Welcome to the Social History Society

NEW: The call for papers for the SHS annual conference 2011 is now available from:
http://www.gellius.net/downloads/org_3/shscall2011short.doc

To submit your paper proposal, follow this link:
http://www.gellius.net/paper_submit.php?course_run_id=64

The panel submission form will be available here shortly. Use this form to submit a panel of 3 or 4 papers.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 4 OCTOBER 2010.

For details of the six themed strands, please follow the links below.

The conference will take place from 12 to 14 April at the University of Manchester.

Social History Society conference postgraduate prize

The Society will award a Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize to begin in 2011. The prize will be £200. Any postgraduate whose paper has been accepted for inclusion in the conference programme may apply for the prize. Application takes the form of submitting a written version of their paper, of 3-4,000 words, to the administrative Secretary, by e-mail, three weeks before the conference.

The Society's conference has no single theme. It is organised in six strands:

Deviance, Inclusion and Exclusion
Life-cycles and Life-styles
Markets, Culture and Society
Political Cultures, Policy and Citizenship
Narratives, Emotions and the Self
Spaces and Places

Papers presented at the conference can be submitted to the Society’s journal, Cultural and Social History, to be considered for publication. For details, see
http://www.socialhistory.gellius.net/Journal.php.

The Royal Historical Society offers conference attendance grants for postgraduate students. Details can he found here.

General enquiries should be sent to: Mrs. Linda Persson, Administrative Secretary, Social History Society, Furness College, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YG (Tel: 01524-592547; Fax: 01524-846102; Email: l.persson@lancaster.ac.uk).