Eccles Lecture, Canadian Studies Conference
‘The Secrets of Mary Boyd: Sex, Scandal, and the Control of Women's Bodies in Toronto in 1868’. Definitely a lecture title that caught our attention! We’re delighted that Dr. Jane McCaughey, the recipient of the Canada-UK Foundation and Eccles Centre Fellowship is presenting an early look at her Eccles collection research findings. Dr. McCaughey, Associate Professor and Johnson Chair of Quebec and Canadian Studies in the School of Irish Studies at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec) will be presenting the Eccles Lecture as part of the BACS annual conference, led by Dr. Tony McCulloch, Chair of the British Association of Canadian Studies. Dr. McCulloch shares details about this and more going on with BACS below.
1) BACS Conference, 20-22 April 2023
2) BACS membership and BJCS subscriptions, 2023
3) Prix de la Délégation générale du Québec à Londres, 2023
4) BJCS, Call for Papers extended, special issue on Indigenous peoples and Canada
5) British Journal of Canadian Studies, Volume 35 (2023)
6) BJCS books for review, 2023
7) ACSI Conference. 18 May 2023
8) ICCS - January 2023 newsletter
9) Emerging Scholars Network
10) BACS mailing list
1) BACS CONFERENCE, 20-22 APRIL 2023 - CALL FOR PAPERS
The BACS Conference will take place in-person in London from 20 to 22 April 2023.
Registration is required and tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite.
CANADA AT HOME AND ABROAD
The theme of the 2023 conference is ‘Canada at home and abroad’ and papers on any aspect of Canada and the teaching and promotion of Canadian Studies are welcome, including the history, politics, literature, culture, and indigenous peoples of Canada and the individual provinces and territories within Canada. Papers that focus on Canada’s relationships with other countries, and comparisons between Canada and other countries, are also welcome. Proposals for panels are especially welcome.
The conference will take place at Senate House, University of London, in the famous Bloomsbury district of central London. It will commence on Thursday 20 April at 2.00pm with registration and finish at 3.00pm, after the BACS AGM, on Saturday 22 April.
Unfortunately it will not be possible to include online presentations as part of the conference or to attend the conference online. But proposals for online papers and panels will be considered for the BACS-UCL online events programme that takes place throughout the year.
Conference proposals for presentations of individual papers (15-20 minutes long) or full panels (3/4 papers) should be sent to Tony McCulloch (BACS President) accompanied by an outline of each paper (100-200 words) and a brief bio of the presenter/s (100-200 words each). Any limitation on the attendance of the presenter/s should also be included so that individual and panel presentations can be timetabled on the most convenient day of the conference – either Friday 21 April or Saturday 22 April. The initial deadline for paper proposals is Tuesday 28 February. Early submission of panel and paper proposals is welcomed. Proposals to be sent to: tony.mcculloch@ucl.ac.uk by 28 February (initial deadline)
It is intended to produce an initial conference programme in early March so paper proposals are requested to be sent in by 28 February. A decision on individual and panel proposals will usually be made by the conference committee within 3 days of receipt.
Proposals received after 28 February will still be considered, subject to availability of space within the programme, but preference will be given to proposals received by that date.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is not included in the charge for attending the conference (see charges below). The recommended hotel is the Tavistock Hotel, which is very near to Senate House, but there are many other hotels and guest houses in the area, including other hotels in the Imperial Group.
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/
Other nearby budget hotels include the Premier Inn and Travelodge, as well as a wide range of guest houses and more expensive hotels.
CONFERENCE OUTLINE - 20-22 APRIL 2023
The first session of the conference, commencing 2.00pm, on Thursday 20 April will consist of a roundtable entitled ‘Constructing Canadian Identity from Abroad: How Externality Influences an Understanding of Canada’. The roundtable will be chaired by Christopher Kirkey (Director, Center for the Study of Canada, SUNY, Plattsburgh) and includes Christina Keppie (Professor of French and Linguistics, Western Washington University), Steven Hayward (Professor and Chair of English Department, Colorado College), Andrew Ives (Professor of North American Studies, Université de Caen Normandie), and Anne Trépanier (Associate Professor, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies & Department of French, Carleton University, Ottawa).
