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Second Annual PGECR Country House Group Conference

  • Region: All Regions
  • Type: Conference
  • Cost: Free

Call for Papers

The second annual conference of the PGECR Country House Group is sponsored by The Paul Mellon Centre, the leading scholarly centre for studies in British Art (and home of an extensive country house archive). It will be held at The Paul Mellon Centre’s beautiful Georgian building in Bloomsbury, London on Thursday 6th March 2025. The call for papers is open to both group members and those not currently in the PGECR Country House Group, but is limited to postgraduate students and early career researchers. Please note, as this is a listed historical building it only has access via stairs.

The PGECR Country House Group is for anyone researching any aspect of the British country house in any era. We currently have members who are studying for an MA or PhD, or working in universities or in historic houses and museums. We welcome proposals for 15-minute papers from any discipline, including (but not limited to) art history, the history of collecting, film studies, fashion, social history, architecture, heritage and museum studies, English literature, and the future of country house studies. We welcome any explorations of the British country house in any historical period, as well as contemporary examinations of the country house.

Submissions for proposals are now open, the deadline is Monday 10th February. Please email Sarah Moody (0405529@students.uca.ac.uk) your name, university or workplace, your course or job title, the title of your proposed paper, and an abstract no longer than 250 words.

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