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	The North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) is a scholarly society dedicated to all aspects of the study of British civilization. The NACBS sponsors a scholarly journal (and other, online publications), an annual conference, as well as several academic prizes, graduate fellowships, and undergraduate essay contests. While the largest single group of its members teach British history in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, the NACBS has significant representation among specialists in literature, art history, politics, law, sociology, and economics. Its membership also includes many teachers at universities in countries outside North America, secondary school teachers, and independent scholars.
	*ANNOUNCEMENTS* (30 October 2008) The NACBS website is currently undergoing renovation. The new site will be up within a few weeks. The new site will include new features, including a blog. It will also include updates to the national and regional officers' contact information and updates to the prize and fellowship announcements. (30 October 2008) The NACBS 2009 Call for papers is available here. The online submission form will be available soon. (15 February 2008) The North American Conference on British Studies is seeking a new editorial team for the Journal of British Studies, including a new general editor or co-editors, and a new book review editor or co-editors. The current editors' term ends in December 2009, and the Association hopes to select new editors by the summer of 2009. Those interested should contact Professor Nicholas Rogers of the York University History Department (nickrog@yorku.ca). The deadline for both positions is 30 November 2008. Further discussion may also be had with the president or vice president of NACBS, respectively Barbara Harris (bharris@email.unc.edu) or Philippa Levine (philippa@usc.edu). Interested parties should be aware that the editorship and the review editorship (both open to a team) are not related. Applicants should specify which of these positions interests them. The Journal of British Studies, published four times a year by the University of Chicago Press, is the premier journal in the field in North America, with a circulation of over 1700. The Press provides for an editorial assistant to the editor. The 2007-08 NACBS Canadian Undergraduate Essay Contest information is now available. Click here.
	Features: NACBS Awards Current book and article Prize details Current Fellowship (NACBS-Dissertation and Huntington) details Previous Prize and Fellowship Recipients British Studies Undergraduate Essay Contests for Canadian universities (details and awards) and, beginning this year, colleges and universities in the United States (details) NACBS Publications Journal of British Studies incorporating Albion (expanded journal) Journal of British Studies Electronic Edition. Current issues of JBS since July 2002 are published online by the University of Chicago Press. Back issues of Journal of British Studies (vols. 1-41, 1961-2002), are available electronically through JSTOR. NACBS members who subscribe to JBS have free access to these resources. Albion has a searchable index for back issues. (The last separate issue is May 2005; Albion has now been incorporated in the expanded Journal of British Studies.) Benefits of Membership, besides the journal, voting rights (members with password can vote here on secure server during voting period--when link is activated), include: a number of free, individual memberships to the Institute of Historical Research, University of London reduced rates on journals such as 20th Century British History reduced rates at annual conference listing on and use of NACBS Membership Directory (updated quarterly) Related Sites for British Studies: Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History Online Syllabus Finder from the Center for History and New Media Funding Sources for research in British studies (maintained by NACBS webmaster) H-Albion, the H-Net Discussion Network for British and Irish History acts as a principal outlet for dissemination of NACBS information via an email list
	The NACBS is closely associated with six regional conferences on British studies: the Mid-Atlantic (MACBS), the Midwest (MWCBS), the North East (NECBS), the Southern (SCBS), the Western (WCBS), and the Pacific Coast (PCCBS). These regional conferences, which have their own membership rolls, administrative officers, scholarly meetings, and newsletters, enjoy a combined membership of over 3,000 persons.
	Founded in 1950, the NACBS was known in its early years simply as the Conference on British Studies. The conference became affiliated with the American Historical Association in 1952, and was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in 1965. It adopted its current name in 1980. The NACBS is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization and may accept gifts to endowment or for other purposes.
	The Conference is the principal scholarly organization in North America in the field of British studies. It has close ties with the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, the Royal Historical Society, the Historical Association of Great Britain, and other learned societies, libraries, and institutions.
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