This conference invites paper proposals from scholars in history, legal studies, human geography, anthropology, English, film studies, sociology, politics, and related disciplines. We welcome research on marital breakdown between 1801, when the first wife obtained a full divorce in England, and 1969, when the Divorce Reform Act introduced ‘irretrievable breakdown’ as grounds for divorce. Possible topics might include … (more)
Call for Papers: ‘Broken Bonds – New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969′: Northumbria University, 20 April 2026’
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