BAC2019-11.17
BRITISH ACADEMY CONFERENCES
Proposal Form for 2019 programme
Please first read the general information on British Academy Conferences at
The closing date for submission of proposals is26 February 2018.
Selection of the academic conferences will be carried out by the relevant British Academy committee in May2018.
The principal proposer/convenor of the conference must complete §§ 1–12 of the form, and email the whole form to the Events Department of the British Academy (). It is intended that this form, in Word, should be filled in electronically, and sent as an email attachment (send it as a Word file; do not convert it into a PDF file). Please type your answers where indicated by the colons. There are no predefined boxes to limit the length of your answers, but please keep your answers succinct (§ 5 requires a fuller answer). Please ensure that you complete all sections of the form, that you provide all the information we need, and that all information is accurate and that there are no spelling or typographical errors.Your application will be judged solely on the information completed in this form, together with the referee’s report.
You need to obtain a reference. Download theseparate reference form. Complete §§ 1–2of the reference form and email the form to your referee, together with a copy of your completed proposal form. Please ask your referee to email their reference direct to the British Academy by the closing date of26February 2018. An application cannot be considered unless the proposal and thereference have been submitted on or before the specified deadline.
Your referee should not be directly involved with any aspect of the conference, and should be drawn from outside the employing institution of the principal proposer/convenor. References from scholars based outside the UK are acceptable.
1. Title of proposed conference
Please give the full title of the conference. This should be clear, succinct(no more than 10 words) and eye-catching, and suitable for use on publicity material.(In instances where the Academy agrees to host a conference at its own premises, the final title may be subject to discussion with the Academy’s Events Office.)
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2. Principal proposer/convenor
Full name (surname underlined) and title
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Present appointment and employing institution
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Address for correspondence (including post code)
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Telephone no.:
Email address:
3. Other convenors
Please provide the following information for each other convenor of the conference.
Full name (surname underlined) and title
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Present appointment and employing institution
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Address for correspondence (including post code)
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Telephone no.:
Email address:
4. Summary
Please provide a summary of the nature and scope of the conference – inaccessible language suitable for an informed, general readership (max.150 words).
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5. Details of conference
Describe the aims and objectives of the conference, in sufficient detail to allow assessors to evaluate itsimportance.Explain the focus of the conference programme and theme(s). Why is the topic appropriate and timely? What new scholarly developments will be discussed? What will be the likely impact of the conference on scholarship?What will be the wider impact (e.g. public policy, public interest)?How does the proposed conference differ from other recent or scheduled conferences on this topic? Applicants may use this section also to provide any other information that may explain the background to the proposed conference. (Have you made any other applications to other sources of support in respect of this conference? If so, with what results?)
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6. Disciplines
Conferences adopted into the programme of British Academy Conferences should havean interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary nature.Please mark with a 1 the two disciplines most relevant to this proposal. Please mark with an X other disciplines that are highly relevant to the proposal.
AnthropologyArchaeology
Business and management studies
Classics and ancient history
Communications and media studies
Economics
Education
English language and literature
Geography
History
History of art
Law
Linguistics
Medieval studies
Modern languages
Music
Oriental and African studies
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Religious studies
Sociology
other (e.g. in the natural sciences)
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Please provide any comments on how the interaction between disciplines would benefit scholarship.
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7. Preferred venue
Please mark with an X the venue where you would prefer the conference to take place.
The British Academyother venue in the UK
If you have selected ‘other venue in the UK’ as your preferred venue, please answer questions (a) – (c) below,
(a)Name and address of ‘other venue in the UK’
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(b) Have you already secured the use of the venue?Yes / No
(c) Please provide a rough indication of the cost of the overnight accommodation you would intend to use for speakers in association with this venue (price per head per night).
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8. Preferred conference date(s)
Please mark with an X the month in which you would prefer the conference to take place.
If you have selected the British Academy as your preferred venue in §7, please note that the British Academy will try to accommodate the preferences of successful applicants, but cannot guarantee availability. (Please also note that the British Academy does not hold conferences in the month of August, or on a Saturday or Sunday.)
