2025 Saint Pete Beach Meeting Program is here! 

Dear SCBS Members,  

 

The program and other arrangements are now set for this year’s Southern Conference on British Studies (SCBS) Annual Meeting! Please join us for a wide-ranging series of panels, a keynote address delivered by Dr. Michelle Brock, a joint reception with the European History Section of the Southern Historical Association, and much more. 

 

The SCBS meets in conjunction with the Southern Historical Association (SHA) whose Annual Meeting runs from November 5-8, 2025. SHA attendance typically runs between 1,000 and 1,200 and includes academic historians, editors, museum and public history professionals, K-12 educators, and non-professionals who just love rigorous history. Registered participants for the SCBS Conference can attend SHA panels as well. 

 

Registration 

SCBS Conference attendees can register for the conference here, under the “Membership Application” tab (https://www.scobs.org/membership-application). 

 

All presenters are expected to be registered for the conference and current members of the SCBS at the time of the conference. Everyone is strongly encouraged to register for the conference and renew their SCBS membership ahead of time using our website, although onsite registration will also be available at the conference.  

 

Headquarters Hotel 

The Trade Winds Resort, 5500 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete Beach, FL 33706 will serve as the SCBS / SHA Annual Meeting headquarters for the 2025 conference. All SHA and SCBS sessions will take place within the hotel. 

 

Reservation and Rates

Reserve Online at https://book.passkey.com/go/SHA2025

SHA / SCBS On-Site Contact: Greg Sabo (gsabo@twresort.com)

 

The hotel spans the Island Grand (IG) and Guy Harvey Outpost (GHO):

 

• IG Single/Double Rate: $165

• IG Tropical View: $165 (based on availability)

• IG Tropical View One-Bedroom Suite: $230 (based on availability)

• IG Gulf Front One Bedroom Suite w/ Balcony: $255 (based on availability)

• GHO Single/Double: $165

• GHO Courtyard View One Bedroom Suite: $230 (based on availability)

• GHO Gulf Front One Bedroom Suites: $255 (based on availability)

 

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The full draft of the SHA program is also available in the Annual Meeting section of the SHA website (https://www.thesha.org/meeting). Please note, however, that the dates for the SCBS conference are currently incorrect in the SHA program. We will be meeting November 7-8 (not November 6-7), so for all SCBS panels refer to the program below or the SCBS website (https://www.scobs.org/annual-meeting).

 

Please be in touch if you have any questions, and I look forward to seeing you in St. Pete Beach! 

 

Best wishes,

~ Jill Bender (SCBS President)