This will be followed by the Eccles Lecture, sponsored by the Eccles Centre at the British Library and the Canada-UK Foundation, based at Canada House, entitled: ‘The Secrets of Mary Boyd: Sex, Scandal, and the Control of Women's Bodies in Toronto in 1868’ and delivered by Jane McGaughey (Associate Professor and Johnson Chair of Quebec and Canadian Studies in the School of Irish Studies at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec).
Friday 21 April will include a Quebec lunchtime reception, and the award of the Prix de la Délégation générale du Québec à Londres, as well as a wide range of conference panels, including one on Canada and the United States. The conference dinner will take place on Friday evening, provisionally at the nearby Ambassadors Hotel (tbc).
Several more conference panels are planned to take place in parallel sessions on the morning of Saturday 22 April, followed by the BACS AGM, after lunch. The conference is scheduled to end at 3.00pm.
BACS CONFERENCE FEES, 2023
Full conference package, including refreshments, lunches and at least one wine reception (but not BACS membership or the conference dinner) - £190.00 (£95.00 concessions).
The concessionary rate applies to students, the unwaged and retirees.
Day rate - Thursday – £40.00 (£20.00 concessions);
Day rate - Friday, not including conference dinner- £100.00 (concessions £50.00);
Day rate - Saturday - £60.00 (concessions £30.00)
Conference dinner - £50.00 (Friday evening at nearby Ambassadors Hotel, location to be confirmed)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bacs-conference-20-22-april-2023-tickets-524881533797
2) BACS MEMBERSHIP AND BJCS SUBSCRIPTION, 2023
BACS membership without BJCS – £10.00 (£5.00 concessions)
BACS membership, including BJCS online - £25.00 (£12.50 concessions)
BACS membership, including BJCS online/print - £50.00 (£25.00 concessions)
BACS membership and a BJCS subscription can be purchased via the conference link on Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bacs-conference-20-22-april-2023-tickets-524881533797
3) PRIX DE LA DELEGATION GENERALE DU QUEBEC A LONDRES, 2023
The Prix de la Délégation générale du Québec à Londres is an annual award of £1,500, generously offered for many years by the Government of Québec and administered by BACS. It is designed to assist independent researchers, faculty and students, who are permanent UK residents, to carry out research projects related to Québec. The award must be used primarily for the purpose of a research trip to Québec and related expenses.
Projects that incorporate Québec in a comparative approach (at least 50% of the focus must be on Québec) are also eligible. The projects submitted should ideally have a contemporary resonance. All applications are welcome, including those from applicants unsuccessful in previous competitions. The awards are open to researchers and academic staff (including postdoctoral researchers) and to students, including doctoral and master’s students and BA (MA in Scotland) or BSc students in their final year of studies.
These awards will be paid on presentation of the relevant receipts, and thus are not intended to be used to cover tuition fees or similar expenses. Applicants are expected to be members of BACS (they may join at time of application) but need not have an institutional affiliation.
Deadline for Prix research projects: Thursday 6 April 2023 at 5.00pm (UK time)
For further details and to submit a proposal please contact Ellie Bird, BACS Co- Secretary e.l.bird@lancaster.ac.uk
4) BJCS SPECIAL ISSUE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CANADA - CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED
NEW DEADLINE - 25 FEBRUARY 2023
The British Journal of Canadian Studies (BJCS) would like to invite submissions for a special issue of the BJCS focusing on Indigenous peoples and Canada. The issue aims to be an interdisciplinary exploration of, as Pamela Palmeter (2020) called it in the title of her recent book, Indigenous resistance and resurgence in this moment in Canadian history. Papers from a broad array of disciplines in Canadian Studies will be considered, including:
Literary studies
History
Political Science
Law
Philosophy
Business and economics
Any other discipline relating to Indigenous people and First Nations and Canada
The Special Issue is scheduled to be published in Autumn 2023. The guest editor writes:
'From some queries that I have received I would like to clarify what I would really like this issue to be. While this is a British Journal, as a guest editor who has had the privilege to work with Indigenous communities in Canada (I am from Canada), I would like this to be an opportunity to share the Indigenous research going on in Canada, and showcase how Indigenous people are changing not just Canada but the world. As such, I would like to communicate to Indigenous researchers that this issue is not just ok with Indigenous methodologies and worldviews, but that I encourage these submissions. I know that a lot of people working on the ground in Canada are very focused on the local, but this is an opportunity to share your wisdom with the global'.