January 2019February 2019
March 2019
April 2019
May 2019
June 2019
July 2019
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019
If there is a particular reason for your date preference, please explain it here.
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9. List of potential speakers
Draw up a list of potential speakers who would make a balanced programme, and please give a brief outline of the topics to be covered. You should consider the geographical, ethnic and gender balance of the speaker list when making your selection. Where appropriate, you should consider including speakers from other specialist expert communities.
Preference will be given to proposals with a list of speakers who have agreed to speak and to provide a written paper. Regardless of whether they have given you such final confirmation that they will speak, you must secure the permission of each individual speaker to be listed as a potential speaker in this proposal.
Please indicate those speakers who should be regarded as priority candidates for travel/accommodation support.
If you have selected the British Academy as your preferred venue in §7, please note that travel/accommodation support will be offered for a maximum of 8 speakers per day (16 speakers over two days).
If any session is to take the form of a panel discussion, rather than a sequence of speakers, please indicate this clearly in the grid below.
Day 1, Session 1Title of session :
Main purpose/theme of session :
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Speaker / Organisation / Subject area/talk / Agreed to speak & supply a paper? / Priority for support?
Day 1, Session 2
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Day 2, Session 1
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Speaker / Organisation / Subject area/talk / Agreed to speak & supply a paper? / Priority for support?
Day 2, Session 2
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Speaker / Organisation / Subject area/talk / Agreed to speak supply a paper? / Priority for support?
Any other comments on the conference programme
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If you have selected ‘other venue in the UK’ as your preferred venue in §7, please provide your own estimated figure for the travel and accommodation costs that you are seeking from the Academy.
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10. Publication in the Proceedings of the British Academy
While the criteria for a good conference and for a good publication are not identical, the British Academy attaches importance to formal dissemination to wider scholarly and other specialist expert readerships. There is a presumption that convenors will aspire to publish an edited volume of essays arising from the conference, and an expectation that, in due course, a proposal would be submitted for such a volume to be published in the Proceedings of the British Academy series (
Can you confirm that you aspire to publish an edited volume of essays arising from the conference, and that you intend in due course to submit a proposal for such a volume to be published in the Proceedings of the British Academy series? Yes / No
Please provide any initial thoughts you may have at this stage on how you intend to shape what comes out of the conference for publication as a volume.
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If you intend that the conference should give rise to other formal academic publications in addition to a volume in the Proceedings of the British Academy series, please indicate what other publication options you intend to pursue instead.
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11. Other dissemination
The British Academy is also keen to promote public dissemination of the fruits of scholarly research. Please indicate your suggestions for wider public dissemination, where appropriate.
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12. Promotion of the conference
Please explain the principal target audience(s) at which the conference will be pitched.
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Please provide your own rough estimate of the number of delegates (excluding speakers and chairs) who might be expected to attend.
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What channels are available to promote this conference?
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What scope is there for promoting the themes of the conference more widely in the media?
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13. Referee
Please provide the name and address of a referee who could provide a reference. Your referee should be able to give an informed view of the conference, and assess its likely impact on scholarship. Your referee should not be directly involved with any aspect of the conference, and should be drawn from outside the employing institution of the principal proposer, and not previously have been a supervisor of the principal proposer’s research. References from scholars based outside the UK are acceptable.
Referee
Name (surname underlined) and title
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Address for correspondence (including postcode)
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Email address:
Submitting the proposal
Once you have completed §§ 1–12 of the form, the whole form should be emailed to the Conferences Team of the British Academy ().
Complete §§ 1–2 of the reference form and email the form to your referee, together with a copy of this completed Proposal Form – allowing them time to be able to compose their reference by the closing date. Please ask your referee to email their reference direct to the British Academy. It is your responsibility to ensure that the reference issubmittedto the British Academy in time. An application cannot be considered unless the proposal and thereference have been submitted on or before the closing date.
The closing date for submission of proposals is 26February 2018.
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