The Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies (PCCBS) welcomes you to its thirty-ninth annual meeting, to be held at the Huntington Library, from March 9-11, 2012. Located in the quiet enclave of San Marino and surrounded by its world-renowned botanical gardens, the Huntington offers one of North America’s most valuable research collections, particularly in the fields of history, literature, art, and religion.
The Pasadena Hilton, located less than two miles from the Huntington Library, will serve as our conference hotel. An attractive conference room rate of $119 (single or double occupancy) will be available through the Pasadena Hilton. The closest airport to the Hilton is Bob Hope (Burbank) airport, 17 miles away. Los Angeles International
Airport lies approximately 30 miles west of the conference hotel.
The conference program is attached:
Pacific Coast Conference on British History, Meeting at the Huntington Library, from March 9-11, 2012.
2012 PCCBS Program, Huntington Library
You may download a copy of the Fall 2011 Newsletter here:
PCCBS Newsletter 2011
Graduate Prize Submission Deadline: December 5, 2012
PCCBS calls for entries, submitted by doctoral students, for the prize to be awarded at its annual meeting at the Huntington Library in March 2012. Both the student and the professor must be members of PCCBS. The submitted entry will have been presented to the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies at the University of Washington in March 2011 or (in the case of a doctoral student studying at a university within the PCCBS region) to any conference during the 2011 calendar year. The essay mirroring the oral paper as delivered must be based on original research, meet scholarly standards, and must deal with a topic centering on British studies. Excursive footnotes may be added. The winner will receive a monetary prize and will be recognized at the annual PCCBS conference.
Submissions must be received by the committee chair by December 5, 2011.
Papers should be sent by email to Prof. Kathleen Noonan (Sonoma State University), chair, noonan@sonoma.edu
Committee members: Kathleen Noonan, chair (Sonoma State University), Peter Hoffenberg (University of Hawaii), and Rebecca Hughes (Seattle University)
Book Prize Submission Deadline: December 5, 2011
The biennial book prize for the best book published between 2009-11 by a member of the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies will be awarded at the Spring 2012 meeting at the Huntington Library, along with a cash award.
Submissions must be received by the committee chair by December 5, 2011.
Books should be sent to:
Prof. George Behlmer
Department of History
Box 353560
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3560
Prof. Michael Saler
Department of History
UC Davis
2216 Social Sciences & Humanities
Davis, CA 95616
Prof. Andrea McKenzie
Department of History
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3045 STN CSC
Victoria, B.C. V9W 3P4
Canada
Committee members: George Behlmer, chair (University of Washington), Michael Saler (UC Davis), and Andrea McKenzie (University of Victoria)
The PCCBS Newsletter, Fall 2010, is available for download here…
Fall Newsletter 2010