The editors’ decision will be communicated to the authors of the successful submissions by 31 March, 2023. Those whose papers have been accepted for inclusion in the issue will have until 31 May, 2023 to submit revised articles.
Articles, in either official language, should be submitted as an email attachment in both formats .doc (or .docx) and .pdf, to the Guest Editor at Tracie.Scott@hw.ac.uk and copied to the Editor maeve.conrick@ucd.ie.
Please indicate ‘manuscript submission indigenous for BJCS’ in the subject heading to ensure easy identification and processing of your submission. Please omit all identifying names and markers of the author(s) from the document containing the article itself, as the manuscript will be blind peer-reviewed. Your name, email address and institutional affiliation should be included in the covering email, along with any additional information for the editor.
Articles should normally be between 5,000 and 8,000 words, although shorter or longer articles will be considered. The article should be accompanied by an abstract of 150 words. Contributions should be word-processed and double-spaced, including quotations and notes. Notes should be kept to a minimum and gathered at the end of the article, before the References list, not printed as footnotes on each page. If in doubt, please consult the most recent issue of the journal as a guide:
Articles submitted for consideration will be reviewed anonymously and may be accepted or refused by the Editorial Board on the basis of the recommendations made by the reviewers. If an article is accepted subject to revisions, feedback will be communicated to authors and final acceptance of the article will be subject to satisfactory completion of the revisions.
Whilst articles will be double blind reviewed, priority may be given to authors from First Nations, Métis or Inuit communities from the pool of accepted articles.
See below for further information on the nature and scope of the journal.
Tracie Scott, Guest Editor, BJCS
Maeve Conrick, Editor, BJCS
5) BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANADIAN STUDIES, VOLUME 35 (2023)
Launched thirty-five years ago, the BJCS is broad-based, multidisciplinary, and international, welcoming contributions from all areas of the arts and humanities and the economic and social sciences. For further information on the journal see the BJCS webpage at https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/id/72
Enquiries about submitting an article to the journal should be sent to the Editor, Maeve Conrick. Proposals for special issues on specific Canadian themes are especially welcome. Please address proposals or queries regarding the journal to the BJCS Editor, Professor Maeve Conrick, at maeve.conrick@ucd.ie.
6) BJCS - BOOKS FOR REVIEW, 2023
The latest list of Canada-related books for review is available upon request.
7) ACSI CONFERENCE, 'CANADA TODAY AND TOMORROW', 18 MAY 2023
Canada Today and Tomorrow - an online conference - Thursday 18 May 2023 (1.00pm-5.15pm, local time, Dublin)
Canada Today and Tomorrow gathers together established and emerging international scholars to reflect on a range of dimensions of research on Canada, including themes such as transitions, decolonialisation, pluri-culturalism, interculturalism, indigeneity, translations, multilingualism, the environment and migration. Speakers are drawn from a variety of countries, including Ireland, Germany, Portugal and Canada. The conference will be structured around short (15 minute) interventions whose aim is to provoke reflection and questions for wider discussion among everyone attending.
This online event has been organised by ACSI - https://www.canadianstudiesireland.com/
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Public Engagement at Queen’s University Belfast for kindly hosting this event on their platform (https://www.qub.ac.uk/).
Registration for the conference is via Eventbrite:
8) ICCS - JANUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER
The January 2023 newsletter of the International Council for Canadian Studies is available upon request.
9) EMERGING SCHOLARS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
For further details about the International Network of Emerging Scholars in Canadian Studies please contact the BACS representative, Dr Ellie Bird - e.l.bird@lancaster.ac.uk
10) BACS MAILING LIST
If you would prefer to be removed from the BACS mailing list, please notify Tony McCulloch (tony.mcculloch@ucl.ac.uk). Please also notify him if you know of anyone who would like to be added to the mailing list.
The newsletter is sent out on behalf of the BACS Council to keep BACS members and supporters informed of BACS activities and related Canadian Studies events.