Welcome

Membership in the NECBS is open to everyone with a professional and/or personal interest in any aspect of British Studies. Most members of this conference live or work in the northeastern region of the United States and Canada, but its membership is not limited to this geographical area and we welcome members from all over the world. We especially welcome graduate student members.

The NECBS is a regional affiliate of the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). The NACBS is a scholarly society that sponsors the Journal of British Studies and is affiliated with the American Historical Association. Information on the NECBS and NACBS are regularly updated on H-Albion, an H-Net discussion group.

Our annual meeting in 2023 was hosted in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 13th and 14th. Our regional host was Prof. Krista Kesselring of Dalhousie University, in partnership with a number of other universities in Halifax. The annual meeting featured two keynote addresses. The first keynote was given by Prof. Dana Rabin of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was titled “The Jewish Atlantic: Colonization, Circulation, and ‘Emancipation’ in the British Empire, 1650-1830.” The second keynote was given by Prof. Daniel Woolf of Queen’s University, and was titled “Experiences of Defeat: Loss, Exile, and Dissent as Themes in British Historiography.”

Our annual meeting in 2024 will take place at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from September 27th to 29th. Our host and local coordinator will be our new President, Prof. Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre. The conference will feature a keynote roundtable with You can find the Call for Papers for the 2024 conference at this link.

Council Members

President: Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre, Trinity College

email: jreganle@trincoll.edu

Vice-President: Mary Conley, College of the Holy Cross

email: mconley@holycross.edu

Treasurer: Michael Ortiz, University of Rhode Island

email: michael.ortiz@uri.edu

Secretary: Anna Suranyi, Endicott College

email: asuranyi@endicott.edu

Communications Coordinator: Craig Gallagher, New England College

email: cgallagher1@nec.edu

Past President: Brian Lewis, McGill University

email: brian.lewis@mcgill.ca

Contact Address:
NECBS
c/o Anna Suranyi
Department of Humanities
Endicott College
376 Hale Street
Beverly, MA 01915