Statement on TSA 2020 Annual Conference
In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the outlook for the coming months, the TSA Management Committee has taken the decision to cancel the TSA 2020 conference in Lisbon. This step was taken with great sadness, but there was unanimity on the Management Committee that this was the right decision in the circumstances.
If you have booked travel and accommodation for the 2020 conference in Lisbon, please cancel these as soon as possible.
We are particularly disappointed to have to cancel this year’s conference, given the tremendous response we received to the call for papers. We have surpassed TSA records and evaluated many fine paper and panel proposals. We are particularly grateful to all who served on the Conference Programme Committee that did so much to generate enthusiasm for the 2020 conference. The local organising committee at ISCTE have done excellent work laying preparations for the conference, and we are particularly grateful to Luís Nuno Rodrigues for leading this effort.
Accepting papers and panels towards TSA 2021
We are determined to build on the positive momentum established towards the 2020 conference. As a first step towards this goal, the Management Committee has agreed to honour acceptances of papers and panels submitted for the 2020 conference for the TSA conference in 2021, should those concerned wish to attend. Acceptance letters will be emailed shortly. Further details concerning the TSA 2021 conference will be announced in due course.
We would like to thank all those who worked towards what we are sure would have been a very successful and enjoyable conference in Lisbon, as well as everyone who showed such enthusiasm for joining us in this endeavour.
Please stay in touch with the TSA through our website and Twitter account as we work towards future events. Many of our activities (including the TSA-Cambridge University Press book prize and the new TSA-Palgrave-Macmillan Research Award) will continue this year as normal.
With best wishes in these most trying of times,
Professor Chris Jespersen (TSA Chair)
Dr Thomas Mills (TSA Vice-Chair)
Dr Kristin Cook (TSA Secretary)