Call For Papers

The BCPS Conference, inaugurated in 1992, is the oldest and longest-running annual meetings of its kind in the U.S. We call for presentations situated in colonial and postcolonial histories, literatures, creative and performing arts, politics, economics, and all other aspects of the countries formerly colonized by Britain and other European powers.

Please join us at Georgia Southern University's Armstrong Campus in Savannah for the critical engagement, friendly community, and vibrant network that has been a hallmark of the BCPS Conference for over three decades.

We invite proposals situated in both thematic and geographic areas, including:

• Postcolonial Studies: Where Were We? Where Are We? Where To Now?
• Perspectives and Current Practices in Postcolonial Pedagogy
• Bioethics, Ecology, Ecocriticism, Health and Wellness
• Migration, Diaspora, Hybridity, and Borders
• Region, Religion, Politics, and Culture
• History and Historiography
• War and Terrorism
• Race, Racism, Class, Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity
• Ethics, Economics, and Globalization
• Pedagogy and the Disciplines
• Intersections of Francophone and Anglophone Literatures
• Postcolonial, Liberation, and Transnational Literatures, Arts, and Media
• Or any other aspect of the British Commonwealth, or of countries formerly colonized by other European powers

Information for potential presenters

• Presentations must be delivered in person.
• Abstracts of 250 words maximum are required via the online submission form.
• A biographical statement for each presenter is required, including the presenter's academic affiliation. Please include this with your abstract.
• Panels should be designed for 75 minutes; individual papers for 15-minute delivery — maximum.
• Proposals for panels should include an abstract for each paper with complete information on each presenter.