Program Update

Center for British Studies

The Center for British Studies will be co-hosting several talks this semester, including lectures by Sir Keith Thomas (a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and former President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, whose books include Religion and the Decline of Magic, Man and the Natural World, and The Oxford Book of Work); Professor Stefan Collini (Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at Cambridge); and John Beattie (University Professor Emeritus of History and Criminology, University of Toronto).

For this Spring semester of 2004, the Center has already hosted a History Workshop (Jan. 16-17) for British historians in California; and will host the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies (PCCBS) on March 26-28. The Jan. 16-17 workshop was an informal gathering of historians -- the purpose to get better acquainted with each other and discuss the field of British history from a Californian perspective. The PCCBS is a 3-day conference on British Studies with scholars (fields: history, literature, law, political science, etc.) from not only the west coast but also from all over the US and abroad. James Vernon is the Program Committee Chair and Julie Taddeo is in charge of local arrangements.

This year CBS has offered the following awards/grants:

Anglo-California Foundation Scholarships (Jan. 30, 2004 deadline)
These scholarships are intended to support graduate student exchanges between Berkeley and Pembroke College, Cambridge. For the academic year 2004/5 there will be a minimum of two 12-month scholarships of $15,000, or a maximum of four 6-month scholarships of $7,500.

Center for British Studies Pre-Dissertation Grant (Jan. 30, 2004 deadline)
This grant of $3000 will be awarded to second or third year UC Berkeley graduate students before their qualifying exam to travel to Britain to conduct research and develop contacts that will help them prepare a dissertation proposal.

Center for British Studies Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship
(Jan. 30, 2004 deadline)
This fellowship of $2500 will be awarded to UC Berkeley undergraduates (usually in their Junior or Senior years) wishing to pursue advanced research in or about Britain.

Kirk Underhill Graduate Prize (May 30, 2004 deadline)
This prize of $600 will be awarded for the best research paper by a UC Berkeley graduate student prior to advancing to candidacy. Papers must be nominated by a faculty member by May 30, 2004.

Kirk Underhill Undergraduate Prize (May 30, 2004 deadline)
This prize of $400 will be awarded for the best paper written by a UC Berkeley undergraduate in the senior year. Papers must be nominated by a faculty member by May 30, 2004.