Transatlantic Studies Association
22nd Annual Conference
Lancaster University, UK
8-10 July 2024
Call for Papers
Submissions are invited for the 2024 Annual Conference
KEYNOTE LECTURES
Dr Benedetta Berti (NATO, Head of Policy Planning)
“NATO at 75: Preparing the Alliance for a World of Strategic Competition”
AND
Professor David Higgins (University of Leeds)
“‘And no birds sing’: Ecological Loss in Transatlantic Nature Writing”
AND
Professor Patrick O. Cohrs (University of Florence)
“Atlantic Peace and Global Order: Reinterpreting the ‘Long’ 20th Century”
PLUS
A Roundtable discussion on:
NATO at 75: Navigating Old and New Challenges
The TSA is a broad network of scholars who use the ‘transatlantic’ as a frame of reference for their work in a variety of disciplines, including (but not limited to): history, politics and international relations, and literary studies. All transatlantic-themed paper and panel proposals from these and related disciplines are welcome.
The conference is organised around a number of subject themes, each of which is convened by members of the conference programme committee. If you would like to discuss your paper or panel proposal prior to submission, please contact the relevant programme committee members.
Special subject themes:
The North Atlantic Treaty at 75
Michele Testoni, mtestoni@faculty.ie.edu, Luca Ratti, luca.ratti@uniroma3.it
Proposals are welcome on any aspect of NATO’s historical and contemporary role in alliance transformation and adaptation; NATO’s role in arms control and countering nuclear proliferation; European defense and burden-sharing; the war in Ukraine and transatlantic security; regional security with particular reference to the Middle East and the Arab world; NATO’s global partnerships and role in the Indo-Pacific.
Transatlantic Romanticisms
Kevin Hutchings, Kevin.Hutchings@unbc.ca
Proposals are welcome on any aspect of Romanticism in transatlantic context. Possible topics might include (but are not limited to) comparative romanticisms, ecological romanticisms, romantic natural histories, romantic travel and exploration, romanticism and colonialism, romanticism and critical theory.
Transatlantic Environmentalism
Thomas Mills, t.c.mills@lancaster.ac.uk
Proposals are welcome on any aspect of environmental humanities and social sciences (taking in history, literature, political science), including on conservationism, more than human histories, climate change and environmental activism, nature writing, environmental dimensions of diplomacy and warfare.
Standard Subject Themes:
Diplomatic and international history
David Ryan, ryan@ucc.ie, James Cooper, j.cooper@yorksj.ac.uk
Social, cultural and religious history
Finn Pollard, fpollard@lincoln.ac.uk, Kristin Cook, kc31@soas.ac.uk
Politics and International Relations
Joe Renouard, jrenoua1@jhu.edu, Mark McLay, m.mclay@lancaster.ac.uk
Literature, film, and theatre
Whitney Womack Smith, womackwa@miamioh.edu, Finn Pollard, fpollard@lincoln.ac.uk,
Transatlantic memory and heritage
Kristin Cook, kc31@soas.ac.uk, Kathryn Gray, kathryn.gray@plymouth.ac.uk
The Transatlantic Global South
Selina Patel Nascimento, s.patelnascimento@lancaster.ac.uk, Jared Pack, bjpack@uark.edu
Please send all final submissions to the conference email address below.
For informal enquiries, please contact the theme convenors.
Other formats
In addition to the subject themes above, we welcome papers and panels on any aspect of transatlantic studies. Interdisciplinary papers and panels are particularly welcome, as are innovative formats, such as roundtables, workshops or multimedia presentations.
Conference Format
The TSA 2024 annual conference will be held primarily in-person. We will, however, reserve a limited number of slots for online panels. These panels must be wholly online (i.e. all presenters and the chair will participate online). If you wish your panel to be delivered wholly online, please explain briefly when making your submission why this needs to be the case and/or why the panel would benefit from this format of delivery. Individual paper submissions will not be accepted for online delivery.
Submission Instructions
Panel proposals should constitute three or four presenters and a Chair (as well as a discussant if desired). Panel proposals should be sent by email as one document attachment to studiestransatlantic@gmail.com, and include:
The subject line of the email for panel proposals should read: ‘TSA Proposal-[Last name of panel convenor]-[Subject theme]’ (state ‘Other’ if not falling under listed themes) (E.g. ‘TSA Proposal-Smith-Diplomacy and International History’).
Individual paper proposals should be sent by email as one document attachment, and include:
The subject line of the email for paper proposals should read: ‘TSA Proposal-[Last name of presenter]-[Subject theme]’ (state ‘Other’ if not falling under listed themes) (E.g. ‘TSA Proposal-Smith-Other).
Please note: all submissions must come to the conference email address to be considered by the programme committee.
Travel Grants
The TSA particularly welcomes proposals from new members and junior scholars. Travel grants of £150 each are available to support early career scholars (MA, PhD and post-doctoral researchers) presenting a paper at the conference.
If wishing to apply for a travel grant, applicants should indicate this in the body of the email when submitting their paper or panel. In addition to the materials requested above, travel grant applicants should include a brief statement explaining why it is important for them to attend the TSA conference. For further details about TSA travel grants, see the TSA website: www.transatlanticstudies.com.
Extended Deadline for panel and paper proposals: 5 April 2024
All paper and panel proposals, and travel grant applications, should be sent to the conference email:
studiestransatlantic@gmail.com.
Contact details
Chair of TSA and Local Organiser: Thomas Mills: t.c.mills@lancaster.ac.uk
TSA Charity Number: SC039378
