Call for Papers 

Representing the British Civil Wars 1660-2009: Adaptation, Reflection, Transmission, Debate  
University of Manchester, 4-6 December, 2009 

Sessions and panels might consider immediate post-Restoration versions 
of the conflict, or consider how radical theories of liberty and rights 
influenced political philosophy during the eighteenth century. Why is 
the notion of civil dispute still so potent in British culture, and why 
is the Cavalier/ Roundhead binary so difficult to get rid of? How have 
the complexities of the conflict been represented? What of the complex 
and continuing historiography? Which cultural clichés have become 
associated with the wars of this period? How have writers, dramatists, 
novelists, poets and filmmakers adapted texts from the time and how 
have they imagined the period?

Papers might consider the versions of the war found in popular novels, 
in drama, in film and in poetry, portraiture and song. Of particular 
interest might be the following: Iain Pears, David Kinloch, Cromwell, 
Witchfinder General, Great Britons, Tristram Hunt, popular historical 
writing, The Devil’s Whore, Scott’s Woodstock, Antonia Fraser, 
documentary series, docudrama, By the Sword Divided, historiographical 
paradigms (conflict/ contention, civil war/ revolution/ war of three 
kingdoms), wargames, boardgames, adaptation, bespoke computer game 
hacks, museums and exhibits.

Please send abstracts (300 words) or panel proposals by April 30 to 
Jerome.degroot@manchester.ac.uk.

Dr Jerome de Groot
Lecturer
English and American Studies
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Jerome.Degroot@man.ac.uk
0161 275 3170