(EXTENDED) CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2001 Meeting of the Northeast Conference on British Studies will be held on November 16-17 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester is easily accessible from Boston by car or public transport. Leonore Davidoff will be the keynote speaker.

Proposals for papers and panels are welcome in all fields of British Studies. Proposals for papers and panels that consider Britain in Atlantic, imperial, or comparative perspective are also welcome.

Please send a brief abstract of the proposal and a short Vita to:

Deborah Valenze
NECBS Program Chair
Department of History
Barnard College
Columbia University
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
e-mail: dvalenze@barnard.columbia.edu

Please be sure to include a current address, an address that will be good over the summer, and an e-mail address. Proposals must be mailed by May 9, 2001.

The Northeast CBS serves as the regional gathering for colleagues in the northeast states and eastern Canada but welcomes participants from all regions.

Conference information from Prof. Peter Weiler, Boston College, (President), Prof. Peter Hansen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (Secretary/Treasurer and Local Arrangements)

Updated information will be available on the NECBS web site:
http://www.wpi.edu/~phansen/necbs.html