Eyes on Events – BAAS PGR Conference 2020 #2
The next episode in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Jennifer dos Reis dos Santos and Molly Becker about the upcoming BAAS 2020 Postgraduate Symposium: Connection and Collective Action – Past and Present. This is the second in a mini-series where we discuss the organisation of the conference, from start to finish. This second episode discusses promotion, early applications, and the developing thoughts of the organising team. This online conference is being held on Saturday 28th November 2020. The Call for Papers deadline is November 6th, with details here. If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Aisha Djelid and Patrick Turner, Americanists Virtual Meet-Up
The fourth in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Aisha Djelid and Patrick Turner about the upcoming Americanists Virtual Meet-Up. This event is being co-organized by the British Association of American Studies (BAAS) and the British American Nineteenth Century Historians (BrANCH). This online event is being held on the Friday the 30th of October 2020. To submit a 5 minute paper, please apply here by the 23rd of October. Feel free to contact patrick.1.turner@kcl.ac.uk or a.djelid@pgr.reading.ac.uk if you have any questions. If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – BAAS PGR Conference 2020 #1
The next episode in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Jennifer dos Reis dos Santos and Molly Becker about the upcoming BAAS 2020 Postgraduate Symposium: Connection and Collective Action – Past and Present. This is the first in a mini-series where we discuss the organisation of the conference, from start to finish. This first episode discusses why the organisers applied, and what they envision the conference to be. This online conference is being held on Saturday 28th November 2020. The Call for Papers deadline is November 6th, with details here. If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Dr. Liz Barnes, Zoom Into BrANCH 2020
The third in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Dr. Liz Barnes about the upcoming Zoom Into BrANCH 2020. This online conference is being held from Saturday 10th October to Sunday 11th October 2020. To join the conference, and receive the pre-circulated papers, please register online here. If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – David Silkenat, University of Edinburgh’s American History Workshops
The second in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing David Silkenat about the upcoming University of Edinburgh’s American History Workshops. These workshops are commencing on the 24th of September through until December. They will be held online via Zoom every Thursday at 5pm. If you are interested in participating, please contact David Silkenat to be added to the mailing list and receive the pre-circulated papers. If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
Continue ReadingEyes on Events – Tim Galsworthy, HOTCUS PGR Conference 2020 (Online)
The first in our new series Eyes On Events, this week we are interviewing Tim Galsworthy about the upcoming HOTCUS 2020 Postgraduate and Early Career Virtual Conference: America At and Beyond the Ballot Box. The conference is happening online on Friday 18 September 2020. You can find out more details about the conference here: https://hotcus.org.uk/2020-postgraduate-conference/ If you are organising an upcoming or past event and would like to share your experience, please contact usso@baas.ac.uk
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