Place & Power:  BC Studies Conference 2025

The biennial, international, and multi-disciplinary BC Studies Conference will be held from 2-4 May 2025 on the unceded ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People at the campus of UBC-Vancouver. As conference organizers, we humbly recognize xʷməθkʷəy̓əm rights, title, and jurisdiction over their territory on which we work as uninvited guests.  

We invite proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers that address the theme of “Place and Power” in British Columbia’s past, present, and future. We welcome presenters to interpret the theme in any manner that deepens collective understanding of this place currently called “British Columbia,” and we extend particular invitation to approaches that speak to pressing issues of our time, from the rights of Indigenous Peoples to climate justice and beyond.

Researchers from all disciplines are welcome to apply, including those in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law, education, policy, planning, and environmental sciences. Proposals about teaching and learning, collaborative research methods, and the digital humanities in BC are all welcome.

We especially encourage submissions from Indigenous scholars and researchers, as well as graduate students; museum, library, and/or archives professionals; public scholars; artists; and/or community-based scholars.

Proposal information

• Individual paper (15-20 mins) proposals should include a paper title, abstract (up to 200 words), and up to 4 keywords.
• Panel (3-4 papers) proposals should include a panel title, panel abstract (max. 200 words), up to 4 keywords, a chair, and an abstract for each paper (max. 50 words each).
• Roundtable (3-6 speakers) proposals should include a roundtable title, abstract (up to 200 words), up to 4 keywords, a chair, and names of speakers.

Deadline for submissions: 15 November 2024. Now closed!

For more information or questions, contact us at conference2025@BCStudies.com. We hope to see you in Vancouver in May!