The British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) invites proposals for
panels, roundtables, papers, and book discussion roundtables for its 2026 annual conference.
BASEES 2026 is being held in person from the 9-11 April at Robinson College, University of
Cambridge, United Kingdom. The conference will also welcome remote attendees. The 2025
conference in Birmingham welcomed 600 delegates from over 50 countries around the world.
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.