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  The official publication of the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS), the Journal of British Studies, has positioned itself as the critical resource for scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages through the present. Drawing on both established and emerging approaches, JBS presents scholarly articles and books reviews from renowned international authors who share their ideas on British society, politics, law, economics, and the arts. In 2005 (Vol. 44), the journal merged with the NACBS publication Albion, creating one journal for NACBS membership.
 
 


British Studies Essay Contest for Undergraduates at U.S. Colleges and Universities

NACBS UNDERGRADUATE ESSAY CONTEST

The North American Conference on British Studies essay contest in British Studies for undergraduates enrolled at United States universities and colleges awards six prizes of $100 each, according to the following guidelines:


1. The essay must have been written within the past two years while the author was a degree-seeking undergraduate at a U.S. college or university.

2. Essays written for courses or as theses must have received an A grade.

3. All nominations must be accompanied by the signature of a faculty sponsor, who must be a member of the NACBS. No individual may nominate more than one essay in any one year.

4. Essays in any field of British Studies are welcome.

5. Essays should be between 10 and 25 pages, excluding citations and references.

6. Please submit a nomination form and a letter of nomination (including the permanent mailing address and email contact information for the student) along with an electronic or three hard copies of the essay by June 1, 2011 to Professor Peter Hoffenberg, Department of History, University of Hawaii, 2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki Hall A203 ยท Honolulu, HI 96822-2283. Email: peterh@hawaii.edu.

7. For further information please feel free to contact Prof. Hoffenberg at the above address. Thank you.

 

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RECENT AWARD WINNERS

Essay Contest Winners (2009)

Auble, Cassie (University of Nebraska, Lincoln),"The Cultural Significance of Precious Stones in Renaissance England," nominated by Carole Levin, Willa Cather Professor of History and Director, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Bonawitz, Elizabeth (Carleton College), "'An Honest Englishman, or Good Plain Sense, of Good Plain Sense and Meaning?' or a 'Robust True-Born Briton?': English Constructions of Englishness, Britishness and Scottishness, 1690-1740," nominated by Susannah Ottaway, Associate Professor of History, Carleton College

Housden, Jessica (University of Virginia), "Labour, Leicester and the Ugandan Crisis: 1972-1979," nominated by Guy Ortolano, former Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia, currently at NYU

Townsend, Christina (Moravian College), "The Edge of Belief: Exploring Apparitions in Witchcraft Debate of Early Modern England Britain," nominated by Sandy Bardsley, Associate Professor of History, Moravian College

 

Essay Contest Winners (2008)

Croasdaile, Patrick Holman (Lewis & Clark College), "Foundational Principles: The Development of Post-Jacobite Separatism in Nineteenth-Century Scotland"


Gillmeister, Alison (Yale University), "The Incorporation of Travel Accounts into
Political and Religious Arguments: Late Seventeenth Century England"


Gubbins, John (Northern Michigan University), "Dame Juliana Berners: The Case of the Missing Sportswoman"


Su, Christine (Stanford University), "A Work of Its Time? Historical Influences on T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land."

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