British International History Group 31st Annual Conference
The main work of the conference takes place in panels starting on Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday morning. There will also be a keynote lecture on the Friday evening and a round table on Thursday. The Annual General Meeting will be held during the conference.
Postgraduate and ECR Job Workshop at the Conference
The BIHG Conference has long provided a friendly and welcoming environment for PhD students and Early Career Researchers to share their work with the wider community of international historians. During a session at the 2019 conference on Thursday 5 September (from 6.45 pm to 7.45 pm) participants will have two separate informal one-to-one conversations with two established scholars. Those scholars will have read documents submitted by the PGR/ECR and offer guidance on them and on career development. The aim is for PGRs and ECRs to receive two sets of useful job application feedback from experienced international historians who have successfully applied for academic jobs and who have served on university selection committees.
The BIHG invites PGRs coming towards the end of their doctoral studies and ECRs to make the most of this opportunity. Those who wish to participate in the 2019 workshop are invited to submit three documents which will be shared confidentially with two senior academics: