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BACLS Edited Collection Prize 2024 Winners
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29 Aug 2025
📢Announcement: We are pleased to announce the newly elected executive committee:
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30 May 2025
Deadline extended to 13 June!
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission! Deadline: 23 May More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/calls-…
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30 May 2025
Deadline extended to 13 June! We are particularly looking for nominations for the positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Publicity Officer.
Come join our Executive Committee by nominating yourself by 23 May! We are looking to fill the following positions: Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Membership Secretary Web Administrator Publicity Officer 3 Graduate Student Reps 1 Ordinary Member Details: bacls.org/site/site/members/…
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We are really looking forward to hosting our first event at @ToonLibraries with author, writer, and academic @SabynJaveri supported by Northern Bridge Consortium and @NorthEnglishes Sign up here: shorturl.at/7A6w4 @BACLS_official @EuroCompLit @ModConDurham @NCL_English
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bacls retweeted
BACLS WHN 2025: Conference Registration now open! 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: shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-…

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With our new website, official membership registration is now open at the following rates: Benefits: attend the yearly conference, submit work for the yearly monograph, postgrad essay and edited collection prize, monthly newsletters & more! Sign up here: bacls.org/site/join/

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Come join our Executive Committee by nominating yourself by 23 May! We are looking to fill the following positions: Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Membership Secretary Web Administrator Publicity Officer 3 Graduate Student Reps 1 Ordinary Member Details: bacls.org/site/site/members/…

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I'm coordinating the 2025 BACLS Postgraduate Essay Prize. If you're a postgrad, or recent graduate, who published an article in a peer reviewed journal in 2024 - send it in! Deadline 23 May. More details on the @BACLS_official website.
🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission! Deadline: 23 May More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/calls-…
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🏆📚 The BACLS Monograph Prize, Edited Collection Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prize are now open for submission! Deadline: 23 May More details: bacls.org/site/prizes/calls-…

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📢Our new website is finally live! Visit us at bacls.org to: * sign up for membership * apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes * nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee and much more!

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📢Exciting opportunity: C21 is seeking a new editor for a three-year term, to start on 19th May 2025 C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings. More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793…
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10 Feb 2025
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Mon, 17 February 25. If you missed the original deadline, now is your chance to submit a proposal, and to come to beautiful Stirling to present your work on 10–12 June. Information on registration and on PGR/ECR travel bursaries will follow shortly.
📢The CfP for our next WHN-BACLS conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling) is now live! Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36PPd7 and send us your abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025.

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10 Feb 2025
If you are unsure about your membership status or you are not currently a member, you can still apply. We are working on getting our website and sign-up process working again as soon as possible.
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21 Jan 2025
Deadline extended to 7th Feb! You know what to do...✍️✍️✍️ Submit your abstract here: forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36PPd7

📢The CfP for our next WHN-BACLS conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling) is now live! Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36PPd7 and send us your abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025.

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Our next event is with the lovely @anniezaidi! Creative Writing as Research Practice: A Workshop 📆 28.01.25 | 6pm - 8pm 📍ER146 (Elvet Riverside I), Durham University RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… We’re looking forward to seeing you all!
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