FRANKLIN IN BRITAIN

Saturday 4 November 2006

An international conference is to be held at the University of Northampton to coincide with the centenary year of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, whose family originated from the Northamptonshire village of Ecton.

Proposals for papers are invited on any aspect of Franklin’s career in Britain and the wider Trans-Atlantic links of his era.

The deadline for submission of outlines of proposed papers is 30 June 2006.

David Waller
School of Social Sciences , University of Northampton
Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AL, England
Phone: +44 (0)1604 892096
Fax: +44 (0)1604 722067
Email: david.waller@northampton.ac.uk