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Register for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” 2025 conference
Posted by Diletta De Cristofaro on 2025-05-05
The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link.
BACLS prizes 2025
Posted by Diletta De Cristofaro on 2025-05-05
The BACLS Monograph Prize, The BACLS Edited Collection Prize and The BACLS Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission. Entries are invited for work published in 2024 in the English language on any area of ‘contemporary literary studies’. The deadline for submissions is Friday 23rd May 2025. Individual prize information and details on how to submit your work can be found here.
Seeking nominations for the Executive Committee
Posted by Diletta De Cristofaro on 2025-05-05
We are currently seeking nominations for 10 positions on the BACLS Executive Committee. Details here. If you would like to nominate yourself for one of these positions (see list below), please join the Association or renew your membership and then complete the nomination form by 23rd May 2025. Chair (1 position available) The Chair provides leadership for the BACLS and sets its agenda. They [...]
Join/renew your BACLS membership today
Posted by Diletta De Cristofaro on 2025-05-05
Our new website is live and you can now also activate/renew your membership via bank transfer. Details here. Our membership rates Full rate: £40Reduced rate (graduate students and precariously employed academics): £20 BACLS also offers a 12-month membership fee waiver for members who may be experiencing financial hardship. If you would like to request a fee waiver, please contact me [...]
Social media and newsletter update
Posted by on 2023-11-03
The executive committee has decided to create a presence on BlueSky. You can find us at @bacls.bsky.social We look forward to connecting with you there! BlueSky is currently only accessible via invite codes. Because we want to make sure we can all connect via this platform, we ask those of you who have invite codes to spare for our members to send them to our publicity officer, Dr Julia Ditter, [...]
Executive Committee Update
Posted by on 2023-10-11
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2023 Executive Committee Elections Elected to Secretary Sandro Eich (uncontested) Elected to Ordinary Member Dr Sara Pini Dr Caroline Edwards Dr Dominic Dean Dr Dilek Ozturk Yagci Dr Yagmur Sönmez Demir We are also pleased to announce that Samia Majid will be joining the EC as Graduate Student Representative. Dr Caroline Wintersgill and Dr [...]
2023 BACLS Exec Committee elections now open
Posted by on 2023-09-14
Voting for the 2023 Executive Committee Elections is now open Read below the statements from nominees to the role of Ordinary Member. Please vote via this form by 25th September 2023. Ordinary Member (5 positions available) Dr Caroline Edwards (Birkbeck, University of London) I’m standing for the position of BACLS General Member, as I’d be thrilled to be directly involved with the [...]
2022 prize winners
Posted by on 2023-09-06
Congratulations to the winners of our 2022 prizes! Ben Davies, Christina Lupton & Johanne Gormsen Schmidt won the BACLS monograph prize with Reading Novels During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Oxford University Press, 2022). Charlotte Beyer won the BACLS edited collection prize with Decolonising the Literature Curriculum (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). Ashley Barr won the BACLS Postgraduate [...]
BACLS-WHN 2023 programme now available
Posted by on 2023-08-18
6th September 2023 Old Gymnasium Building University of Birmingham, UK and 8th September 2023 online The conference's draft programme is now available. Click here to download. To download the book of abstracts and bios please click here. Please note that some changes to the programme may still be made.
Posted by on 2023-07-27
BACLS-WHN Conference 20236th September 2023 Old Gymnasium Building University of Birmingham, UK and 8th September 2023 onlineREGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - please click here.Note that:delegates will need to be careful to choose the day on which they are attending - in-person on 6 September or online on 8 September - and choose the correct ticket.there is also a sign-up for the pre-conference meal on [...]
Posted by on 2023-05-09
Nominations are now open for 6 positions on the BACLS Executive Committee*Deadline Extended to 19th July*ChairSecretaryTreasurerConference organiserOrdinary Member (2 positions)*BACLS is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and we particularly encourage nominations from people who identify with groups that are currently underrepresented in literary studies.To be eligible to stand for [...]
Posted by on 2023-04-21
Call for Papers: British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies – What Happens Now Conference (BACLS-WHN)6th September 2023 Old Gymnasium Building University of Birmingham, UK and 8th September 2023 online*DEADLINE EXTENDED to 26th May*We invite contributions to the BACLS ‘What Happens Now’ conference. This year we are trying a different format: one day will be in-situ only and one day [...]