The Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies features papers representing all fields of British Studies — broadly defined to include those who study the United Kingdom, its component parts and nationalities, as well as Britain’s imperial cultures.. Plenary Speakers are Dr. Susan Amussen, professor of history at UC Merced, is a leading scholar of early modern Britain (1500-1750), gender, race and slavery in the Atlantic World and Dr. Jordanna Bailkin, the Jere L. Bacharach Endowed Professor in International Studies, in the history department of the University of Washington. Dr. Bailkin is a scholar of Modern Britain and its empire, who has worked broadly on topics such as Victorian liberalism, decolonization, race and decolonization.
This event is Cosponsored by:
UCSB College of Letters and Science
Humanities and Fine Arts
UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
UCSB Department of History
UCSB Department of English
Westmont College Provost’s Office
Westmont College Department of History