 19th and 20th-century cities, and the intersection of literary, visual and more broadly 'cultural' approaches to the study of cities with more social-science methods of study. 
 
The conference will begin with a plenary session and reception in the early evening of Friday 28 March and continue with a full day of paper sessions on Saturday 29 March. Speakers from Canada who have already confirmed their participation include Mich�le Dagenais (Universit� de Montr�al), Damaris Rose (INRS, Montreal), Phillip Mackintosh (Brock), Nicolas Kenny (Simon Fraser) and Richard Anderson (York). Several UK-based speakers have also agreed to give papers, but there is still room for additional offers of 20-minute papers. Papers from current or recent postgraduates would be especially welcome. If you would like to offer a paper, please send details (including a title, short abstract, and brief bio.) to the conference organiser, Professor Richard Dennis ([email protected]), Department of Geography, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, as soon as possible, and certainly no later than Monday 6th January, 2014.
Conference Diary
 
Indigenous Knowledge and Academic Discourses, Grainau, Germany, 14-16 February 2014. 
Participants must confirm their presence by 31 December 201.
More information is available here.

Indigeneity and French Canada, 16-17 May 2014
A bilingual and interdisciplinary conference organised by the Centre for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies, Institute of Modern Languages Research, Senate House, University of London, UK. Further information.