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

In the 32 years of this conference, there has perhaps never been a more urgent time to address the fundamental issues of postcolonial studies: justice, injustice, the imposition of power, and the mechanisms of control.

Particularly appropriate thematic issues:
•    Imposing Power and Exploiting Its Differences
•    Governance and the Postcolonial
•    The Role of Postcolonial Studies in Addressing Systemic Injustice
•    Historical Structures and the Postcolonial
•    Recovering from Colonization, Reforming the Power Structures
•    Postcolonial Intersectionality and Identity
•    The Postcolonial in the Post-Pandemic
•    The Demonizing of CRT
•    Diversity Training and Other “divisive, anti-American propaganda”

    We welcome a variety of approaches and viewpoints, and the generation of wide-ranging, productive debates. Thus we are particularly interested in interdisciplinary and/or cross-cultural panel proposals.

    We also invite proposals situated in our more traditional areas, both thematic (migration, diaspora studies, etc.) and geographic (The Global South, South Asia, etc.):
•    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 the Media
Or any other aspect of the British Commonwealth, or of countries formerly colonized by other European powers.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ousseina D. Alidou—Professor, African Languages and Literatures, Rutgers University; Director, Rutgers Center for Women's Global Leadership; President, African Studies Association.

CONFERENCE DATES

February 10-11, 2023

MODALITY
All sessions will be conducted through Zoom. Sessions, with transcripts, are recorded and archived. Potential presenters may choose to present in real time or may pre-load their presentations. Virtual rooms offer smaller networking opportunities.

SUBMISSIONS
Proposals are accepted electronically at our site: <bcpsconference.org>.

DEADLINES
Deadline for proposal submissions: December 15, 2022.
Notification of acceptance: completed by January 6, 2023.

NICHOLS GRADUATE AWARD
The eighth annual Nichols Graduate Award will be given for the best presentation by a graduate student at the Conference. All graduate students registered for and presenting at the conference are eligible to compete.
See <bcpsconference.org/award.html> for details.

INFORMATION FOR POTENTIAL PRESENTERS
•    Presentations may be pre-recorded or may be delivered in real time.
•    Abstracts of 300 words maximum are required via the online submission form.
•    A biographical statement for each presenter is required, including the presenter's academic affiliation
•    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.

REGISTRATION
includes real-time access to all sessions
Regular Registration: $35.00
Graduate Student / Retiree Registration: $20.00

CONTACT / QUESTIONS
Send email to bcps2023@bcpsconference.org

SPONSORS
Georgia Southern University Department of English
The Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies

For more information, see our site at <bcpsconference.org>