Welcome to the SCBS
Welcome to the Southern Conference on British Studies (SCBS), a regional branch of the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). The Conference meets annually, customarily in the Fall in conjunction with the Southern Historical Association. The meeting comprises two days of paper sessions with two or more panels running concurrently.
Southern Conference on British Studies
The Official Website of the SCBS
Announcements/News
Draft Conference Program for Atlanta !
Congratulations to Sam Bisno, winner of the
2025 Charles Perry Award
Congratulations to Danelle Bernten (Florida State) and Tingfeng Yan (University of Chicago), winners of the 2026 SCBS Travel Grants!
Southern Conference on British Studies Annual Meeting: November 6-7, 2026
A Note from our President:
Dear All,
Each year, the Southern Conference on British Studies awards the Charles Perry Graduate Student Prize ($250) to the best paper presented at the conference by a graduate student. To be considered for this prize, all interested graduate students should submit their papers to me at lmkaufman@ua.edu by October 23, 2026.
Submissions are limited to 10 pages, excluding notes. Additionally, please do not put your name or university on your submission, so that all papers can be judged blindly. More information on the prize is available here: https://www.scobs.org/charles-perry-graduate-student-prize.
If you are the panel organizer for a panel with graduate students, do encourage them to submit, too—please feel free to forward this email to them.
In addition, please remember that all attendees are strongly encouraged to register for the conference in advance. Also, a note that all attendees must also be members, so please make sure both to create/renew a membership and a registration. (Those who are lifetime members need only to register for the conference.)
Hope the fall semester is off to a good start for everyone!
All best,
Lucy (for the SCBS)
Dr. Lucy M. Kaufman
Associate Professor of British History
President, Southern Conference on British Studies
Director of External Scholarships and Fellowships, University of Alabama
Department of History
The University of Alabama
Box 870212
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-7100
lmkaufman@ua.edu
Membership Information
The SCBS construes British Studies very broadly to include the history, literature, arts, and culture of the Home Islands and the Commonwealth. It welcomes into membership anyone interested in such subjects, whether or not pursued professionally.
Dues for the SCBS are $15 annually for regular membership, $10 for students, and $300 for a lifetime membership. As a courtesy, the Southern Historical Association extends the option of affiliate membership (non-voting) to members of the SCBS for $7. For those interested, full membership in the SHA’s European History Section is available.
All SCBS dues may be paid either through the SCBS Secretary/Treasurer or can be paid through our shop on this site.