The British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, inaugurated in 1992, is the oldest and longest-running annual meeting of its kind in the United States. It encompasses 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.

There is no restriction to any particular political/cultural ideology or to specific critical practices. The Colonial, Postcolonial, and Decolonized eras all are of interest. We welcome and seek to encourage a variety of approaches and viewpoints, and the generation of wide-ranging, productive debates.

Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, the conference offers scholars and researchers, teachers and students, the opportunity to disseminate and discuss their knowledge and understanding of the dynamic, important field of postcolonial studies.

We invite proposals in thematic (migration, diaspora studies, etc.) and geographic (Eurabia, South Asia, etc.) areas:

• Postcolonial Studies: Where We Were, Where We Are, Where To Now?
• Perspectives and Current Practices in Postcolonial Pedagogy
• Gender, Postcolonialism, and Development
• Bioethics, Ecology, and Ecocriticism
• Migration, Diaspora, Hybridity, and Borders
• Region, Religion, Politics, and Culture
• Literature, Arts, and the Media
• 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 and the Transnational Literatures
• Liberation literature from Africa
• Health and Wellness
• North (excluding the USA), Central, and South America
• Europe (Fortress Europe, Eurabia, Londonistan, Ireland)
• South Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka)
• Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)
• Africa (Nigeria, South Africa, Black Atlantic)
• The Middle East
• Australia and Oceania

Or any other aspect of the British Commonwealth of nations, or of countries formerly colonized by other European powers.

Further Information
For more information, see the Conference site at bcpcsconference.com.

Keynote Speaker
The Conference keynote address will be given by Barbara Harlow, the Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor of English Literature at The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Harlow is the author of Resistance Literature (1986), Barred: Women, Writing, and Political Detention (1992), After Lives: Legacies of Revolutionary Writing (1996).

Deadline

The deadline for proposal submissions is NOVEMBER 1, 2014.
Notification of acceptance will be completed by December 1, 2014.

Information For Potential Presenters
Abstracts of 300 words maximum are required via the online submission form.
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.

Submission
Use THIS LINK to access the proposal submission form.

Registration Fees
Regular Registration (includes all conference events, meals, and receptions): $150.00
Graduate Student / Retiree (includes all conference events, meals, and receptions): $120.00
One-day / Guest / Particular Meals or Receptions: contact a committee member for details