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Newsflash! BACS announces two new awards
BACS Annual Conference Travel Assistance
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;
- 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 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.
Conference website
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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. Submissions should be sent via email to the same address by 30 June 2014 at the latest.
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Seminars, week beginning 7 October
Treaty Canoe at the University of Kent
The construction of a full-size Canadian canoe covered in messages hand-scribed by the public will be built at the University of Kent in a new project launching on 7 October.
Titled Treaty Canoe II, the project is designed to help symbolise the treaties made between the British colonial territories and their indigenous people.
Commencing at the Beaney Institute's Learning Lab (10am-2pm) on 7 October, Treaty Canoe II will comprise of various public events throughout October. The schedule will explore the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples - such as Native Americans and First Nations Canadians and the Crown - alongside the ongoing significance this relationship has had to Indigenous Rights in countries such as Canada, the USA, and New Zealand.
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John A. Macdonald: Canada's first Prime Minister -
in 49,000 words
Ged Martin's long-running biographical project on Sir John A. Macdonald has focused on specific issues in his life, including his relations with his constituents in Kingston, Ontario, and his alcohol problem. The project has now made the transition to a volume in Dundurn's Quest Biography series, a format limited to a text of 49,000 words. In this seminar, Ged Martin discusses the challenges and the advantages of this tight framework in discussing the career of a politician who died in office at the age of 76, and attempts to highlight new perspectives on Macdonald.
Ged Martin has published widely in Commonwealth history. His latest book is John A. Macdonald: Canada's First Prime Minister (Dundurn, 2013). Other books includeBritain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation 1837-1867 (Macmillan/UBC Press, 1995), Favourite Son? John A. Macdonald and the Voters of Kingston 1841-1891 (Kingston Historical Society, 2010) and Past Futures: the Impossible Necessity of History (University of Toronto Press, 2004. He is Emeritus Professor of Canadian Studies of the University of Edinburgh and an Honorary Fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He lives in Ireland.
Attendance is free of charge but registration is required.
5.30pm refreshments
6.00pm seminar
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