Welcome
Founded in 1954, the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) unites national and joint national American Studies associations across Europe. The EAAS Board comprises representatives from each member association and holds annual meetings. For detailed information, please refer to the statutes on this page. Contact details for EAAS officers and board members are provided below, along with links to member association websites.
Mission Statement
The European Association for American Studies is a confederation of national and joint national associations of American Studies in Europe. It was founded at Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, in 1954. EAAS is a registered association (VR 2037, Amtsgericht Stendal, 30 Sept. 2009). Each member association is represented on the EAAS Board which convenes once every year.
The objects and aims of EAAS are to encourage the study of and research in all areas of American culture and society and to promote cooperation and communication between European scholars of the United States from all parts of Europe and from various disciplines. To this end it organizes regular conferences. EAAS conferences are held every two years, and usually concentrate on a theme or a period.
EAAS Policy on Harassment
The European Association for American Studies fosters an environment of academic and intellectual exchange free from discrimination and harassment in whatever form. Our biennial conferences, Women’s and LGBTQ+ cauci, symposia, Board meetings, and other EAAS events are environments in which all members and participants are treated with equality and mutual respect.
We do not tolerate any behavior that results in individual colleagues feeling unsafe or threatened as a result of unwanted sexual attention, whether in person or virtually, or any form of intimidation or harassment based on disability, gender or gender expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, appearance or religious belief, whether in person or virtually.
Any and all instances of verbal or sexual harassment, unwelcome sexual attention, sexual coercion, in-person or online stalking, unsolicited physical contact, the use of professional status to coerce, threaten, or harass another colleague or participant, or any other threatening behaviors, in person, virtually or on social media, will result in the immediate removal of that individual from the event and the termination of their membership of the EAAS. Incidents can be reported, confidentially, to the EAAS Officers whose contact details are listed below
We pledge that all participants, members, students, guests, exhibitors, and related event- site vendors and staff be treated with dignity and respect. This policy applies in all EAAS event locations, venues, and spaces, whether physical or virtual.
The Board of the European Association for American Studies
EAAS Officers
President: Ingrid Gessner
Hochschulprofessur Anglistik u. Amerikanistik
Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg
Liechtensteinerstraße 33-37
A-6800 Feldkirch, Austria
E-mail: ingrid.gessner@ph-vorarlberg.ac.at
Vice President: Aleksandra Izgarjan
English Department
University of Novi Sad
Dr Zorana Djindjica 2
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
E-mail: aleksandra.izgarjan@ff.uns.ac.rs
Treasurer: Andrea Carosso
Università degli Studi di Torino
Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne
Via Verdi, fronte n. 41
10124 Torino, Italy
E-mail: andrea.carosso@unito.it
Secretary General: Izabella Kimak
Department of British and American Studies
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
Pl. Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej 4A
20-031 Lublin, Poland
E-mail: izakimak@gmail.com
EAAS Board Members
Listed by alphabetical order of the member associations
Ingrid Gessner (AAAS • Austrian Association for American Studies)
Hochschulprofessur Anglistik u. Amerikanistik
Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg
Liechtensteinerstraße 33-37
A-6800 Feldkirch, Austria
E-mail: ingrid.gessner@ph-vorarlberg.ac.at
Aleksandra Izgarjan (AASSEE • Association for American Studies in South East Europe)
English Department
University of Novi Sad
Dr Zorana Djindjica 2
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
E-mail: aleksandra.izgarjan@ff.uns.ac.rs
Silvia Martínez Falquina (AEDEAN • Spanish Association for English and American Studies / SAAS • Spanish Association for American Studies)
Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana, Universidad de Zaragoza
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
San Juan Bosco, 7
50009 Zaragoza, Spain
E-mail: smfalqui@unizar.es
Christen Bryson (AFEA • French Association for American Studies)
Maîtresse de Conférences en études américaines
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
Paris, France
E-mail: christen.bryson-charle@
Andrea Carosso (AISNA • American Studies Association of Italy)
Università degli Studi di Torino
Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne
Via Verdi, fronte n. 41
10124 Torino, Italy
E-mail: andrea.carosso@unito.it
Isabel Maria Fernandes Alves (APEAA • Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Escola de Ciências Humanas e Sociais
Quinta de Prados
5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
E-mail: ifalves@utad.pt
Defne Ersin Tutan (ASAT • American Studies Association of Turkey)
Assistant Professor
Department of American Culture and Literature
Başkent University
Ankara, Turkey
E-mail: defneersintutan@gmail.com
Kate Dossett (she/her) (BAAS • British Association for American Studies)
Professor of American History
School of History
University of Leeds
Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.
