The 21st Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association

The TSA is a broad network of scholars who use the ‘transatlantic’ as a frame of reference for their work in a variety of disciplines, including (but not limited to): history, politics and international relations, and literary studies. All transatlantic-themed paper and panel proposals from these and related disciplines are welcome.  

The conference is organised around a number of subject themes, each of which is convened by members of the conference programme committee. If you would like to discuss your paper or panel proposal prior to submission, please contact the relevant programme committee members.

Special subject theme: Revisiting the Black Atlantic

 The TSA, in association with the University of Plymouth, welcomes proposals for fully-formed panels as well as individual papers that reconsider Paul Gilroy’s Black Atlantic on the 30th anniversary of its publication. Papers and panels are encouraged to analyse the influence of Gilroy’s seminal text from a variety of perspectives, including its critical reception, contemporary developments in race relations, the ongoing evolution of double consciousness, and modern diasporic narratives.   Please send all final submissions to the conference email address below.  For informal enquiries, please contact the special theme convenors:  

• Simon Topping, simon.topping@plymouth.ac.uk
• Whitney Womack Smith, womackwa@miamioh.edu 

Submission Instructions

Panel proposals should constitute three or four presenters and a Chair (as well as a discussant if desired). Panel proposals should be sent by email as one document attachment to studiestransatlantic@gmail.com, and include: 

• 300-word overview of the panel theme;
• 300-word abstracts for each of the papers;
• 100-word author biographies;
• 2-page CVs for all participants. 

The subject line of the email for panel proposals should read: ‘TSA Proposal-[Last name of panel convenor]-[Subject theme]’ (state ‘Other’ if not falling under listed themes) (E.g. ‘TSA Proposal-SmithDiplomacy and International History’). 

Individual paper proposals should be sent by email as one document attachment, and include:

• 300-word abstract for the paper;
• 100-word author biography;
• 2-page CV. 

The subject line of the email for paper proposals should read: ‘TSA Proposal-[Last name of presenter][Subject theme]’ (state ‘Other’ if not falling under listed themes) (E.g. ‘TSA Proposal-Smith-Other).  

Please note: all submissions must come to the conference email address to be considered by the programme committee. 

Deadline for panel and paper proposals: 15 February 2023

All paper and panel proposals, and travel grant applications, should be sent to the conference email: studiestransatlantic@gmail.com.