Online biography groups

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Global Biography Working Group

The Global Biography Working Group (GloBio) is an online platform and forum for the presentation, discussion and dissemination of all things concerning global biographies, particularly of the 19th, 20th, and 21st century. GloBio aims to facilitate the development of global biography as a lively and connected academic field with a distinct set of approaches.

We define global biographies as those which engage with processes, events or topics with a global reach and that reflect and develop the methodology and theory of biography and global history both.

GloBio is interested in the following topics:

Biographies of the Global Cold War

Global Intellectual Biographies

Gender and Global Biography

Global Biography and Oral History

Global Subaltern Biographies

Global Biographies of Migration

Biographies of International Organization and Diplomacy

Race and Global Biography

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The working group is structured around three formats:

GloBio Seminars

Researchers are invited to present papers, projects or grant proposals in progress.

GloBio Talks

Talks with esteemed colleagues on research, themes and publications of particular interest

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The British Sociological Association

Auto/Biography Review is our international peer-reviewed journal that addresses theoretical and empirical issues relating to autobiographical and biographical research. It seeks to represent and expand academic interest in life studies and narrative analysis of historical and contemporary lives. The journal is sociologically orientated but welcomes contributions from a range of intersecting disciplines, and fields, including but not restricted to sociology, history, geography, law and politics, psychology, health and healthcare, youth and social work, education, work and employment, business and management, literary criticism, and the arts. Submissions must show clear connections to auto/biographical research theory and practice.

Auto/Biography Review is open-access and free to publish for group members. Group members pay an annual subscription that benefits them from reductions in conference costs and publications, including the Auto/Biography Review. Non-group members will pay £30 per article submission. We are a non-profit group, and all proceeds from group subscriptions help to fund our publications and group events.

We are a supportive community with a strong history and core academic values that enable the group to be what it i

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Biography Pole Registration testing Open!

December Eleventh, 2024

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