Single papers may be proposed, or panels of three papers. Suggestions for forums other than panel sessions are also invited. Panels that signal engagement between historians working on different historical periods, or locations, or explore links between history and other disciplines are strongly encouraged.

This year we are pleased to announce a new thematic strand. ‘Theory and Practice of Cultural and Social History’ is one of six around which the Conference is organised. Full strand descriptions are available on the Society’s web-site where the electronic proposal form may also be found (http://www.socialhistory.org.uk/index.htm). We aim to notify decisions about acceptance during November. Papers given at the Conference can be considered for publication in the Society’s journal 'Cultural and Social History'.