Proposals for 20-minute papers on 'Britain and the Muslim World: Historical Perspectives' are invited for presentation at a multi-disciplinary and international conference to be held at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK, on 17-19 April 2009.

This conference aims to explore the historical impact of cross cultural encounters between the Muslim World and Britain by bringing together writers, established scholars, younger researchers, public intellectuals and members of the media to present and discuss cutting edge research on the question of how past relations have brought us to our current situation, and to propose directions for necessary further consideration and research.

Titles and abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent by the end of September 2008 marked 'BMW Proposal' to: bmw@ex.ac.uk For more information on the conference visit the website of the University of Exeter.