2026 Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies Annual Meeting
New York University, New York, NY
Thursday and Friday, March 19–20, 2026
The MACBS—the mid-Atlantic affiliate of the NACBS, the main organization for British Studies in Canada and the United States—is soliciting proposals for papers and panels on all areas of British Studies for our annual conference. We will meet in-person at New York University in lower Manhattan on Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20. We welcome participation from scholars of Britain, the British Atlantic World, and the British Empire broadly defined, and we are open to proposals ranging from the ancient to the contemporary and from scholars of history, anthropology, literature, art, politics, economics and related fields. Faculty of any seniority level and graduate students are all encouraged to participate.
Proposals for both individual papers and full panels are welcome. Paper proposals should include a title, an abstract of no more than 250 words, and a one-page curriculum vitae. Full panel proposals need not identify a chair (though they are welcome to do so), but should indicate which panel member will serve as the organizer and primary contact. Please submit all proposal materials (for both paper and panel proposals) as a single file.
Submissions are requested by Saturday, 14 February 2026, to enable a draft program to be circulated no later than 20 February. Please note that we cannot support remote, virtual, or hybrid panels, and ask that only scholars realistically intending to attend in-person submit proposals.
Send proposals via email to:
Dr. Ryan Mewett, Program Chair
History Department
United States Naval Academy
[email protected]
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