The Centre for British Studies
Harlaxton College
SATURDAY 8 MARCH 2008
Exploring the British Isles: Inventing Nations

This one-day interdisciplinary conference seeks to gather together researchers and teachers of Britain and Ireland, to consider conceptions of Britain and Britishness from the middle ages to the present.

Papers are invited from across disciplines (history, literature, politics, geography, art history), and sectors (Higher Education, Study Abroad, Further Education).

Topics could include:
Notions of national and regional identities
Constructing “Britishness”
Tensions involved in teaching Britain, not just England
Interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary teaching

If you would like to contribute to the conference, please send a brief (50 word) outline for a paper of either approximately 20 or approximately 40 minutes to:
Dr Helen Snow
Centre for British Studies Conference
Harlaxton College
Harlaxton
Grantham
NG32 1AG

hsnow@harlaxton.ac.uk