The British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) invites proposals for panels, roundtables, papers, and book discussion roundtables for its 2027 annual conference.
Last year’s conference, held in Birmingham, welcomed 600 delegates from over 50 countries around the world.
This year’s BASEES Conference is being held in person from 9-11 April 2027 at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. The conference will also welcome remote attendees.
The deadline for paper and panel/roundtable proposals is Friday, 5 October 2026. BASEES
welcomes paper, panel, and roundtable proposals with an area-specific focus as well as
positioned within disciplinary and interdisciplinary frameworks. These disciplines and areas include, but are not limited to: Politics; History; Sociology; Geography; Film and Media; Languages and Linguistics; Literatures and Cultures; Anthropology; Economics; Baltic Studies; Polish Studies; Ukrainian Studies.
We particularly encourage proposals that help push forward efforts to decentre and decolonise the study of the region.
The conference especially welcomes the participation of postgraduate research students and early-career scholars.
The conference organisers also welcome proposals for thematic colloquiums that can be held as part of the conference. If you would like to propose a colloquium, please email the conference organiser at academic.organisers@basees.org
Remote attendance:
We are welcoming remote paper presentations.
If you wish to attend remotely, please indicate so when submitting your proposal. However, we cannot accept fully remote panels. The Chair of a panel, who can also be one of the presenters, must attend the conference in person to lead the session and facilitate the discussion.
For those presenting remotely, please be aware that this is done using Multidirectional cameras, which will allow you to present and listen in to all papers/ panels.