We have made the decision to extend our call for papers until Friday next week! We have had many great submissions already and hope that we can offer back to back panels! Therefore we want to give you the extra time to submit your papers! To submit, please email us at hello.hapi@outlook.com 😊
We're also actively responding to all enquires regarding how your research can fit the themes so please do not hesitate to reach out before the deadline!
We also have three amazing keynote speakers joining us for this event which we're very excited for! Please submit your abstracts and bios to hello.hapi@outlook.com by 20th April 2026 to be included! We cannot wait to read them!
There is just one week to go to submit abstracts for our inaugural, hybrid conference Tensions and Fragmentation, 17-19 August 2026, University of Bristol. We have had some great submissions already and offers for some fun workshops and activities which we hope to share with you after the deadline!
We have already received some fantastic submissions from many disciplines! This conference is open to all disciplines within the Arts and Humanities so please do send us your abstracts to hello.hapi@outlook.com as we cannot wait to read them!
Wishing everyone a happy easter weekend, whether you're celebrating or just enjoying the extended weekend off! Don't forget to submit your abstracts by the 20th of this month - just two weeks away!
We cannot wait to read all your abstracts, panel proposals and research ideas!
We welcome you to reach out via email or directly here with any questions or concerns!
Do not forget that our conference will be hybrid, allowing us to accept papers from speakers both in person and online! All speakers will have 20 minutes to present their research. To submit, please write to hello.hapi@outlook.com by 20 April 2026, with a 250-word abstract and a short bio.
Alongside our fantastic three keynote speakers, we cannot wait for this conference as it promises to be filled with such a variety of research topics, interactive workshops and activities!
Just three weeks to go until our call for papers deadline! We have already received some fantastic abstracts from a number of Arts and Humanities disciplines!
We are happy to share this opportunity to hear more about his research at our upcoming conference.
We will accept 20-minute paper proposals for this hybrid event. To submit, please write to hello.hapi@outlook.com by 20 April 2026, with a 250-word abstract and a short bio.
He is the author of Onward Migration of Families of New Italians to the UK: Children’s Perspectives on the Use of Languages, Italian-Bangladeshi Families in London: Children’s self-reported use of Bengali and Italian, as well as other articles and chapters in both English and Italian works.
His research interests include Language Contact, Code-switching, immigrant varieties of Italian, Second Language Acquisition, Creole Linguistics, and Language Change.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Francesco Goglia will be joining us as a keynote speaker. He is a Professor in Migration and Multilingualism at the University of Exeter.
It is not too late to submit an abstract to join our conference, 17-19 August 2026, at the University of Bristol. We will accept 20-minute paper proposals for this hybrid event. To submit, please write to hello.hapi@outlook.com by 20 April 2026, with a 250-word abstract and a short bio.
She was named one of the Chronicle of Higher Education's 'Best Scholarly Books of 2024'. We look forward to hearing more about her research in August!
Her publications include Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage (Princeton University Press, 2024) and Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840: Materiality, Sociability and Emotion (Bloomsbury, 2022; paperback 2024) as well as several articles and chapters.
We are happy to announce our second keynote speaker, Dr Freya Gowrley. She is a Senior Lecturer in History of Art and Liberal Arts at the University of Bristol, where she specialises in art and objects from the early modern period to the late nineteenth century.
We cannot wait to hear his keynote presentation during our upcoming conference!
It is not too late to submit an abstract to join our conference, 17-19 August 2026, at the University of Bristol. We will accept 20-minute paper proposals for this hybrid event.
He has also edited and co-edited the following collections: The Regicides and the Execution of Charles I (2001), Parliament at Work (with Chris R. Kyle, 2002), and The Print Culture of Parliament, 1600-1800 (2007).
Jason joined the large project on The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell as an editor, which was published in three volumes.
His publications include, but are not limited to, the monographs: Politicians and Pamphleteers: Propaganda during the English Civil Wars and Interregnum (2004), and Print and Public Politics in the English Revolution (2013).
His research focuses on the politics and political culture of early modern Britain, and he is particularly interested in the relationships between print culture and political life, and between citizens and the state.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Jason Peacey will be joining us as a keynote speaker. He is a Professor of British history in the early modern period at University College London (UCL).
We look forward to your submissions and welcome you to reach out via email or directly here with any questions or concerns!
We welcome individual papers and proposed panel submissions. All speakers will have 20 minutes to present their research. To submit, please write to hello.hapi@outlook.com by 20 April 2026, with a 250-word abstract and a short bio.
Our goal is to foster dialogue and collaboration across Arts and Humanities disciplines, and our work is grounded in creating inclusive, interdisciplinary spaces for our attendees.
This hybrid conference is organised by Humanities and Arts Pluridisciplinary Initiative (HAPI), a committee of SWW DTP doctoral candidates whom we were happy to introduce to you over the past few weeks.
With four weeks to go, we are excited to announce our keynote speakers and update our Call for Papers for our upcoming “Tension & Fragmentation” Conference. We will share more about them shortly.
We have some great keynote speakers, whom we will be announcing soon, and we have received many exciting proposals from around the world. To apply to give a talk, please send a 250-word abstract and a short bio to hello.hapi@outlook.com. We look forward to hearing from you