Amy Froide, associate professor of history, has been elected President of the Middle Atlantic Conference on British Studies (MACBS).
The MACBS is the Mid-Atlantic regional affiliate of the North American Conference on British Studies, which is a scholarly society dedicated to all aspects of the study of British civilization. The NACBS sponsors a scholarly journal, the Journal of British Studies, online publications, an annual conference, as well as several academic prizes, graduate fellowships, and undergraduate essay contests. The MACBS annual conference will be held at Lehman College of the City University of New York on March 23-24, 2013.