It has been nearly a decade since the last edited collection about migration and the British World. Migration was one of the key themes that led to the creation of the British World model of history. Since then, there has been a new wave of academics carrying out new research on the subject in fascinating ways. This new collection aims to showcase that research, adopting a broad geographical and temporal perspective. The use of plurals of people, flow, and connection is very much intentional as the collection aims to look at not only people of British descent, but non-White people; the flow of people not just from the United Kingdom to other parts of the British World but in the opposite direction also, as well as between other parts of the British World themselves; and various connections – both individual and collective. The collection is anticipated to be published in the ‘Studies in Transnationalism’ book series with Peter Lang Publishing (subject to a successful peer review), under the auspices of the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Studies Network. In terms of practicalities, chapters should be 7,500 words, including endnotes and a short bibliography, formatted according to the Chicago Reference Style.

Provisional Timeline:

30 April 2026: Submission of proposals

31 May 2026: Notification of acceptance

30 November 2026: Submission of chapters

Publication of edited collection in late 2027

If you are interested in submitting a proposal please send an abstract of no more than 300 words and a bio of no more than 250 words in one Word Document to the editor of the collection, Dr. Jatinder Mann, at j.mann@reading.ac.uk.

Deadline for submission of proposals: 30 April 2026