E-mail: k.m.dossett@leeds.ac.uk
Madeleine Danova (BASA • Bulgarian American Studies Association)
Department of English and American Studies
University of Sofia
15 Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd.
1502 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: MDanov2004@yahoo.co.uk
Yuri V. Stulov (BELAAS • Belarusan Association for American Studies)
Department of World Literature
Minsk State Linguistics University
Zakharova St. 21
Minsk, 220034, Belarus
E-mail: yustulov@mail.ru
Tomáš Kačer (CSAA • Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies)
Department of English and American Studies
Faculty of Arts
Masaryk University
Arna Novaka 1
6020 Brno, Czechia
E-mail: kacer@phil.muni.cz
Karsten Fitz (DGfA • German Association for American Studies)
Universität Passau
Professor of American Studies
Innstraße 41
94032 Passau, Germany
E-mail: Karsten.Fitz@uni-passau.de
Ágnes Zsófia Kovács (HAAS • Hungarian Association for American Studies)
University of Szeged
Institute of English and American Studies
Egyetem u. 2.
6722 Szeged, Hungary
E-mail: agnes.zsofia.kovacs@gmail.com
Τheodora Tsimpouki (HELAAS • Hellenic Association for American Studies)
Faculty of English Language and Literature
School of Philosophy
Zographou Campus
University of Athens
157 84 Athens, Greece
E-mail: tsimpouki@enl.uoa.gr
Michael Hinds (IAAS • Irish Association for American Studies)
Associate Professor
School of English
Dublin City University, Ireland
E-mail: michael.hinds@dcu.ie
Jørn Brøndal (NAAS • Nordic Association for American Studies)
Center for American Studies
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M, Denmark
E-mail: brondal@sdu.dk
Frank Mehring (NASA • Netherlands American Studies Association)
Department of English
Radboud University Nijmegen,
P.O. Box 9103
NL-6500 HD Nijmegen, The Netherlands
E-mail: f.mehring@let.ru.nl
Izabella Kimak (PAAS • Polish Association for American Studies)
Department of British and American Studies
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
Pl. Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej 4A
20-031 Lublin, Poland
E-mail: izakimak@gmail.com
Adina Ciugureanu (RAAS • Romanian Association for American Studies)
Department of English
Faculty of Letters
Ovidius University Constanta
Aleea Universitatii 1 (Campus 1)
Constanta, Romania
E-mail: aciugureanu@yahoo.com
Larisa Mikhaylova (RSAS • Russian Society of American Culture Studies)
Department of Journalism
Moscow State University
22, Olimpiisky prosp., apt. 43,
129 110 Moscow, Russia
E-mail: larmih@gmail.com
Suzanne Enzerink (SANAS • Swiss Assocation for North-American Studies)
Assistant Professor of American Studies
University of St. Gallen
Büro 51-6015
Unterer Graben 21
9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
E-mail: suzanne.enzerink@unisg.ch
Makar A. Taran (UAAS • Ukrainian Association for American Studies)
Associate Professor (Department of History)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Email: makar_t@hotmail.com
Articles of the EAAS
Articles of the European Association for American Studies (EAAS), as passed on April 3rd, 2009 in Zürich, Switzerland, and amended on April 9, 2011 in Rome, Italy, and further amended after a postal ballot that was completed in January 16, 2012.
This is a certified English translation of the original in German, as the association is registered in Germany.